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Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg take a break during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Paris Las Vegas on February 19, 2020 in Las Vegas.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The Bloomberg machine turns its billions onto Sanders in a first test of what the general election will look like."

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Hundreds of activists and campaigners gather in London's Parliament Square for 'Extinction Rebellion' protest against the inaction of the British government in the face of climate change and ecological collapse

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We need an urgent plan to save humanity and this is not it."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Even as world health officials were encouraged Monday by reports out of China that the spread of coronavirus first detected in Wuhan is slowing, two months after outbreaks first began, authorities warned that the virus is now spreading rapidly in other countries and that the world is fast approaching a "tipping point" with the virus.


Environmental and Indigenous activists protested outside a hall at the start of a plenary session during the COP25

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate campaigners celebrated a "momentous win" in Canada after Teck Resources on Sunday withdrew its application to build a tar sands mine in Alberta and the CEO admitted that because of "the growing debate" over fossil fuel use amid a climate crisis, "it is now evidence that there is no constructive path forward for the project."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Women's rights advocates on Monday applauded the dozens of women whose decision to come forward about former film executive Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual assault helped bring Weinstein to justice, after he was found guilty of two sexual assault charges.


U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during 'Namaste Trump' rally at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"For decades, the U.S.-India relationship was anchored by claims of shared values of human rights and human dignity. Now, those shared values are discrimination, bigotry, and hostility towards refugees and asylum seekers."


An activist holds a prop portraying incarcerated immigrants at a February 14, 2020 vigil outside the ICE building in San Francisco.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We believe the best way to honor our history is by fighting to end detention sites today."


an Israeli bulldozer carrying a body of a Palestinian,

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Human rights advocates expressed outrage and called for a criminal investigation after video footage of an Israeli military bulldozer dragging the body of a Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied Gaza Strip circulated widely across social media over the weekend.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Press freedom advocates slammed the U.S. over its pending espionage charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Monday, as the first phase of Assange's extradition trial began in London.


Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during the 2019 J Street National Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on October 28, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You can support the Palestinian and Israeli people without supporting leaders or organizations that oppose the freedom and liberation of the Palestinian people."


A daycare center employee pushes a KinderVan filled with preschool children on an outing along the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We know that the first four years of a child's life are the most important years of human development, so it is unconscionable that in the wealthiest country in the world, we do not properly invest in early childhood education."

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Ann Toback, CEO of the Workers Circle, speaks at the Women's March rally in New York City on January 18, 2020. (Photo: The Workers Circle)

by Michael Winship
A conversation with CEO Ann Toback: “Dissent is one of the great privileges of being a patriot.”


Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during an event to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2017 on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2017. (Photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

by Diane Archer
No matter how you design a single-payer public health insurance system, it would have lower overall health care costs, so long as for-profit private health insurers no longer exist to drive up health care costs.


Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets supporters as he arrives at a town hall campaign event at the Denver Airport Convention Center February 22, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Nevada held its presidential caucus earlier today. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
The corporate establishment has not yet figured out how to defeat Bernie Sanders in the primary, but the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana appears dead set on damaging the progressive frontrunner as much as possible.



by Ann Larson
Bloomberg's plan doesn't go far enough to address the student debt crisis.



by Kenneth Peres
He has relied and continues to rely on the campaign contributions of Wall Street and billionaires, including union busting law firms.



by Jud Lounsbury
Trump's claims of a reinvigorated economy are mostly bogus.

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