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September 12, 2023

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Women Sue Over 3 State Laws That Barred Them From Abortion Care in Medical Emergencies

"The women standing up today survived, but it is only a matter of time before someone does not," said one advocate.

'Reeks of Political Desperation': McCarthy Orders Biden Impeachment Probe

"This is a bald-faced attempt to distract voters from Donald Trump's 91 criminal counts and hurt President Biden's reelection chances," said the head of Stand Up America.

Jessica Corbett

US Child Poverty Rate More Than Doubled in 2022 Thanks to Manchin and GOP

"Joe Manchin's legacy includes artificially manufacturing child poverty for no reason other than his callous disregard for human beings," said the Debt Collective following the release of new Census data.

5,000+ Dead and Thousands More Missing as Libya Ravaged by Extreme Flood Waters

"In places where systems have collapsed through no fault of local people," said one advocacy group, "climate impacts are being experienced worse than anywhere."

Minnesota Voters File 14th Amendment Suit to Keep Trump Off Ballot

"Donald Trump engaged in an insurrection in an effort to overthrow our democracy," said one of the petitioners. "We must enforce the Constitution to make sure he never has the opportunity to do so again."

Jessica Corbett

New Study Identifies United States as 'Planet-Wrecker-in-Chief'

Planned fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. accounts for more than a third of new oil and gas extraction projects set to begin through 2050, according to Oil Change International.

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'A Huge Win for Climate Justice': NYU to Divest From Fossil Fuels

World Bank Pumping Billions More Into Fossil Fuels Than Publicly Known: Study

Fetterman Rips Automakers for Handing CEOs Huge Pay Packages While Skimping on Workers

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Opinion

GOP Threaten to Rip Nutrition Benefits From Over 5 Million of Nation's Poor Children and Parents

With time running out, Congress must ensure that the final appropriations bill fully funds WIC to avoid eligible families losing access to the program’s critical benefits.

Zoë Neuberger,Katie Bergh

Biden Must Do More—Why We Must March to End Fossil Fuels

We have seen too many examples of this White House making pro-fossil fuel decisions that fly in the face of its own climate rhetoric. It's why we're marching and we hope you'll join us.

New Diplomacy to End the Russian-Ukrainian War

Greater cooperation between the superpowers could lead them to exercise equitable pressure on Ukraine and Russia to negotiate in earnest.

Stephen Eric Bronner

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