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News & Views | 8/20/19
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#PrayForAmazonia Goes Viral as Twitter Users Call Attention to 'International Emergency' of Fires Devastating Brazil's Rainforest
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Amazon rainforest has been burning for three weeks! We are on the
verge of losing it completely if the fire isn't put out. The loss of
trees, the loss of biodiversity is what is accelerating climate change."
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A Month Ahead of Global Climate Strike, Thousands Pledge to Attend Rallies Across Planet to 'Turn Up the Political Heat' and Demand Action
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Organizers behind the global climate strike—from teenage students to
adults who have fought for climate action for decades—are calling on all
people who want to halt the climate crisis to join the worldwide action
on September 20.
That Kamala Harris Even Considered Skipping CNN Forum, Say Youth Campaigners, Is 'Why We Absolutely Need' Mandatory Climate Debate
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
Senator's reversal comes after progressives rebuked 2020 candidate for
choosing to attend high-priced fundraiser over forum focused on
planetary crisis
Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Pure pro-pesticide politics."
'Coming to You Live From the Electoral College,' Ocasio-Cortez Explains Why System That Perpetuates Inequality Is a Scam
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez injected humor into her commentary on the
Electoral College, which she posted on Instagram Monday night, but her
message was serious: the 232-year-old system which allowed Presidents
George W. Bush and Donald Trump to win their elections with less support
from voters than their Democratic opponents, gives precedence to white
people's votes over those of people of color.
Calling Out Trump's Refusal to Hold Big Banks Accountable, Warren Unveils Plan to Overhaul Two-Tiered Criminal Justice System
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Today in America, there's one justice system for the rich and powerful,
and another one for everybody else."
'Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Is Here': Russians, Anti-Nuke Experts Denounce US Missile Test
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Nuclear experts and disarmament advocates are warning that the world is
witnessing a new arms race after the Pentagon tested a new missile
Sunday that would have violated a Cold War-era treaty the Trump
administration ditched earlier this month.
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Dear Politicians: Lower Drug Prices Now
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by Nancy Altman, Alex Lawson
Our strategy is simple: mobilize millions of Americans across this
country to stand up and demand that politicians choose a side, the
American people or the pharmaceutical corporations.
Key Trump Policies Show a Person Mentally Disordered: Megalomaniacal, Paranoid, and Psychopathic
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by Jeffrey D. Sachs
The U.S. president is widely mischaracterized as a cynical politician
maneuvering for personal power and financial gain. Yet the situation is
far more dangerous.
You Can’t Put Capitalism Over Sustainability—and Other Lessons From China
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by David Korten
Humanity's existential crisis can be resolved only when we the people
stand united behind a vision of the world we truly want.
The Significance of the 1619 Project
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by Jesse Jackson
The project tells the "unvarnished truth" of slavery. We will face the
horrors of our past, as well as the triumph of our progress. It is a
telling that is long overdue.
Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change
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by Naomi Oreskes, Michael Oppenheimer
A book entitled Discerning Experts explains why—and what can be done
about it.
Workplace Raids Are Not the Answer
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by Angela Stuesse
Criminalizing undocumented labor will not curb the practice of their
hiring. It only makes workers more exploitable.
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Demand Progress Education Fund: Business Roundtable’s Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds
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New Report: Nearly Two Thirds of the World’s New Oil and Gas to Come From the US
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s 200 Million-Acre Expansion of Bee-Killing Pesticide
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One Month Ahead of Global Climate Strikes, Thousands Pledge Support
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Approval of Armenian Gold Mine Shows Corporate Courts ‘Crush Democracy’
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