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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is beyond logic and humanity to attempt to keep children locked up for as long as possible, especially when we know that this subjects them to trauma and extreme distress."

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An oil well in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on May 3, 2018. (Photo: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images)

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Over next decade, unlesss its trajectory changes, 61 percent of new global production will come from the United States




by Julia Conley, staff writer
After spending a year and a half traveling the country to register young people to vote and urge high school and college students to participate in the 2020 election, the national organization March For Our Lives released a sweeping gun control proposal Wednesday, calling on the federal government to listen to the demands of young voters.



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Ahead of an AFL-CIO event in Iowa Wednesday, Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that, if elected, he "will make it easier, not harder, for workers to join unions by implementing the Workplace Democracy Plan and establishing a national goal to double union membership during his first term."


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 U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The President is a raving lunatic," responded Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum. "He is not well."



President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday talking to reporters.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The president wants to issue an executive order, but such a move is likely unconstitutional




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This rhetoric from the president is going to get Jews killed. It already has."


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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for New York, in the 60-foot Malizia II yacht, from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14.(Photo: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES)

by Bill McKibben
On what kind of world do we expect 15-year-olds to tackle our biggest problems by themselves?



Members of the Sunrise Movement hubs from across New York gathered for a rally on Aug. 13, 2019, outside the DNC headquarters in New York City to pressure the state members to vote for a climate debate. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Naomi Klein
Having a habitable Earth is not a "single issue"; it is the single precondition for every other issue’s existence.



Both terminals and their backers provide proof that tackling climate change means tackling corruption at the highest levels of our democracy, regardless of party affiliation. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Daphne Wysham
Major donors to both parties are trying desperately to get more fossil fuels to market.



US Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) speaks as, Ilhan Abdullahi Omar (D-MN)(L), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) (2R), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a press conference, to address remarks made by US President Donald Trump earlier in the day, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on July 15, 2019. - President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen, saying if they're not happy in the United States "they can leave." (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP

by Joshua Cho
Here's a question: Why grant anonymity to a partisan source making an inaccurate attack—unless giving cover for a non-returnable attack on a progressive political figure was the point?



Blaming immigrants for a lack of "good jobs" only helps the corporations who cut wages, slash benefits, and offshore jobs. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by George Goehl
I’ve seen firsthand how communities get hung out to dry when politicians scapegoat immigrants for the crimes of corporations.



Antifa is not a threat to U.S. democracy. White supremacists are. And a President who offers them inspiration and encouragement is an even greater threat. But neither is Antifa an appropriate or representative form of democratic response to these threats. (Photo: Alexandros Michailidis | Shutterstock.com)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Thoughts from Bloomington, Indiana.


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