Biden Wins Big in South Carolina, But Can He Defeat Bernie?

Former Vice President Joe Biden scored a major victory in South Carolina’s primary but is it going to be enough to stag a comeback against Bernie Sanders? South Carolina Blowout There is no debate about it. Biden scored a major, crushing victory on Saturday in South Carolina and he moved his delegate count from 34 [...]

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As Trump Cries ‘Hoax,’ Nurses in California Warn Quarantines of 124 Health Workers Show US Hospitals Remain Unprepared for Coronavirus

Warning from frontline health providers comes as Trump accuses those criticizing his handling of the crisis as perpetrating a “new hoax” against him. (By: John Queally, Common Dreams) While stipulating that a University of California at Davis medical facility is “generally better prepared and equipped” than most when it comes to dealing with such a [...]

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The Bellicose Loneliness of Erdogan

The rapid growth of tensions in northern Syria has brought mourning and grief to Turkey: according to Ankara’s official estimates 33 Turkish servicemen were victims of airstrike, while social media reports show more than 65 persons. This blow has brought a storm about Turkish citizens’ ears and reflected the expected result of Turkish leader’s incoherent [...]

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Remembering the Heroism of Activist Berta Cáceres Four Years After Her Assassination: An Interview With Her Daughter

“In memory of her mother, and of the almost 30-year struggles of COPINH, Zúñiga Cáceres says that there needs to be a ‘refoundation of Honduras.'” On July 15, 2013, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), led by Berta Cáceres Flores, went to protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam on [...]

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The Media’s Deafening Silence on Mike Bloomberg’s Ties to Epstein and Other Criminals

Billionaire “Democratic” candidate Mike Bloomberg has ties to Leslie Wexner, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffery Epstein among other notables like the recently convicted Harvey Weinstein. (By: Whitney Webb, Mintpress News) After his late jump into the Democratic primary and, as critics argue, purchasing his way into the primary debates, former Mayor of New York City Michael [...]

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A World No Longer Shaped by Atlantic Powers

The transatlantic ties that evolved through the two world wars in the last century and blossomed into a full-fledged alliance system have reached a crossroads. The annual Munich Security Conference that took place February 14-16 this year turned out to be an iconic event, drawing comparison with the one held in the same Bavarian city [...]

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More Than 9 Million People Are Freecycling Instead of Buying New

Freecycle plans to add a lending and borrowing tool to encourage people to share with friends and neighbors. Our global landfills are overwhelmed, and the U.S. shows no signs of slowing its huge contribution to the trash pile-up at home and abroad. The global trash crisis is real, with 2 billion tons of trash produced per year. The [...]

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Iran Shuts Down Parliament As Coronavirus Epidemic Spreads

“Without any recourse to international help or humanitarian aid it is unclear how Iran will resist the epidemic, nevermind prevent its spread to neighboring countries.” It all began Tuesday when Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi confirmed rumors that he had contracted the coronavirus and was now in quarantine. A day after he was seen [...]

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Months After Supporting a Deadly Coup, WaPo Admits Bolivia’s Elections Were Clean

Democracy in Bolivia did not die in darkness, it died to the applause of the Washington Post. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) The Washington Post published an op-ed yesterday from a research team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showing that there was no fraud in the October elections in Bolivia after all. The Post had for months claimed that [...]

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Greek Citizens Revolt Against New Migrant Detention Centers

“Our great fear when passions are so high is that blood will be spilled.” Police clashed with residents on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios Tuesday as the police deployed tear gas. The island residents were protesting the construction of new migrant detention centers on the islands, and protestors on Lesbos organized a general [...]

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Looming Coronavirus Threat in US Bolsters Case for Medicare for All and Universal Paid Sick Leave

“Doubters may claim that our nation can’t afford Medicare for All, but it’s increasingly likely that we are about to discover just how costly our current system really is.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) The global coronavirus outbreak which also threatens the United States—and the widely criticized effort by the Trump administration to address it—is [...]

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Witnessing the Hell That a Migrant Can Face

“The boats from Obock, Djibouti, will continue to ply their trade; Ethiopians will continue to travel the Eastern Route into Saudi Arabia. No plans are afoot inside Ethiopia to be able to generate employment to hold the population in place, and there are certainly no plans in Saudi Arabia to improve the conditions of its [...]

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Trump vs. Science

From climate change to healthcare to agricultural science, Trump and his allies have made it clear that they are more than willing to ignore scientific evidence and advice in order to justify cutting funding for important studies and programs. Throughout his political career, Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he will ignore accepted [...]

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