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News & Views | 7/27/20
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GOP Plan to Slash Unemployment Benefits by $1,600 Per Month Condemned as 'Absolutely Unacceptable'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The country is on fire and the chief concern for Senate Republicans is
that unemployed people have too much money."
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Progressives Applaud AOC Proposal to Ban 'Insidious Practice' of Military Recruiting in Schools
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's important that our youth understand that joining the military
isn't the only way to pay for college or find stability in life."
Pressured by Climate Activist Groups, Deutsche Bank Ditches Drilling in the Arctic
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by Krissy Waite, editorial intern
The bank joins a list of two dozen others that will not back Arctic
drilling projects.
New ACLU Analysis of Crime Data Shreds GOP's Argument Against Decarceration During Pandemic
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"With additional decarceral efforts, many further infections can be
prevented in the... cities analyzed and many others."
New Investigation Reveals How Fossil Fuel Giants Are Amplifying Militarized Police Forces
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This report sheds a harsh and needed light on the ways police violence
and systemic racism intersect with the climate crisis."
'Incapable Leadership': Trump Response to Coronavirus Eroding US Credibility Worldwide
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Totally avoidable. Entirely foreseeable."
"No, I Won't Be Going": Trump Says He Will Not Pay Respects to John Lewis Lying in State
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Trump said in January 2017 that Lewis, one of the original Freedom
Riders, was "all talk" and "no action."
'Red Line for a Humane Society': 360+ DNC Delegates Vow to Oppose Democratic Platform If It Doesn't Support Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Democrats who understand the profound need for Medicare for All don't
want a pat on the head. We want a genuine political commitment to
healthcare as a human right."
'We Have Never Endorsed You,' Sunrise Movement—Which Backs Ed Markey—Reminds Joe Kennedy III
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It is now day 309 of trying to figure out why Kennedy decided to run
for Senate. He obviously doesn't even know either."...
'Could Mean a Huge Gap in Payments': Memo Warns GOP Unemployment Benefit Formula Would Take Months to Implement
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You know Republicans are in pretty bad shape when they have to go with
a plan based on rough ideas that Donald Trump's own Secretary of Labor
says are unworkable."
Inner Circle Infection as Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien Tests Positive for Covid-19
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The White House claims there is no risk to the president or vice
president.
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We Should Be Fighting For Healthcare For Everyone, Not Taking It Away
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by Hebah Kassem
As a nation, we will only be healthy if everyone has access to
healthcare.
Corporate Constitutional Rights are Cancerous to Democracy
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by Judy Young, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap
We must take these public health choices out of the hands of corporate
executives and put corporations in their proper place: subservient to
public welfare.
Killing Democracy in America
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by William Astore
The military-industrial complex as a cytokine storm.
System Change: A Basic Primer to the Solidarity Economy
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by Emily Kawano, Julie Matthaei
Transferring ownership to workers, communities, and/or the state allows
for a shift in the entire focus of the economy from generating profit
for the top one percent to serving all the people.
Public Money to Plunder the Planet: Development Banks Fund Big Meat and Dairy
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by Shefali Sharma
The goal should be climate resilience and mitigation that helps empower
local communities, indigenous peoples and workers while diminishing
market power of oligopolies in agribusiness that drives social and
environmental standards towards a race to the bottom.
'Let’s Feed a Bedouin': Roy Oz and Israel’s Outrageous Racism
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by Ramzy Baroud
Without international pressure, Israel will never, on its own, confront
its demons of military occupation, apartheid and deep-rooted racism.
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Newswire...
New Obesity Strategy Could Be 'Torpedoed' By US Trade Deal
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New Report Shows How Fossil Fuel Corporations, Utilities, and Fossil-Financiers Help Direct, Sponsor, Partner With, and Fund Police Foundation
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Multinational Banking Giant Deutsche Bank Will Not Fund Arctic Drilling
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Civil Rights Groups Ask Appellate Court to Reject Renewed Palestine Censorship Efforts by Fordham University
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Friends of the Earth Sues Treasury
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