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News & Views | 6/15/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot continue to have our land desecrated by oil spills."

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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Big Oil is finally admitting what we've been saying for the last ten years: their reserves of oil and gas are increasingly worthless because there's no way to safely, or profitably, produce them."


National security advisor John Bolton listens to President Donald Trump talk to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Feb. 12, 2019. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If the book gets out, he's broken the law and I would think that he would have criminal problems—I hope so."


Solar workers install panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco, California on May 9, 2018.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Net metering must continue, the groups tell the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Democratic National Committee on Monday attempted to dismiss its own climate council as an "insurgent" group that isn't "taken seriously" after the panel released policy guidance that goes far beyond presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's own climate platform. 



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Arati decided to take on the incumbent Democrat in her district because she knows that this moment requires bold, progressive leadership."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Labor and LGBTQ rights advocates celebrated Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or identity is prohibited under long-standing federal law.



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"America: Do not listen to President Trump on any medical advice."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Recent events demonstrate the urgent need for Congress to stand up for the rule of law and abolish qualified immunity."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Economists have warned that in addition to "causing avoidable human misery," ending the enhanced unemployment insurance "would severely hamper spending—and, by extension, the overall economic recovery."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The protests the world is witnessing are a rejection of the fundamental racial inequality and discrimination that characterise life in the United States for black people."

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A vandalized statue of the Belgian soldier, explorer, and official for the Congo Free State, General Storms is seen on the Square de Meeus on June 14, 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. The statue of "General Storms", one of the Belgians commissioned by King Leopold II to colonize the Congo in the 19th century, will soon be unbolted and moved to the Africa Museum, where the bust of Émile Pierre Joseph Storms will be "contextualized." (Photo; Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

by Harriet Malinowitz
As long as those stone or bronze testaments to a "heritage" or a "way of life" remain fixed in their places, they will continue to permeate our sense of what is just and acceptable in human relations.


Not once has Trump called for one of the nearly 1,000 right-wing extremist groups to be designated as a domestic terrorist organisation. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Sahar Aziz
Passing a law allowing the designation of domestic groups as terrorist would allow the government to silence opposition.


Now is the time for divestment. (Photo: Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images)

by Kanya Bennett
The acknowledgment that Black Lives Matter demands bold and visionary leadership at the national level.


Winona LaDuke, executive director of Honor the Earth, spoke to aroung 45 people during a Honor the Earth rally at the 121 7th Place East building in July of 2014. (Photo: Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

by Rory O'Connor
The Global Center, a non-profit educational foundation dedicated to developing socially responsible media, is proud to announce Native American leader Winona LaDuke as the recipient of the fifth annual DANNY Award, which honors the life and work of the late Danny "The News Dissector" Schechter.


Cancellation of student debt would also boost the broader economy by creating a huge financial stimulus. (Photo: YouTube/screenshot)

by Brian Wakamo
Lifting student debt burdens would particularly benefit people of color, while giving the economy a major boost.


It’s clear that the United States Postal Service provides tremendous service and value to seniors, not to mention millions of other Americans. (Photo: hobvias sudoneighm/flickr/cc)

by Max Richtman
Refusing to bolster the United States Postal Service in its time of need is nothing short of a betrayal of American seniors, who are more reliant upon the US Postal Service than any other age group.

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