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News & Views | 6/3/20
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After Nearly 10,000 Arrested During Week of Protest, Three Other Police Officers Finally Charged Over Murder of George Floyd
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"All you had to do was arrest three more."
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NYT Rebuked for Tom Cotton Op-Ed Calling for US Military to Use 'Overwhelming Show of Force' Against Protests
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is the most openly authoritarian piece of writing I've read from
an American politician who has been in power during my lifetime."
Jane Goodall Warns Humanity Will Be 'Finished' After Covid-19 Without Ending 'Absolute Disrespect for Animals and the Environment'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a webinar Tuesday about pandemics, wildlife, and intensive animal
farming, world renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall
warned of dire consequences if humanity fails to reform the global food
system and keeps destroying natural habitats.
'Should Be Bigger News': Analysis Finds Nearly One Third of Owed Unemployment Benefits Have Not Been Paid
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Bloomberg found a $67 billion gap between the sum of benefits paid out
by the Treasury Department and the amount that is owed to jobless
Americans.
Putin Declares Federal Emergency After Diesel Fuel Spill in Arctic River That Could Take Decades to Recover
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a federal emergency Wednesday
to help clean up an estimated 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel that poured
into Ambarnaya River Friday after an accident at a power station near
Norilsk, an industrial city in the eastern Siberian region of
Krasnoyarsk.
'Yes, I Will Name Names': AOC Leads Charge Against Empty Corporate Claims of #BlackLivesMatter
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez set the record straight for wealthy
corporations on Wednesday, rejecting what she called "bland statements"
of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and calling on the
companies to take concrete action to further racial justice.
Global Meat Giants Fuel Major Future Risk of Creating Next Pandemic, Investor Group Warns
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Sen. Warren Demands Federal Probe Into Attorney General Barr's Order to Tear-Gas Peaceful Protesters
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers on Tuesday evening regarding the
Trump administration's violent dispersal of protesters near the White
House the previous night, when federal police sprayed tear gas and
flash-bang grenades to clear Lafayette Park of dozens of demonstrators.
'They're Afraid': GOP Ripped for Enabling Trump as McConnell Blocks Resolution Condemning Assault on Peaceful Protesters
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They're afraid of Donald Trump. And that leads to Donald Trump getting
worse and worse and worse. It's appalling."
'One Racist Down. Hundreds in Office to Go': Applause as Bigot Steve King Ousted in Iowa Primary
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Goodbye, Rep. Steve King. You are certainly not the only white
supremacist in federal government, but you were among the most
prominent," tweeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Majority of Americans Believe Actions and Anger of George Floyd Protesters Justified, Polling Shows
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The current findings represent a marked change in public opinion from
prior polls."
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In Trump's America, Gun-Toting Anti-Quarantine Activists Called "Very Good People," But Unarmed Protesters Denouncing Police Brutality Are "Thugs"
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by Tracey L. Rogers
What the president and others don't realize is that we're not just
protesting the death of George Floyd (or Breonna Taylor, or Ahmaud
Arbery, or Eric Garner, or Alton Sterling, or Philando Castile). We are
also protesting the racist culture embedded in police precincts
throughout the nation—and the...
We Interrupt This Pandemic... With Demands for Justice and Healing
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by Randall Amster
The call to "reopen" society isn't just about stores and bars; it's
about reopening ourselves to the reality of a system that is built on
racism, violence, and injustice.
I’m Outraged By Trump’s Church Photo-Op
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by Sister Karen M. Donahue
As a Catholic sister, I think Trump should read his Bible, not pose with
it.
Beware Donald Trump's Electoral Cleansing
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by Mike Lofgren
Is Trump using a calculated strategy that COVID-19 is not an
equal-opportunity killer?
Proposals to Ease Covid’s Blow on the Hardest Hit All But Ignored by Corporate Media
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by Julie Hollar
By sidelining those voices, media sideline real solutions to the
inequality they feign to care about.
The US Is Facing a Full-Scale Assault on the Press
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by Brian Hauss
As police continue to attack reporters covering protests nationwide,
this is why the ACLU is filing this class-action lawsuit today.
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Newswire...
State Study Confirms It: Fracking Hurts Babies
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ECB Injects Over €7 Billion Into Fossil Fuels Since Start of COVID-19 Crisis
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ACLU Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Minneapolis Police for Attacking Journalists at Protests
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