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'Completely Terrifying': Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point That Could Unleash Mass Extinction Event
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The continuous addition of carbon dioxide to the planet's oceans—which
shows no sign of stopping due to the persistent extraction of fossil
fuels—is likely to trigger a chemical reaction in Earth's carbon cycle
that is identical to those which happened just before mass extinction
events, according...
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'Time to Act for the Future of Our Planet': Other Lawmakers Urged to Join Fight as Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil Climate Emergency Declaration
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Instead of remaining complicit in worsening the effects of climate
change, members of Congress in both the House and Senate must respond to
this resolution with the urgency and support that this moment demands."
Pelosi Joins McConnell in Deferring to Trump on Acosta's Future Amid Growing Calls for Labor Secretary to Resign
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In spite of growing public calls for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to
resign or be fired over a sweetheart plea deal he granted registered sex
offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a federal
prosecutor in Florida, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday both
deferred to President Donald Trump to decide his cabinet member's
future.
Study Warns Melting of 'One of the World's Most Dangerous Glaciers' Could Cause 20-Inch Sea Level Rise
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
New NASA-funded research warns that because of human-caused global
heating, West Antarctica's massive Thwaites Glacier is at risk of
reaching a tipping point that could raise the global sea level by about
20 inches.
In Terms of Combating Climate Crisis, Renowned Naturalist David Attenborough Declares: 'We Cannot Be Radical Enough'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The comments came during testimony to Parliament
Call to Action by Journalists, Academics Urges Americans to Use 'All Nonviolent Means Necessary' to Shut Down Trump Detention Camps
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"From abolitionism to Standing Rock, Americans have come together time
and again to defy horrific injustice. Now, as the government tries to
normalize concentration camps, it is time like never before to target
those responsible."
CBO Analysis Shows $15 Federal Minimum Wage Would Raise Pay for 27 Million Workers and Lift 1.3 Million Out of Poverty
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It has been more than 10 years since congress raised the minimum
wage—the longest stretch in history. This is a shameful benchmark.
Congress should immediately pass the Raise the Wage Act."
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Trump and GOP Are Blatantly Encouraging Foreign Dictators to Hack the 2020 Election
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by Thom Hartmann
Which is why Trump and McConnell are working as hard as they can to make
sure those foreign oligarchs and autocrats know how much they'll
appreciate that help, should it be forthcoming
America’s Real Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Democracy vs. Oligarchy
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by Robert Reich
When oligarchs fill the coffers of political candidates, they neuter
democracy
The Riptide of American Militarism
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by William Astore
Lessons from the natural world on Washington's unnatural wars
AOC Wants to Change the World Through Action. Nancy Pelosi Wants to Do It Through Pithy Phrases
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by Michael Arceneaux
I'm bored with the folk tale of Nancy Pelosi in which she drives the
aspiring tyrant Donald Trump mad by using ironic turns of phrases such
as 'self-impeachment' while providing him more money to mistreat kids
Only a Mass Movement Can Bring About a Green New Deal
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by Angus Satow
Plans for a radical green transformation must be matched by a movement
that is rooted in the lives of ordinary people
‘Equal Pay, Equal Pay, Equal Pay’
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by Jesse Jackson
If there is justice, the U.S. women's soccer team will be as victorious
in their quest for equal pay as they were in their quest for the World
Cup
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Sanders, Blumenauer and Ocasio-Cortez Announce Introduction of Climate Emergency Resolution
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350 Action Responds to Senate "Climate Emergency" Resolution
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Congressional Resolution Declares Climate Emergency
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Activists Officially Petition Congress to Investigate Kavanaugh
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Taliban Bombings in Afghanistan Chillingly Disregard Human Life
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