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#TrumpRecession Trends as President Blamed for Rising Fears of Another Economic Meltdown
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump came along and deregulated everything, weakening the post-Great
Recession laws meant to curb Wall Street abuses and authorizing a
massive tax cut for the wealthiest Americans."
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Now Earning 278 Times More Than Average Worker, New Study Shows CEO Pay Has Grown More Than 1,000% Since 1978
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
As even some of the wealthiest Americans have begun to call for major
reforms to the U.S. economic system to narrow the wealth gap, a new
study released Wednesday revealed that over the past four decades,
salaries for the top executives in the U.S. have gone up by more than
1,000 percent.
Fracking Boom in US and Canada Largely to Blame for 'Massive' Rise of Global Methane Levels: Study
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
New research by a scientist at Cornell University suggested that
fracking in the U.S. and Canada over the past decade is largely to blame
for the rise in methane in the Earth's atmosphere—and that reducing
emissions of the planet-warming gas would quickly help to slow the
climate crisis.
Rights Group Warns Against Amazon Marketing to Law Enforcement 'Dangerous and Invasive' Facial Recognition System It Claims Can Detect People's Fear
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Privacy advocates are responding with alarm to Amazon's claim this week
that the controversial cloud-based facial recognition system the company
markets to law enforcement agencies can now detect "fear" in the people
it targets.
Well Wishes for Greta Thunberg as Teen Leader Sets Sail for US to Combat 'Climate and Ecological Crisis'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Swedish teen climate activist Great Thunberg set sail aboard a
zero-emissions boat Wednesday, beginning a two-week journey across the
Atlantic Ocean for a United Nations summit in New York City.
'Just Reciting White Nationalist Talking Points': Trump Immigration Chief Says Statue of Liberty Poem Only About Europeans
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This administration finally admitted what we've known all along: They
think the Statue of Liberty only applies to white people."
'More Important Than Ever': Stacey Abrams Applauded for #FairFight2020 Initiative Against Voter Suppression
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Creating a government of the people, by the people, and for the people
will happen only when we hear every voice from the people."
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Why Bernie Sanders Is Absolutely Correct About the Washington Post—and Corporate Media Overall
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by Norman Solomon
The fact that cable news pundits, anchors, and reporters rushed to
vehemently defend corporate media against Sanders' comments is
illustrative of the dynamic. It makes you wonder where career
self-interest ends and sincere delusion begins.
Social Security Isn’t in Crisis. It Just Needs a Tune-Up
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by Nancy Altman
Democrats appear increasingly ready to take the necessary action, but
the Republican Party would just assume let one of the nation's most
popular programs die
Trump's Public Charge Plan Punishes Legal Immigrants for America's Existing Income Inequality
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by Sabrina Hersi Issa
The administration explicitly disavowed the language chiseled on the
Statue of Liberty to defend their new immigration strategy
Mississippi ICE Raids a Call to Action for the Civil Rights Generation
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by W. Ralph Eubanks
What happened in the ICE raids in Mississippi is just as un-American as
our old race-based immigration quota system, as un-American as the way
African Americans had to live in this country before the civil rights
movement
It's Very Clear: Bernie Sanders Can Beat Donald Trump
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by Ryan Cooper
America very badly needs a president who is not just another
establishment stooge in thrall to plutocrats to undo the damage of Trump
and 30 years of neoliberal corrosion
It Is Time to Haul Boeing Executives Before Congress to Testify Under Oath
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by Ralph Nader
With the Boeing 737 MAX still grounded, there may not be a better
opportunity to get answers to the most crucial questions
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Farmers, Conservationists Challenge Approval of Monsanto’s Crop-damaging Dicamba Pesticide
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Trump Administration Denies Protection to Six More Imperiled Species
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New Filing: Unless Ninth Circuit Intervenes by August 19, Planned Parenthood, Which Serves 40 Percent of the 4 Million Title X Patients, Will Be Forced Out of The Title X Program
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FCC Chairman Pai Circulates Order in Rush to Gain Approval of the Harmful T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
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Complaint Filed Against AIPAC with the Office of Congressional Ethics
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