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News & Views | 8/13/19

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nokxl protest

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Indigenous, environmental, and landowner groups fighting to block the Keystone XL pipeline sent a letter Tuesday to the two dozen 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidates, urging them to take the "NoKXL pledge" and vow—if elected—to revoke the Trump administration's permit for the tar sands...

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"He doesn't understand what farmers are dealing with, and he's the head of the Department of Agriculture. He's supposed to be working for farmers."


Sherco power plant

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A coalition of 22 states and seven major American cities sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its repeal of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan and a replacement that critics have dubbed the "Dirty Power Rule."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In recent years American Airlines has made billions in profits. It is unconscionable that their workers cannot afford good healthcare or get reliable raises," said Sen. Bernie Sanders


Hawaii's Kanapou Bay

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Humanity's impact on global oceans nearly doubled in a just over a decade and could double again soon without urgent and sweeping international action, warns a study published Monday in the journal Scientific Reports.



by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Cuccinelli may as well have this engraved on a plaque, hang it around his neck, and wear it for the rest of his life," said the director of the ACLU's immigrant rights project



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Meteorologists and climate scientists were startled Monday after the U.S. National Weather Service confirmed that an extremely rare occurrence of lightning had been observed at the North Pole.

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Activists participate in a rally urging the expansion of Social Security benefits in front of the White House July 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. Social Security Works, the AFL-CIO and additional organizations held the event to deliver 'more than 2 million petition signatures' in support of expanding Social Security benefits. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Diane Archer
Social Security’s one shortcoming is that its benefits are extremely modest by virtually any measure. We can do so much better.



by Julie Hollar
Note that the "Dems" who are seething in these stories are almost exclusively Biden strategists, former Obama administration officials or strategists, and other party centrists



by Thom Hartmann
A monster who boasted of how he had hacked up a 12-year-old girl—had Ayn Rand's ear, as well as her heart. What happened next was the modern Republican Party.



by Andrew Cohen
If you are shocked by a jail suicide you aren’t paying attention to the grim conditions of incarceration in America.



by William Astore
What happened to "blessed are the peacemakers"?



by Justin Vest
I'm sick of the government claiming it "protects" me by locking up my Latinx neighbors while their kids are at school

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