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October 04, 2023
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'Horrific Step Backwards': Biden Admin Waives Protections to Speed Border Wall Construction
"Every acre of habitat left in the Rio Grande Valley is irreplaceable," said one advocate. "We can't afford to lose more of it to a useless, medieval wall."
Julia Conley
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Green Groups Warn Record US Fracked Gas Exports 'Bad News for Our Climate and Public Health'
"It is time for the White House to put the public interest and our climate future ahead of fossil fuel industry profits," said one campaigner.
Brett Wilkins
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Medicare Advantage Overbills Taxpayers by $140 Billion a Year-Enough to Wipe Out Medicare Premiums
"Medicare Advantage is just another example of the endless greed of the insurance industry poisoning American healthcare," says a new report from Physicians for a National Health Program.
Jake Johnson
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Next Stop for Most Retired US 4-Star Military Officers? Arms Industry C-Suites
"The revolving door is a problem because it creates the appearance-and in some cases the reality-of conflicts of interest in the making of defense policy and in the shaping of the size and composition of the Pentagon budget."
Brett Wilkins
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Progressive EU Lawmakers Oppose Former Shell Employee's Bid to Become Climate Chief
"We believe that we have to change the system, not the climate," said one lawmaker. "Wopke Hoekstra's track record represents the system."
Julia Conley
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Largest Healthcare Strike in US History Begins as Kaiser Workers Revolt
"We have folks getting injured on the job because they're trying to do too much and see too many people and work too quickly," said one union leader, demanding better staffing levels. "It's not a sustainable situation."
Jake Johnson
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Kevin McCarthy, the Unprincipled Lout, Is Out.
It makes me sick to see McCarthy lauded as some sort of hero. He was nothing of the sort.
Robert Reich
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'Dead Man Walking': Truth and Justice Through Art
Art is the perfect vehicle for helping us recognize the humanity of those who seem separate from us-but it can't be the only one.
Jamila Hodge,Ryan McKinny
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The US Is Quite Literally in a Neoliberal Death Spiral. We Need Medicare for All
The American left should take note, both for the greater good and for its own political future. You can't save the marginalized by tinkering around the margins.
Richard Eskow
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