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Your Week in Review
Debating Democrats, Please, No Fighting in the War Room
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by Michael Winship
Direct your artillery at the real enemy, not each other.
17 Million Americans Purged From Voter Rolls Between 2016 and 2018, Analysis Finds
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Millions of Americans are still suffering the consequences of the 2013
Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions of the Voting Rights
Act, allowing states with long histories of voter discrimination to
purge voters from their rolls without federal oversight.
Fears of 'Nuclear Chaos and Potential Catastrophe' Rise After US Exits Landmark Cold War-Era Treaty With Russia
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Nuclear experts and peace advocates on Friday shared their heightened
concerns about a new arms race as the Trump administration officially
withdrew from a landmark treaty with Russia that was signed by former
U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in
1987.
'Should Send Shockwaves Across the Nation': Grave Warnings as McConnell Accelerates Right-Wing Takeover of US Courts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans will stop at nothing to stack the courts with
partisan judges who will push their radical agenda through at any cost."
'A Significant Milestone': Majority of House Dems Now Support Impeachment Inquiry, Increasing Pressure on Pelosi
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"That's momentum. We must keep it up."
'Timely Action Is Critical': Doctors Call On Congress to Investigate Children's Deaths In Migrant Detention Centers
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Three children who died between December and May exhibited sign of
influenza, doctors say
Shifting Subsidies to Renewable Energy Instead of Propping Up Fossil Fuel Giants Would Prompt 'Clean Energy Revolution', Study Shows
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
After two Democratic candidates in this week's presidential primary
debates called for an end to government subsidies for fossil fuel
companies, a new study revealed that even reducing the subsidies—as the
world's wealthiest countries pledged to a decade ago—would kickstart
"clean energy revolution."
'We Urgently Need to Change Our Way of Living,' Experts Warn as Heat Wave Causes Historic Ice Melt in Greenland
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The heat wave that smashed records in Europe last week has now reached
Greenland, where it is causing the world's second-largest ice sheet to
endure one of its most exteme melting events ever documented, leading
experts to express fresh concerns about what the global climate crisis
will mean for future sea level rise.
Amid 'Existential Threat' and With Women's Freedom at Stake, CNN Slammed for Pushing Climate and Reproductive Rights to Back Burner
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Voters and advocacy organizations alike expressed dismay Wednesday after
the second round of Democratic primary debates kicked off with CNN
asking few or no questions about two of the issues Americans say they
care about most as they weigh who they'll vote for in 2020—the climate
and women's rights.
To Deliver 'Fundamental Message' for 'Survival of Future Generations,' Greta Thunberg to Sail Atlantic for Americas
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Swedish climate activist will begin two-week journey aboard fossil
fuel-free sailing yacht in mid-August.
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