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News & Views | 8/8/19
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"Don't Look Away": Videos and Images of Weeping Children and Loved Ones Spread as ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Children finished their first day of school with no parents to go home
to tonight. Babies and toddlers remained at daycare with no guardian to
pick them up. A child vainly searched a workplace parking lot for
missing parents."
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Study of Massive Smoke Cloud From 2017 Wildfires Offers Terrifying Hint of How Even Small Nuclear War Would Escalate Climate Crises
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Scientists warn a nuclear war could "cause climate change unprecedented
in recorded human history and global food crises."
UN Report Calls for Transforming Land Practices to Battle Hunger and 'Suffocating Blanket of Climate Emergency'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A landmark United Nations report released Thursday warns that land
worldwide is under mounting pressure from humans—both exacerbated by and
contributing to the climate crisis—which underscores the need to
urgently enact more sustainable land practices and curb greenhouse gas
emissions from all sources to keep the global population fed and ensure
a habitable planet in the future.
'What Oligarchy Looks Like': Sanders Leads 140 Lawmakers in Condemning Trump Plan to Rip Food Stamps From 3 Million Americans
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump and the billionaires in his administration—after giving away over
$1 trillion in tax cuts to mainly the rich and large corporations—are
now trying to strip nutrition assistance from more than three million
people."
'We Won't Be Intimidated,' Declare Campaigners After ExxonMobil Accused of Pressuring Witnesses in New York Climate Case
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
New York state prosecutors last week accused ExxonMobil of trying to
discourage witnesses from testifying against the company in a climate
fraud case, leading the head of the environmental group 350.org to
declare Thursday that "we won't be intimidated."
Detroit Man Who Suffered From Mental Illness and Diabetes That Trump Deported to Iraq—a Country He Had Never Even Been To—Found Dead
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The Trump administration deported a man to Iraq who was not born there,
never lived there, he came to the US as a child, he spoke no Arabic, and
had type 1 diabetes. He died."
Because the Climate Crisis Is the 'Number One Priority,' Says Harry Reid, Senate Democrats Must Kill Filibuster
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"There's nothing that affects my children, grandchildren, and their
children, right now, more than climate."
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Climate Courage—Cities and States Matter, Too
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by Frances Moore Lappé, Zachary Field
Across America, local governments are leading the way with some of the
most progressive transitions in the nation.
Step One of Closing the "Democracy Deficit": Stop Referring to Corporatists as "Centrists" or "Moderates"
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by Ernest A. Canning
Once more, ostensibly objective moderators carefully script questions to
ensure Democratic debates are conducted within an industry-preferred
frame
Republicans, Either Cowed or Clueless, Are Useless After a Mass Shooting
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by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Everything except the gun, everything except the fact that this is a
country where the angry and disaffected can buy weapons of mass
destruction more easily and with less regulation than you could buy a
car.
The Danger of Nancy Pelosi’s Bad Attitude Toward Progressives
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by Norman Solomon
At a time when the virulent racism of the Trump regime is becoming more
flagrant, it might seem a divergence to challenge Democratic Party
leadership. On the contrary, the imperative of preventing Trump's
re-election will require massive engagement and huge turnout of the
progressive grassroots...
"Culture of Violence?" You Betcha, Mr. Trump, But It's Not The Video Games
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by Mike Ferner
It's much more accurate to say that everybody in America is surrounded
by a culture of violence, even if they've never played a video game.
Motivating Climate Action: A Review of Per Espen Stoknes "What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming."
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by Cynthia Kaufman
I hope everyone in the climate movement will read this book, and think
deeply about the ways we try to engage people, and the kinds of actions
we have ready for them to take up.
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Voces de la Frontera Responds to ICE Detention of 680 People in Mississippi
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NAACP Statement on Mississippi ICE Raids
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ACLU of Mississippi Statement on ICE Raids
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350.org on Exxon Attempting to Pressure Witnesses in New York AG Climate Fraud Lawsuit
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IPCC: Factory Farms are Contributing to the Climate Crisis
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