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News & Views | 8/7/19

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Nearly 40,000 Americans who died of gun-related injuries in 2017 represent a 19 percent increase from 2012 and the highest annual total since the mid-1990s. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by César Chelala
The U.S. has the most guns per capita and the weakest gun control laws of any developed country.

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A demonstrator holds a sign depicting an assault rifle at a protest against President Trump's visit, following a mass shooting which left at least 22 people dead, on August 7, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Protestors also called for gun control and denounced white supremacy. Trump is scheduled to visit the city today. A 21-year-old white male suspect remains in custody in El Paso which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
Anyone in the U.S., the group warned, "should remain cautious that the country does not adequately protect people's right to be safe, regardless of who they might be."


Boston police destroyed wheelchairs belonging to homeless residents Tuesday night.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Can we all agree that it is inhumane and cruel and a waste of resources to crush the wheelchairs of people who are living on the street after a car accident in a full body cast?"



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The latest reports of a young diabetic American's death due to a lack of affordable insulin were met with outrage on Wednesday from Medicare for All advocates.


Economists "warn that rarely, if ever, can people replicate the security of a pension,"

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Not only are pensions being offered less, existing pensions are being transferred to insurers, with employees suffering consequences



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We will always be here and hold space for you to come back," AOC said directly to those now mired in racist ideologies. "We will love you back. You are not too far gone."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We do not need anybody fanning the flames of hate, anger, and racism," said one local activist

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Three of the Walmart workers, Melisa Gonzalez, Jesus Romero and Raven Ramos, who helped people to escape during a mass shooting occurred on Saturday, get emotional during a vigil at Ponder Park in honor to the victims in El Paso on Sunday, August 4, 2019. (Photo: Lola Gomez/American-Statesman)

by Jesse Jackson
Trump must lead the way with action in the passage of tough, meaningful gun control and an immediate ban on military-style weapons.


Medical professionals, medical students, ACTUP New York and their supporters held a rousing protest rally outside Pfizer World Headquarters in New York one of the worlds largest drug companies. At the beginning of this year, the corporate giant announced price increases for 40 of its drugs. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
Gouges, casualties, and the congressional remedy to this national scourge


Port Arthur, Texas underwater (SC National Guard / Flickr)

by William Minter
For a planet-wide climate crisis, solutions must also span the planet.


Republican presidential hopefuls Donald Trump (L) and Jeb Bush high five during the Republican Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stepped into a campaign hornet's nest as his rivals collectively turned their sights on the billionaire in the party's second debate of the 2016 presidential race. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)

by Mike Lofgren
A few thoughts on the theoretical Bolsheviks and other conservatives I have known


Democratic presidential hopeful Former Vice President Joe Biden (C) gestures as he speaks flanked by US Senator from California Kamala Harris (R) and US Senator from New Jersey Cory Booker during the second round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on July 31, 2019. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

by John Atcheson
And the consequences could devastate the US and the world


"Once we started blocking the train, that’s when the big support came in. That’s when people took notice." (WYMT/screen shot)

by Sarah Lazare
"You have the issue of climate change, and most companies don’t care about us in the end, all they care about is the dollar. It’s a really bad situation."

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