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Your Week in Review
Indigenous Women of the Amazon Send a Call: The Fight for Mother Earth Is the Mother of All Fights
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by Osprey Orielle Lake
The lives of every future generation and our species as humans depends
on the collective effort to generate new development models. Humanity
has no Plan B for the Earth. Our fight is so urgent that we must all get
together right now. The fight for Mother Earth is the mother of all
fights.
'Sociopathic Disregard for Our Future': Trump EPA Set to Gut Restrictions on Planet-Warming Methane Emissions
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"At a time when the federal government's job should be to help
localities and states move faster toward cleaner energy and a cleaner
economy, the government is walking off the field."
Calling for End of "War Against Nature," Greta Thunberg's Arrival in US Brings Swell of Attention to Global Climate Strike
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Something that's really common among young people is we just aren't
given that platform. Now, Greta and millions of other kids are showing
that we don't need it handed to us. We can fight for the platform."
'Just the Beginning': Massive Protests in UK as Thousands Flood Streets to #StoptheCoup
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We're here because our democracy wasn't given to us as an act of
generosity or charity by the people on top."
With Amazon in Flames, Trump Moves to Open 16.7 Million-Acre Alaskan Rainforest to Corporate Exploitation
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the planet could talk, it would be screaming in agony or weeping in
despair. Maybe both."
New Poll Shows 65% of Democrats More Likely to Back 2020 Candidate Who Supports Medicare for All Over Obamacare Tweaks
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In January, 57 percent of Democrats said they would be more likely to
vote for a candidate who backs a Medicare for All health system over
expanding the Affordable Care Act. That number has now risen to 65
percent."
Indigenous Tribes on Front Line of Amazon Rainforest Fires Vow to Resist Bolsonaro's "Destruction of Mother Nature"
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're putting our bodies and our lives on the line to try to save our
territories."
Phoenix Voters 'Say Yes to the Future,' Rejecting Koch-Backed Effort to Ban Light Rail Expansion in Least Sustainable US City
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The city of Phoenix dealt a decisive blow to the Koch Brothers on
Tuesday when voters rejected a measure that would have banned any
expansion of the city's light rail system.
To Fight Corporate 'Assault on Journalism,' Sanders Unveils Plan to Stop Big Media Mergers and Bolster Independent News
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot sit by and allow corporations, billionaires, and demagogues
to destroy the Fourth Estate, nor can we allow them to replace serious
reporting with infotainment and propaganda."
With Open Internet Under Assault, 2020 Democrats Urged to Sign Pledge to Reject Telecom Cash and Restore Net Neutrality
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If net neutrality is not restored, the public will lose the ability to
access sites, run small businesses, and tell the stories too often
ignored by the mainstream media."
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