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News & Views | 3/6/20

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Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden speak during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at Texas Southern University in Houston on September 12, 2019.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"I helped lead the opposition to these agreements, Joe Biden supported those agreements," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "And that is a fundamental difference about our approach toward the trade union movement and towards the needs of working people."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
While President Donald Trump drew harsh rebukes Friday for downplaying the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., accounts from people on the frontlines of the outbreak that's affected more than 100,000 people worldwide so far revealed a "chilling" lack of urgency from the U.S. government regarding the need to contain the spread of the respiratory illness.


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate and former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner are seen on the stage during a rally at Charleston Area Convention Center on Wednesday, February 26, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Joe must apologize to Nina and all the people of color supporting our campaign."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, vowed to "end the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and pass Medicare for All."


Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After the state of Alabama on Thursday night executed 44-year-old Nathaniel Woods despite serious concerns about injustices in his case, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and other lawmakers and civil rights advocates implored Congress to abolish the death penalty nationwide.


Democratic Presidential Candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at a campaign rally at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on March 5, 2020 in Phoenix.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
" MSNBC pundits likened the Bernie campaign to Nazi Germany on air weeks ago. Yesterday, someone brought a Nazi flag to a Bernie rally."


"AT&T's announcement of more stock buybacks is an affront to the thousands of workers going through contract negotiations because it shows the company's primary concern is pandering to wealthy hedge fund managers," said CWA District 9 vice president Frank Arce.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The company's announcement this week comes amid of wave of buybacks since the "GOP tax scam."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Climate lobbying watchdog InfluenceMap revealed Friday that Exxon Mobil met with European Commission officials as they were finalizing the European Green Deal last fall, pushing the commission to take steps to ensure that drivers in Europe will continue driving cars that run on fossil fuels instead of transitioning to electric vehicles.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"All people of conscience must condemn this anti-Semitism against the most visible Jewish politician in the country."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Never has white-collar crime gone so ignored."


An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska off the coast of California.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This dramatically increases the chance of a nuclear exchange due to miscalculation or human error."

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Bernie Sanders, unlike other potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, has a message that resonates with a wide variety of people. (Photo: Paul Weaver / Flickr)

by Ralph Nader
When there is a conflict between big business and the public good, on labor rights, consumer rights, small taxpayer respect, and environmental protections, Bernie has stood with the people.


A better solution is to break up transnational corporations and restructure them in ways that assure community accountability. (Photo: Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain)

by David Korten
The concentration of corporate power is driving us toward catastrophe. We need new organizational models that serve the common good.


U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2001. (Photo: Sergeant Joseph R. Chenelly / United States Marine Corps)

by Jesse Jackson
Trump is wrong to pretend he’s bringing the troops home from Afghanistan. All he’s agreed to do is bring them back down to the level they were at when he took office.


Supporters of ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales rally against the coup. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Laura Carlsen
Under its pro-Trump secretary general, a politicized OAS has botched electoral missions across the hemisphere—and even precipitated a coup.


The coronavirus doesn’t care how wealthy you are or what political party you are in. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Image)

by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
A healthy populace with regular access to affordable health care is the best defense against an epidemic like we now face.


Trump’s war chest is stocked by big money super-PACS. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Paul Street
Trump has shown that he understands who his real and most powerful base is—the billionaire class—ever since his election.

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