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Democratic presidential hopefuls Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg (L), Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (C) and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (R) participate in the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, Noticias Telemundo and The Nevada Independent at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 19, 2020. (Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

by Erin McCarley
The ruling class needs to know that we're coming for them. And this fight doesn't stop at the ballot box. Our futures depend on it.

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World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The World Health Organization on Friday raised the global risk of the new coronavirus to its highest level and reiterated the necessity of worldwide containment efforts as U.S. President Donald Trump continued to face widespread criticism over how his administration has handled the public health crisis so far.



Protesters hold up signs before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 28, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You can't hide behind classification on this one because you can't classify something that doesn't exist."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The utter ineptitude of this administration is infuriating. They are going to get people killed."


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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced Friday after more than three years of monitoring President Donald Trump's conduct that the president has hit a milestone, amassing more than 3,000 conflicts of interest between his businesses and his position in office.



Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg attends his rally held at The Rustic on February 27, 2020 in Houston, Texas.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It boggles my mind that this doesn't seem to break any rules."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When citizens are told the truth about the climate crisis—which is the first of Extinction Rebellion's demands—they take appropriate and responsible action, as our jury did, and we thank them."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If this latest poll holds, Sanders would win over 10% of the delegates he needs to clinch the nomination."



Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Fridays for Future founder Greta Thunberg spent her 80th consecutive week of striking for climate action leading tens of thousands of demonstrators in a march through Bristol, England and delivering a speech in which she called for continued protests to pressure people in power to ambitiously address the planetary emergency.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Most of the available empirical evidence show[s] Mr. Sanders defeating President Trump in the national popular vote and in the critical Midwestern states that tipped the Electoral College in 2016."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Voting rights advocates applauded a Wisconsin appeals court ruling Friday which is set to stop a voter purge from going forward—sparing more than 200,000 people from having their names removed from voter lists.


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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders addresses his supporters at a campaign rally at the Charleston Area Convention Center. The South Carolina Democratic primary will be held in three days. (Photo: Paul Hennessy / Echoes WIre/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

by Christopher D. Cook
Despite the desperate smears from center-right opponents claiming he is "divisive," the reality is that Bernie Sanders’ policies are all about unity: common needs, mutual care, and a shared future.



As the legal battle continues over the Trump administration's new "public charge" policy, "we must all fight this cruel regulation and the Trump administration's broader anti-immigrant agenda and see it for what it truly is: a power struggle between those of us who believe we can become an inclusive and equitable society and those who are threatened by our diversity." (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

by Marielena Hincapié
While Trump wages this political power grab, the regulation going into effect this week will devastate countless families, deterring immigrants and citizens from seeking critical services—even though their tax dollars support these very programs.



Democratic presidential candidate, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a rally held at the Bricktown Events Center on February 27, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bloomberg is campaigning before voting starts on Super Tuesday, March 3. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
The best way for Democrats to defeat Trump's fake anti-establishment populism is with the real thing, coupled with an agenda of systemic reform. This is what Bernie Sanders offers.




by Sonali Kolhatkar, Norman Solomon
Progressive outlets have become more important than ever if we want to thwart the Democratic Party establishment and its aligned media outlets.



Larry Kudlow, the director of Trump's National Economic Council. (Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr)

by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
The gangerous cynicism of the Trump administration's response to the growing crisis.



More refugees from Syria are expected to enter Turkey as a result of the air strike in Syria yesterday that killed nearly 3 dozen Turkish soldiers. (Photo: Getty)

by Juan Cole


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