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News & Views | 9/5/19

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Danielle Greene and Jennifer Vassil attend a rally

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than 120 organizations on Thursday urged members of the U.S. House to support a constitutional amendment that aims to reverse the damage done to American democracy by Citizens United , the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that effectively enabled corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to...

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The heavy rainfall could flood poorly located factory farms, spreading untold tons of hog, chicken, and turkey waste along the coastal plain."


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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The American criminal-legal system is a stain on our democracy," declares a new policy platform from human and civil rights groups who aim to transform the existing system into one of respect and justice.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Following months of dogged campaigning by National Nurses United and other Medicare for All advocates, one of the top Democrats in the U.S. House on Thursday became one of highest-ranking lawmakers to sign on as a co-sponsor of the progressive proposal.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If Biden is serious about taking on the power of the fossil fuel lobby, why is he going to a fundraiser hosted by the co-founder of a natural gas company?"


In the new season of Amazon's "Jack Ryan," the titular character goes to war with Venezuela.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"No matter how cynical you might be about propagandistic American media, you are not prepared for how much watching this trailer is like snorting 100% pure John Bolton."


A Transportation Security Administration agent at a checkpoint verifying passenger identification in John Glenn Columbus International Airport.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
After years of abuse and secrecy, court's decision seen by rights advocates as very welcome but "long overdue"

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by Mark Schlosberg
We cannot confront the climate emergency—we cannot avoid the worst of rapidly unfolding climate chaos—if we do not stop our headlong rush to expand fossil fuel extraction and burning.


Charter schools are funded through public education dollars, just like traditional public schools. Can they then function as if they were private real estate holders, with the freedom to knock down or otherwise alter buildings as they see fit? (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/flickr/cc)

by Sarah Lahm
A battle over a beloved church building in the Twin Cities reveals how money can be made from charter school real estate deals.


A prominent Donald Trump sign on display in West Des Moines, Iowa in 2016. (Photo: Tony Webster/cc/flickr)

by John Atcheson
Perhaps we could let go of past failures more easily if it didn't look like many powerful forces were so eager to repeat them


Anti-war demonstration in New York City on the 16th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan, October 7 2017. (Photo: Erik McGregor/SIPA USA/PA Images)

by Medea Benjamin
Every dollar of public money financing US militarism abroad is a dollar that could fight hunger, homelessness, or climate change.


Legislators are easy to buy in a poor state. The Waltons own quite a few. (Photo: OUR Walmart)

by Diane Ravitch
Have they no shame?


Protests marched against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

by Tom Engelhardt
Who are the real invaders in these troubled times?

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