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News & Views | 8/30/19
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Just Ahead of Labor Day, Trump Floats Tax Cut Condemned as 'Pure Giveaway to Wealthy'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Apart from just sending millionaires checks, it's hard to think of a
tax cut more targeted to the ultra-rich."
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News...
"Scariest Thing You'll Read All Day": Report Sounds Alarm Over Brain-Reading Technology and Neurocapitalism
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A Vox report that swiftly sparked alarm across the internet Friday
outlined how, "in the era of neurocapitalism, your brain needs new
rights," following recent revelations that Facebook and Elon Musk's
Neuralink are developing technologies to read people's minds.
Open Letter From College Professors Urges Educators Worldwide to Cancel Class, Join Global Climate Strike
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Highlighting an open letter now co-signed by 175 teachers that urges
educators around the world to cancel classes and join the global climate
strike scheduled for Sept. 20, two of the original signatories published
an op-ed in The Guardian Friday explaining why striking "in the name of
climate justice is a resounding endorsement of learning."
Tipping Point: UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Burning of Amazon Could Lead to 'Cascading Collapse of Natural Systems'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Unless world governments, consumers, and businesses all work together to
address the root causes of the current burning of the Amazon rain
forest, the Arctic, and forests in the Congo and Angola, the planet will
continue careening toward a point of no return, the U.N.'s top
biodiversity expert said Friday.
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After Man Serves 35 Years in Prison for $50 Robbery, US 'Should Be Ashamed of System We Allow'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Wealthy CEOs and business executives steal millions of dollars from the
public and never go to jail."
"Don't Just Watch Us. Join Us," Say Activists, as Greta Thunberg Joins Climate Strike Outside UN Headquarters
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Swedish teen continues weekly school strike for climate, for the first
time on this side of the Atlantic
'If Environment Were a Bank,' Says Bernie Sanders, 'It Would Have Been Saved Already'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sanders has introduced a $16.3 trillion Green New Deal plan to avert
climate catastrophe and create 20 million jobs in the process
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Views...
A Category 6 'Big Money' Hurricane Is Coming. But With FEC Gutted, the First Responders Aren’t.
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by Craig Holman
We're facing now is a perfect storm of corruption and criminality on a
scale that's almost impossible to fathom.
From Trump Tower to Dictatorial Power
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by Ralph Nader
If Trump wins, America loses. The outcome is up to you in November 2020.
This Is an Anti-Parliamentary Coup—and An Internationally–Organised One
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by Diane Abbott
For Trump, No Deal is imperative; a key step towards a vassal Britain,
subject to his rules on everything from health to cars to food.
Battle for Amulsar: UK Mining Giant Using Corporate Courts to Attack Community Opposed to Massive Gold Mine
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by TJ Chua
This is the sinister mechanism known as ISDS in action—holding a
sovereign government to ransom until it betrays the desires and rights
of its own people
As the World Burns
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by Sarah Jaffe
Catastrophes in the Amazon and elsewhere are flash points for the
larger, ongoing crisis that claims lives in less spectacular fashion—one
that sees life itself as expendable.
The Worker's Friend? Here’s How Trump Has Waged His War on Workers
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by Steven Greenhouse
A Labor Day look at the president's continual attacks on America's
working men and women.
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Newswire...
Big Ag is the Biggest Obstacle to Addressing Climate Change
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AFGE Appeals Ruling that Greenlights Union-Busting Executive Orders
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PSR Statement on Trump EPA's Attempt to Gut Vital New Source Performance Standards on Methane Emissions
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Global Ocean Treaty Negotiations at the UN
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