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News & Views | 8/23/19
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After Life of Incalculable Harm, Billionaire Climate Denialist and Right-Wing Villain David Koch Dead at 79
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Death is an escape hatch for David Koch while the rest of us are left
scrambling for the emergency brake before we go over the cliff."
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Despite Massive Police Lockdown, Protesters Vow to Offer 'Radical Solutions' to Counter G7 Failures
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If they were really interested in building a fairer world, surely the
G7 would not need to put the whole region of France into lockdown, with
thousands of police and 'unprecedented' levels of security."
'Our Lungs Are on Fire': Climate Campaigners Rally at Brazilian Embassies to Protest Destruction of Amazon Rainforest
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need governments around the world to speak up against Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro—and put pressure on him to stop these
devastating fires and protect the Amazon."
Trump Mulling 'Uniquely Dystopian' Proposal to Use AI to Identify Mental Health Issues as Risk Factors for Gun Violence
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In keeping with his insistence that people with mental illnesses, and
not the wide availability of guns, are to blame for the epidemic of gun
violence and mass shootings in the U.S., President Donald Trump is
reportedly considering a new project aimed at detecting mental health
issues, suggesting that doing so could stop a shooting before it
happens.
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Warnings of Grave Climate and Human Rights Impact as US Export-Import Bank Approves $5 Billion for Natural Gas Project in Mozambique
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If there is a project with serious alarm bells, it's this one."
After Handing Rich $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut, Trump Reportedly Considering Slashing Medicare and Social Security as 'Second-Term Project'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Mr. Trump, you are not going to have a second term," tweeted Sen.
Bernie Sanders in response to the president's reported plan
Sanders Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Calls for All Democratic Candidates to Unite Against DNC Over #ClimateDebate
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If all the Democratic presidential candidates say to the DNC, 'Let's
have a debate or a forum about climate change'—what are they gonna do,
kick out every single one of them?"
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When Reporting on Global Crises Like the Amazon Fires, the Media Needs to Focus on Who’s Fighting Them
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by Janine Jackson
It doesn't matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the
same people stay at the center of them, the story won't change.
Resist Locally, Renew Globally
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by Helena Norberg-Hodge
Resistance to corporate rule at the policy level will need to be coupled
with the generation of alternatives from below, to fill the gaps left by
the departing old system.
Let's Stop Trying to Predict Who Can Beat Trump
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by Sonali Kolhatkar
Jill Biden's tacit admission that her husband stands for nothing much
beyond a vague idea of electability could hand the election to Trump.
The Amazon Is Burning Because the World Eats So Much Meat
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by Eliza Mackintosh
And if saving the rainforest isn't enough to convince carnivores to stop
eating Brazilian beef—the greenhouse gas emissions the cattle create may
be.
Is a Nationally Widespread New Voting System Ready for the 2020 Elections?
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by Steven Rosenfeld
An independent audit in Maryland raises key questions.
The Terrifying Legacy of David Koch
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by Ryan Cooper
David Koch was one of the most powerful people in the world over the
last three or so decades, and he did his level best to stymie any effort
to stop the biggest threat to human society.
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Newswire...
350 Action Responds to Nebraska Decision to Uphold KXL Pipeline Route, Calls on Presidential Candidates To Take #NoKXL Pledge
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Coalition Outraged Over Nebraska Supreme Court Decision and Committed to Fight KXL
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As Amazon burns, Brazilians Disrupt Minister of the Environment Presentation Demanding Climate Action
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G7: Johnson to Put Britain on Path to Devastating Trade Deal With Trump
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Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Law that Ignores Landowners’ Property Rights, Indigenous Sovereignty in Flawed Decision on Keystone XL Pipeline Route
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