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September 05, 2023

Top News

'A Reckoning': 500 Groups Endorse March to End Fossil Fuels

"The March to End Fossil Fuels isn't a request," one organizer said "It's a demand for President Biden to enact actionable solutions that match the scale of the crisis at hand."

Organizers Condemn 'Anti-Democratic' RICO Charges Against Cop City Protesters

The indictments "send a chilling message that any dissent to Cop City will be punished with the full power and violence of the government."

Biden Admin Scientific Integrity Policy Falls Short, Warn Watchdogs

"Nothing about this proposed policy would prevent a return to the reign of 'alternative facts' should Trump be reelected," said one critic.

Covid Vaccine Contracts Show How Big Pharma 'Held South Africa to Ransom'

"We were bullied into unfair and undemocratic terms," said one public health campaigner. "And we must ask: did they do it to other countries, too?"

Cluster Bombs Killed, Wounded Nearly 1,000 Civilians in 2022 as 73 Countries Refused to Join Global Ban

"It's unconscionable that civilians are still dying from cluster munition attacks 15 years after these weapons were outlawed," said one advocate.

Senator Files Ethics Complaint Accusing Alito of Scheme to Thwart Congressional Action

"Justice Alito was involved in an organized campaign to block congressional action with regard to a matter in which he has a personal stake," reads the complaint filed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse.

300+ Economists, Millionaires, and Elected Officials to G20: 'Tax Extreme Wealth'

"The accumulation of extreme wealth by the world's richest individuals has become an economic, ecological, and human rights disaster."

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Bernie Sanders Champions '32-Hour Work Week With No Loss in Pay'

'Burnt Out, Stretched Thin, and Fed Up': Dozens of Healthcare Workers Arrested at Labor Day Protest

Rich Nations Have Delivered Mere 'Pittance' to Help East Africa Tackle Climate Crisis: Oxfam

'This Is Absurd': Major Banks Continue to Fund Climate Chaos in Global South

Global Biodiversity Panel Warns Humans' Introduction of Invasive Species Threatens Nature, Food Security

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Opinion

No End in Sight for This Dehumanizing Drone Warfare

Imagine, for a moment, what Americans might do if their family members were regularly being killed by drones because another government claimed “near certainty” that they were terrorists?

Will the Mountain Valley Pipeline Safety Order Have Teeth, and Does Biden Care?

No one should take MVP’s word for it that the pipe is safe and they have the situation under control.

A Call to Remembrance and Action for Hawaiian History Month

This September, we must acknowledge that the same greed that toppled the Hawaiian Kingdom has just destroyed Lāhainā and its people.

Steven Marquardt

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