BREAKING: Bernie Wins Nevada, What It Means For The Democrat Party

It is starting to look like the race ton secure the Democratic presidential nomination is over and a major paradigm shift for the party is happening. Turn Out The Lights The party looks to be all but over for the other Democrats. There are still other contests to be had but there appears to be [...]

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‘A Travesty and a Disgrace’: Trump Quietly Issues Memo That Could Abolish Union Rights for 750,000 Federal Workers

“This administration will not stop until it takes away all workers’ rights to form and join a union.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump on Thursday quietly issued a memo granting Defense Secretary Mark Esper the power to abolish collective bargaining rights for the Defense Department’s 750,000 civilian workers, a move unions decried as [...]

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Roger Waters Says “Ruling Class” Behind Assange Imprisonment As Hundreds Rally Against His Extradition

“If they are allowed to extradite him from here, they will, and they will lock him up until he dies, which probably won’t be very long, just for being a journalist and informing the public of the things we need to know in our names by our governments.” Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters joined hundreds of [...]

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As Media Amplifies Unrest in Venezuela and Beyond, Millions Are Quietly Revolting in Colombia

Despite protests of historic proportions fueled by anger over corruption and a brutal right-wing crackdown, the unrest in Colombia has garnered remarkably little international media attention compared to Venezuela. (By: Whitney Webb & Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) Many of the massive anti-neoliberal protest movements that exploded across the globe last year have pressed on into 2020, especially [...]

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The Coal Paradox: We’re Damned If We Do, Damned If We Don’t

If we continue to burn coal, we have no hope of managing changes to the climate. But the complexity of the climate crisis is highlighted by the fact that burning coal actually hides its true impacts.

It's only when we stop burning coal will the true impacts of what we're doing reveal themselves.

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‘On a Knife Edge’: Experts Warn Great Barrier Reef Could Soon See Third Mass Coral Bleaching in Five Years

The concerns follow new research suggesting that the climate crisis could completely wipe out all of the world’s coral reef habitats by 2100. (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) 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 [...]

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Arizona Judge Rules Against CBP, ‘Unconstitutional’ Conditions 

“The Court finds that the conditions of detention in CBP holding cells, especially those that preclude sleep over several nights, are presumptively punitive and violate the Constitution.” An Arizona-based US judge ruled against Customs and Border Protection in a landmark ruling Wednesday. Settling a 2015 case, US District Judge David C. Bury ruled CBP’s Tucson [...]

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Republican Reefer Reactionaries: Meet America’s Worst 8 Governors on Marijuana Reform

These 8 Republican governors earned an “F” from the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). The nation’s most venerable marijuana legalization group, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), has just issued its 2020 Gubernatorial Scorecard grading the nation’s governors on their level of support for ending marijuana prohibition. Thanks to [...]

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John Pilger: Julian Assange Must be Freed, Not Betrayed

John Pilger on the betrayal of Julian Assange by Australia, that country’s service to UK and American empire, and the fate of the free press. (By: John Pilger, Mintpress News) On Saturday, there will be a march from Australia House in London to Parliament Square, the centre of British democracy. People will carry pictures of [...]

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US and Taliban Agree to Seven-Day Ceasefire

“We hope this well lead into cease-fire and intra-Afghan talks.” A temporary US– Afghan Taliban peace agreement has come to fruition after months of negotiation. The deal, which takes effect Friday, includes a weeklong “reduction in violence”, according to BBC. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the accord and expressed a hope that a successful [...]

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How India’s Modi Is Playing on Trump’s Ego to His Advantage

“We’re not treated very well by India, but I happen to like Prime Minister Modi a lot. And he told me we’ll have 7 million people between the airport and the event. And the stadium, I understand, is sort of semi under construction, but it’s going to be the largest stadium in the world.” One [...]

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Judge Sentences Roger Stone to 40 Months in Prison

Stone is expected to be pardoned by President Donald Trump. (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Longtime Republican operative and ally to Preisdent Donald Trump Roger Stone on Thursday was sentenced to 40 months in prison  by D.C. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson for impeding a Congressional investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 [...]

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