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News & Views | 8/19/19
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After Nationwide Calls for Justice and Family's Tireless Advocacy, NYPD Fires Officer Who Killed Eric Garner
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Just over five years after Eric Garner was killed during an arrest by an
New York City police officer—and following years of unrelenting advocacy
by his family and other supporters—the officer who killed Garner was
fired on Monday.
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With Key Vote Just Days Away, Activists Ramp Up Pressure on DNC to Hold #ClimateDebate
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Only a climate-specific debate will show whether the candidates are
climate ready or not."
Kamala Harris, Who Just Clarified Her Rejection of Real M4All, to Snub Climate Forum in Favor of Big Donors
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We need a leader who prioritizes the future of humanity over rubbing
elbows with millionaires and billionaires."
Praising Sanders for His Call to Ban Law Enforcement Using Facial Recognition Tools, Digital Rights Group Urges All Presidential Hopefuls to Follow Suit
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future urged all 2020
presidential candidates Monday to follow the lead of Sen. Bernie Sanders
in calling for a ban on law enforcement's use of facial recognition
technology.
Icelanders Hold Funeral for Okjukull, Country's First Glacier to Die From the Climate Crisis
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what
needs to be done."
Pakistan PM Imran Khan Calls on World to Pay Attention to India's "Fascist, Racist Hindu Supremacist Ideology and Leadership"
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Indian PM Narendra Modi reportedly rejected the comparison in a Monday
phone conversation with US President Donald Trump
Campaign Renews Demand for Ban on 'Killer Robots,' Calls Out US Obstruction
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Without a binding treaty requiring "meaningful human control over the
use of force," say campaigners, lives could "be taken based on
algorithms"
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The Foreign Policy Litmus Test for Democrats in 2020
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by Marjorie Cohn
As the carnage continues with no end in sight, all of the Democratic
candidates should be making immediate and complete U.S. withdrawal from
Afghanistan, and indeed, all countries in which the United States is
fighting, a central pillar of their platforms.
CEOs Say They Will Stop Maximizing Shareholder Value. Would Be Better If They Stopped Maximizing CEO Compensation
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by Dean Baker
Rather than maximizing shareholder returns, it seems more plausible that
CEOs have been maximizing CEO pay, which has risen 940 percent since
1978.
Got Climate Anxiety? Watch "The Biggest Little Farm"—a Template for Regeneration
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by Diana Donlon
The real takeaway from this movie is that the miracle of self-renewal
can happen anywhere, once soil-health restoration becomes the priority
and the processes that allow nature to regenerate are set into motion.
2084: Is Donald Trump Big Brother?
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by Tom Engelhardt
Orwell revisited in the age of Trump
Remembering Colombian Land Defender Hernán Bedoya
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by Brent Patterson
"A year before he died, Hernán warned the palm oil companies planned to
plant another 1,000 hectares (2,470 acres), which would be impossible
unless he and more than a dozen other campesinos were dispossessed."
A Dangerous Alliance: Governments Collaborate with Surveillance Companies to Shrink the Space for Human Rights Work
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by Likhita Banerji
Despite the existence of these international laws and standards, states
and private companies have been able to buy and use spyware freely and
without any provision for accountability.
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CEOs of World’s Largest Corporations: Shareholder Value Is No Longer Sole Objective, Overturning Milton Friedman’s Long-Standing Theory
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Business Praise for Business Roundtable "Statement of Purpose of a Corporation"
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We Support Planned Parenthood
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Planned Parenthood Withdrawal from Title X Demonstrates Cruel Policies
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Business Roundtable Letter Shows Unchecked Corporate Greed Is Unpopular, Unsustainable
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