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News & Views | 7/9/20

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All 17 species of Red Colobus, including Temminck's Red Colobus (Piliocolobus basius temminckii) are threatened, making this Africa's most threatened genus of monkeys. Hunting for bushmeat—much of it illegal—and habitat loss continue to pose the most urgent threats to primates across the continent. (Photo: Mic Mayhew/IUCN)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than one in four of the 120,372 plant and animal species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature are at risk of extinction.

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Indigenous leaders in Oklahoma hailed the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McGirt vs. Oklahoma as a victory for tribal sovereignty, as the court affirmed that nearly half of the state falls within a Native American reservation.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"To continue to throw money at an industry that is not only causing environmental destruction but also facing economic decline is as imprudent as it is indefensible."


The sun goes down behind chimneys at a coal plant in Duisburg, Germany on June 28, 2019. (Photo: Marcel Kusch/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It's still not too late to avoid the worst effects of the #ClimateEmergency. But governments need to act NOW," tweeted Greenpeace.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Biden must go further, said advocacy group Health GAP, by releasing a concrete plan to dismantle Trump's "misguided, dangerous current policy of 'America first, everyone else to the back of the queue.'"



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Manhattan prosecutor Cyrus Vance can obtain President Donald Trump's financial records as part of an investigation into hush-money payments made to women during the 2016 election, but blocked Congress from seeing the records for the time being. 


A mother holds her malnourished child to be weighed as he receives treatment at Al-Jumhori hospital in Saada province, March 19, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Meanwhile, those at the top are continuing to make a profit."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The richest 1% is responsible for 70% of all unpaid taxes... Congress is leaving hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes uncollected from the wealthy."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders said the policy recommendations would move the U.S. in a "much-needed progressive direction and substantially improve the lives of working families throughout our country."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"May this stand as wakeup call against future mass gatherings/rallies, especially without masks."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We had a window of opportunity, and Neal blew it."

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Climate change protesters disrupt Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign event on October 9, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

by Varshini Prakash
We've moved the needle a lot, especially on environmental justice and upping Biden's overall ambition. But there's still more work to do to push Democrats to understand and embrace the scale of the climate crisis, and towards the promise of a truly just society we envision through a Green New Deal...


All of us must join together to demand that governments and businesses take steps to protect these workers. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

by Linda Benesch
Protecting frontline workers and their families is a matter of both economic justice and racial justice.


Israel began utilizing the occupied territories as if they are contiguous and permanent parts of so-called Israel proper, immediately following the June 1967 war. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

by Ramzy Baroud
The truth is that Israel rarely behaves as an 'Occupying Power', but as a sovereign in a country where racial discrimination and apartheid are not only tolerated or acceptable but are, in fact, 'legal' as well.


If Trump is gone, the odds are good that the people, organized, will make sure a President Biden does the right thing and prevents this pipeline from going into operation. (Photo: 350.org)

by Ted Glick
May more and more of us join this so-desperately-needed political and cultural revolution and keep the victories coming. Let’s seize the time!


A person with a gun and a fist in the air as a form of protest to police violence on June 20, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Protesters for racial justice have called for statues of Confederate leaders, like General Robert E. Lee, be taken down. (Photo by Eze Amos/Getty Images)

by Robert C. Koehler
As soon as we pull the trigger, we’ve dehumanized the enemy and gone to war.


A January 2015 meeting between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Vice President Biden—unlikely to be repeated if Biden wins the presidency. (Photo: AP)

by Leonardo Flores
Biden’s policies are the same policies and exact rhetoric used by the Trump administration.

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