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News & Views | 8/14/19

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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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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.



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.


Facial recognition systems

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.


Greta Thunberg

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.



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."



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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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks to journalists after speaking at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair August 11, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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 is 84 today. Notwithstanding constant attacks by many, Social Security’s current projected shortfall, modest in size and still years away, is not a " crisis," as too many politicians assert, but a call for simple maintenance. If your car needs an oil change, it's not a crisis. But if you do nothing, and wait until your engine is blown, it can become a crisis. (Photo: Joey Gannon/Wikimedia/cc)

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


Acting Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli speaks about immigration policy at the White House during a briefing August 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. During the briefing, Cuccinelli said that immigrants legally in the U.S. would no longer be eligible for green cards if they utilize any social programs available in the nation. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Sabrina Hersi Issa
The administration explicitly disavowed the language chiseled on the Statue of Liberty to defend their new immigration strategy


US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) special agent pictured June 19, 2018.(Photo: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

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


Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrives at the Iowa Democratic Party's Hall of Fame Dinner marching with Fight For $15 fast food workers on June 9, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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


A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner lifts off for its first flight on January 29, 2016 in Renton, Washington. (Photo: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

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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