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Thousands Join Greta Thunberg in Letter Telling Global Leaders It's Time to #FaceTheClimateEmergency
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We need to face the full picture. We are facing an existential crisis,
and this is a crisis that we can not buy, build, or invest our way out
of."
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US Supreme Court Upholds 'Pay-to-Vote Scheme,' Allowing Florida to Impose Poll Tax on Those With Felony Convictions
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"This Court's order prevents thousands of otherwise eligible voters from
participating in Florida's primary election simply because they are
poor," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent.
'Riddled With Lies': Analysis Finds Fox News Covid-19 Coverage Featured Misinformation 253 Times in Just Five Days
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The nextwork, said an MMFA researcher, "downplays the threat of the
virus, dismisses the recommendations of public health officials, and
misrepresents the scientific consensus on the disease."
'The Science Should Not Stand in the Way' of Reopening US Schools, Says White House Press Secretary
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday argued that schools should ignore
Centers for Disease Control guidance on reopening.
Ocasio-Cortez, NY State Progressives Call on Cuomo to Pass Billionaires' Tax to Support Immigrants Left Out of Covid-19 Relief
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressive lawmakers in New York on Thursday demanded that Gov. Andrew
Cuomo impose a tax on the few wealthy New Yorkers who have benefited
financially from the coronavirus pandemic in order to support immigrant
workers who have been excluded from relief measures.
'Big Win for Our Climate and for Communities' as Federal Panel Rejects Attack on Rooftop Solar in US
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
However, green groups and renewable advocates also expressed concern
that another new FERC decision will hamper clean energy expansion.
Over 200 National DNC Delegates Call for Withholding of US Military Aid to Israel if Further Annexation Goes Forward
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
More than 200 delegates to the Democratic National Convention said
Thursday that the party must support efforts to withdraw Israeli
military aid if the further annexation of the West Bank moves forward.
McConnell Corporate Immunity Demand Condemned as 'License to Turn Storefronts and Factories and Offices Into Death Traps'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's important to say this clearly and out loud: there is no crisis of
Covid-19 litigation . It's made-up, it doesn't exist, it's a ploy to get
businesses out of paying for compliance."
'Dangerous' and 'Horrible': Lawmakers Demand Answers After Trump Upends CDC's Covid-19 Reporting System
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's hard to see how this step won't further sideline public health
experts and obscure the severity of this crisis."
Bolstering Case for Extending Unemployment Relief—and Higher Wages Overall—Study Shows Recipients Spent More During Pandemic
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Shocker: Working people spend money when they have it."
'Massive Floating Time Bomb': Warnings of Ecological, Humanitarian Disaster as Tanker Risks Dumping Four Times More Oil Than Exxon Valdez
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The potential disaster would "directly affect millions of people in a
country that is already enduring the world's largest humanitarian
emergency."
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Cut the Pentagon 10 Percent, Invest in Public Health
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by Lindsay Koshgarian
Tanks and ships can't save us from our greatest dangers, so let's pay
for the things that can.
Bernie Sanders Is Right, Now Is the Time for Free College
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by Margot Rathke
With youth unemployment and student debt skyrocketing, young people need
free higher education.
With Unemployment at Historic Heights, Congress Must Extend $600 Lifeline to Workers
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by Heidi Shierholz
The millions who will remain jobless after the extra $600 is cut off
will have no choice but to drastically cut their spending, causing a
sharp decline in their living standards, an increase in poverty, and
completely unnecessary suffering.
'Not Him... Us': On the Ultimate Meaning of the Bernie Sanders Campaign
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by Norman Solomon
While Sanders continues to be the preeminent and most effective
progressive voice in the country, the future—now that his presidential
hopes are over—is truly up to us.
We’re So Certain of Our Colonialist Selves That We’re Destroying Our Own Planet
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by Robert C. Koehler
The global movement to end racism must turn its attention to the world's
most vulnerable cultures—the indigenous people of Planet Earth—who are
still enduring the forces of colonial genocide.
Despite Trump Reversal on Visas, Struggles of International Students Haven't Ended
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by Nafisa Tanjeem
If the violence or discrimination doesn't seem as spectacular as the
recent ICE directive to the U.S. liberal taste, it too often gets
normalized and remains ignored.
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State Department’s Effort to Cherry-Pick Rights Is a Dangerous Stunt
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New York Millionaire Challenges Sen. Schumer on His Support for Eliminating SALT Deduction Cap
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New Report: Fox News Pushed Coronavirus Misinformation 253x Between July 6-10
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Immigrant Rights Groups FOIA for Info on ICE’s Chicago Vigilante Training
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Chamber of Commerce Has a Long History of 'Chicken Little' Warnings of a Non-Existent Flood of Lawsuits
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