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News & Views | 6/12/20
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New Campaign Prepares Mass Mobilization Should Trump Refuse to 'Leave Willingly' If Defeated in November
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Preparing for the possibility of Trump refusing to concede isn't just
reasonable, it's the responsible thing to do."
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Research Shows 'Linking Climate Policy to Social and Economic Justice Makes It More Popular'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Amid persistent calls for a green and just recovery from the ongoing
coronavirus pandemic and nationwide protests against systemic racism and
injustice, researchers on Friday detailed recent studies showing "policy
packages that address the climate crisis alongside income inequality,
racial injustice, and the economic crisis are more popular among
voters."
Sanders Proposes Slashing Pentagon Budget by 10% to Reinvest Funds in Communities 'Devastated by Poverty and Incarceration'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Instead of spending $740 billion on the Department of Defense, said the
Vermont senator, the United States should reinvest in "cities and towns
that we've neglected and abandoned for far too long."
Erasing 30 Years of Progress, Covid-19 Pandemic Could Lead to More Than One Billion People Living in Poverty: Study
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The number of people living in poverty around the globe could eventually
top one billion as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according
researchers at Kings College London and Australian National University.
As Nationwide Protests Over Police Brutality Continue, Cities Across the US Cut and Reallocate Police Funding
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You don't have to go full abolition to see that maybe sinking 1/3 of a
city's general budget into police is a problematic investment."
'This Is Cruel': DeVos Bars Certain Students, Including DACA Recipients, From Covid-19 Relief Funds
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sparked outrage Thursday by doubling
down on an April guidance that bars U.S. higher education institutions
from giving any federal coronavirus relief funds to foreign,
undocumented, and certain other students.
Louisville Lawmakers Ban No-Knock Warrants as Advocates Escalate Demand for Arrests of Three Officers Who Killed Breonna Taylor
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Racial justice advocates intensified their calls on Friday for
Louisville, Kentucky authorities to arrest the three police officers who
shot and killed Breonna Taylor in March, after the city council
unanimously voted to ban the type of warrant police used to enter
Taylor's home.
Amid Push to 'Sell More Weapons Overseas,' Report Indicates Trump Moving to Expand Drone Exports
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by Common Dreams staff
The expansion would come after a reinterpretation of an arms agreement
between 35 nations.
ICC Denounces 'Unprecedented Attacks' by Trump Administration
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"An attack on the ICC also represents an attack against the interests of
victims of atrocity crimes, for many of whom the court represents the
last hope for justice."
Federal Court Urged to Hold 'Rogue' Trump EPA in Contempt for Blatant Defiance of Ban on Toxic Weed Killer
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"EPA needs a lesson in separation of powers and we're asking the court
to give it to them."
"He Doesn't Care, So Long as He's Not Liable": Trump Rally-Goers Required to Agree Not to Sue If They Contract Coronavirus
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Immunity from lawsuits encourages irresponsible and reckless behavior,
and undermines public health, as the Trump campaign is now shamefully
making clear."
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The Congressional Police Reform Bill Fails to Meet the Moment
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by Maritza Perez
It continues to fund police departments rather than redirect resources
to communities, particularly Black and Brown communities that have been
most harmed by over-policing and the war on drugs.
Canada Isn't the Right Choice for the UN Security Council
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by Bianca Mugyenyi
For progressive Canadians the message is simple: Better than the USA is
not good enough.
All We're Asking Is to Let Us Live: Stop the Money Pipeline Now
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by Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
If you continue to fund projects that are literally putting our planet,
our existence on the line, and defining the existence of our children,
then you have left us no choice: that we must put our bodies against the
gears of the machine and bring it to a grinding halt.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ro Khanna Introduce Bill to Increase Military Accountability for Civilian Casualties
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by Brett Wilkins
Since waging the world's only nuclear war at the end of World War II,
the United States military has killed more foreign civilians than any
other armed force on the planet, by far.
Media Acknowledge Drive to Defund Police—But Seek to Blunt Its Radical Edge
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by Julie Hollar
Media wave away this possibility as absurd, but how to move beyond the
US's racist, shockingly violent criminal justice system is a discussion
our country not only can but desperately needs to have.
A Second Wave of COVID-19 Looms Large—and It’s Not Because of Protests
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
The far greater concern is the rampage on science and public health now
underway by governors and the White House.
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Trump Administration Must Release PPP Data Immediately
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Niger Journalist Samira Sabou Jailed, Charged with Cybercrime Over Facebook Post
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Poor & Low-income People to Lift Up Their Voices at Digital Assembly on June 20th
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CWA Members Take a Stand Against Racism, Declare #BlackLivesMatter
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Color of Change PAC Announces "No Cash From Cops” Campaign to Cut Ties From the Fraternal Order of Police
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