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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, (I-Vt.), speaks at a rally at University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"He gets that all the issues we fight for are connected, and the gun violence isn't the cause but the symptom of systematic injustice in this country."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The women's advocacy group UltraViolet called on the Democratic National Committee to help pressure former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg into releasing former employees from non-disclosure agreements by stipulating that presidential primary candidates who are keeping former employees from speaking out about alleged mistreatment will not have a spot on the stage in future primary debates.



Coral and fish community in the Great Barrier Reef,

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Australian scientists and conservationists warned in the Guardian Thursday that the Great Barrier Reef could soon endure a third major coral bleaching event in just five years, highlighting how the human-caused climate crisis is already devastating crucial ecosystems worldwide.



Lawmakers are asking the Trump administration to think of the nation's health, not Big Pharma.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We cannot allow Big Pharma to price gouge the fruits of Americans investments."


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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They must be denied the support of the Democratic Party for refusing to stand with working Americans."



U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during Bernie Sanders Rally "Bernie's Back" in Queensbridge Park on October 19, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Senator Sanders has built a historically inclusive and forward-thinking movement: one that represents America as a set of ideas grounded in the belief that all humans are equal and worthy of a dignified life."



Former advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, Roger Stone, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse after being found guilty of obstructing a congressional investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election on November 15, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Stone is expected to be pardoned by President Donald Trump.



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than 570 national, regional, and local groups signed on to a letter Thursday endorsing the first-ever national legislation that would immediately prohibit federal permits for new fracking or related infrastructure and fully ban the practice in the United States beginning in 2025.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Inaction is a choice that will force 'lifestyle changes,'" said one critic. "The water will come."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"That's wrong. That's immoral. That should not be the case when we got half a million people sleeping out on the street."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're not going to beat Donald Trump with a man who silences women with who knows how many non-disclosure agreements."


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Faith leaders pray with President Donald Trump during a Jan. 3, 2020 rally for evangelical supporters at the King Jesus International Ministry church in Miami. (Photo: Lynne Sladky / AP)

by Sonali Kolhatkar
In spite of the relentless fearmongering, legislative erosion of women’s rights and powerful political allies to do their bidding, the anti-abortionists remain a minority.



Studies suggest there is bias against women and ethnic minorities in both the health care and criminal justice systems. (Photo: Getty Images/Christopher Robbins)

by Anne P. DePrince, Jennifer M. Gómez
Recognizing and believing their pain is essential to the work of healing and justice.



Participants at We Must Do M.O.R.E. tour stop in Greenfield, Massachusetts on February 5, 2020. (Photo: Steve Pavey)

by James Goodman
Series of gatherings around the country builds momentum for June 20 march.




by Bill Spence
Despite devastating fires, the Australian government is actively opposing any moves to limit climate damage.



President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr. (Photo: U.S. Department of Justice, courtesy of Wikimedia)

by Bill Blum
The sad truth is that the two men are as simpatico as ever in pursuit of their jointly held goal of executive supremacy.



11/9/35: General Smedley D. Butler, U.S. Marines, retired, pictured as he addressed a crowd of 6,000 participants in an anti-war demonstration on Reyburn Plaza, Philadelphia, Nov. 9th. Butler suggested, "That the government pay business and commercial interests not to trade with warring nations." (Photo: Bettman/Getty)

by Danny Sjursen
Why no retired generals oppose America's forever wars.


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