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News & Views | 3/4/20
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Warren Urged to Help Form 'Progressive Front' With Sanders as Big-Money Establishment Fuels Biden Surge
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If she can make the case for Sanders, she'll help build a progressive
front against a moneyed and well-organized moderate force."
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'Alarming': Tropical Forests in Shift From Carbon Sponge to Carbon Source
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We've found that one of the most worrying impacts of climate change has
already begun."
In Super Tuesday 'News Dump,' EPA Expands Rule Limiting Science the Agency Can Use to Make Public Health Policy Decisions
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
While most political observers were watching the primary election
results in 14 states Tuesday evening, the EPA quietly published a
proposed change to a rule the Union of Concerned Scientists has called
"nonsensical and dangerous"—expanding the agency's so-called "secret
science" rule to further limit the scientific evidence the EPA will
consider in its work.
'What More Do You Need to Know?' Health Insurance Stocks Drive Wall Street Rebound on Biden Super Tuesday Wins
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Biden is the preferred candidate for the financial markets."
'Absolutely Unconscionable': Hourslong Lines to Vote in Texas on Super Tuesday 'Point to a Bigger Systemic Problem'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After Texas voters waited in hourslong lines on Super Tuesday, voting
rights experts and advocates highlighted the state's systemic problems
with election administration, expressed concerns about the possibility
of similar issues in November, and urged elected officials to make it
easier—not harder—for Texans to get to the ballot box.
'Devastating': Great Barrier Reef in Danger of Catastrophic Bleaching as Temperatures in Australia Remain High
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's a sobering reality we're in."
In Every Super Tuesday State With Exit Polls, Majority of Democratic Voters Support Eliminating Private Health Insurance
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Medicare for All is winning," said Alyssa Kang, community organizer
with the California Nurses Association.
'Absolutely Outrageous': Trump White House Bars Press From Filming or Recording Coronavirus Briefing
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need transparency. Instead we are getting this."
Super Tuesday Sets Stage for Biden vs. Bernie: 'A Two-Person Race for Future of Democratic Party and the Country'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
While Sen. Bernie Sanders laid claim to the big-delegate prize in
California, former Vice President showed with multiple wins in key
states that he is now the corporate Democrat's only hope. "May the best
candidate win."
Pelosi Carries Right-Wing Rep. Henry Cuellar Over Finish Line to Defeat Progressive Jessica Cisneros
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Pelosi, the DCCC, and Charles Koch all teamed up for Cuellar."
After Billionaire Bloomberg Ends Bid to Buy Election, Biden Endorsement Shows 'Where the Big Money Is Going'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressives celebrated the end of former New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's short-lived presidential campaign Wednesday after the
billionaire dropped out.
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Views...
South Carolina, Neoliberalism's Stranglehold, and the Mystique of the 'Black Vote'
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by Adolph Reed Jr., Willie Legette
By reducing all of black Americans' concerns to race or exploiting the
idea of a singular "black vote" in the first place, the elite political
class continues to undermine our ability to organize the majoritarian
social movement we need to combat the ruling-class assault on all
working people in...
Ending the Myth That Trump Is Ending the Wars
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by Khury Petersen-Smith
Trump has sent more new troops to the Middle East than he's bringing
home from Afghanistan.
Do Media Really Care About Money in Politics?
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by Julie Hollar
All that soft money doesn't go to the candidates—most of it goes
directly toward ad buys, so it supports the salaries of people like
Maddow and Bolduan. They aren't about to bite the hand that feeds them.
If You Understand How Trump Defeated Clinton Four Years Ago, Do You Really Vote for Joe Biden?
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by Robert Reich
As Democratic establishment coalesces around Biden, 2020 primary
starting to look a lot Like 2016.
The Real Losers on Super Tuesday: Urgent Climate Action and Medicare for All. The Winner: Plutocracy
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by Juan Cole
On three big issues of major concern to the public, Biden ranges from
being fairly good to being wholly inadequate. Sanders is superb on all
three.
After Super Tuesday, Bernie Must Go All Out to Make the Case for Biden's Unelectability
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by Anis Shivani
The gloves must immediately come off when it comes to treating Joe
Biden.
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Newswire...
Grand Jury Refuses Felonies for Greenpeace Activists and Others Charged in Houston Oil Industry Protest
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Contested Convention Increasingly Likely as Sanders, Backed by Young and Latinx Voters, Wins California and Half of Texas Delegates
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Super Tuesday in Texas: Why the Insanely Long Lines?
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Sanders’ California Victory Is A Big Win for Organized People Power
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