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News & Views | 9/23/20
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'Property More Valuable Than Human Life': No Charges Against Officers for Killing Breonna Taylor
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Did I hear that correctly? Only one officer is being held remotely
accountable, and it's not for killing Breonna Taylor but instead for
shooting apartments?"
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Arsonists 'Pledging to Light a Few Less Fires': Analysis Exposes Failure of Big Oil Climate Pledges
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"BP, Shell, and Total are still drilling us into a deeper climate
emergency, and that has to stop before they can claim any credibility."
Rejecting Scientific Evidence of Harm to Children's Brains, Trump EPA OKs Continued Use of Chlorpyrifos
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The neurotoxin—which EPA scientists wanted to ban during the Obama
administration—has been shown to damage children's brains and to harm
handlers and animals.
'You Can Feel the Anger': 18,000 Calls to Senators in Just 24 Hours Signal Widespread Outrage Over Trump Supreme Court Power Grab
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot and will not let Trump and McConnell pack the Supreme Court
without a fight."
Trump Openly Admits He Wants to Fill RBG Vacancy Before Election Day So His Justice Can Help Fight Mail-In Ballots
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They aren't hiding that they want to confirm a new Trump justice so
that justice can steal the election."
'These Are the Actions of a Fascist': Press, Rights Advocates Warn of Dangerous Pattern as Trump Again Lauds Violence Against Journalists
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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"An American president does not praise violence against a reporter for
doing his job. That is what an ugly, insecure two-bit dictator does."
Warning the 'Greater Evil Is Simply Off the Charts,' 50+ Progressive Writers and Activists Pen Open Letter Urging Vote for Biden
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It comes down to this. Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden. Vote for Biden at
least in swing states—and urge others to do so as well. And then get on
with building grassroots movements for ongoing fundamental change."
WATCH: In Fiery Floor Speech, Warren Rips Trump Rush to Fill RBG Seat as 'Last Gasp of a Right-Wing, Billionaire-Fueled Party'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The list of what is at stake if Republicans get their way and their
extremist agenda finds a home in the nation's highest court is truly
staggering."
Even as Major Politicians Continue to Drag Feet, Poll Shows Majority in US Want Bold Climate Action and End of Fossil Fuels
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"There may be a divide on Capitol Hill but the large majority of us are
worried about climate change and want to see leaders deal with it."
Fed Program Meant to Help Workers Amid Pandemic Prioritized Wall Street Investors Instead: Analysis
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The primary beneficiaries of the program have been corporate executives
and investors, not workers."
Planet Is Burning, But First Presidential Debate Set to Ignore Humanity's Most Pressing Issue: Climate
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"At a time when wildfires are burning down an entire coast, it's
absolutely unconscionable for the media to dismiss climate change as a
topic in the first presidential debate."
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Open Letter: Dump Trump, Then Battle Biden
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by Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, Sonali Kolhatkar, Juliet Schor, et
al.
Fifty-five progressive writers and activists with a message for 2020
voters.
With Planet at Stake, Moderators Must Make Climate a Focus of Debates
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by Julie Hollar
The climate crisis has been and continues to be a top issue for voters
and one that can't be ignored by journalists for another four years.
The Right’s Long War On Howard Zinn Reaches The White House
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by Peter Dreier
Conservatives have been upset about kids reading 'A People's History of
the United States' for years, worrying that it stirs up trouble. Now
Trump has taken up the cause.
Forget 'Vote By Mail'—To Safeguard the Election, Put on Your Mask and Vote Early In-Person
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by Steven Hill
The U.S. under Trump has reached such a perilous state that this simple
act has become heroic.
Mourn Justice Ginsburg and Fight to Close Irwin Detention Center
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by Laura Flanders
Now is the time to mourn Ruth Bader Ginsburg and fight like hell for
living breathing, actionable, racial, reproductive and gender justice.
What If Preventing Collapse Isn't Profitable?
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by Richard Heinberg
The real downside of the green-profit narrative has been that it created
the assumption in many people's minds that the solution to climate
change and other environmental dilemmas is technical, and that policy
makers and industrialists will implement it for us, so that the way we
live doesn't need...
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Federal Court Protects Indiana Voters’ Ability to Extend Polling-Place Hours in November
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Governor’s Executive Order Takes a Step Toward Climate Action in Transportation Sector
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Kentucky A.G.’s Failure to Bring Murder Charges is a Second Injustice Against Breonna Taylor
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UltraViolet Condemns Debate Topic "Race and Violence in our Cities"
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Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order Makes Great Strides With Zero-Emissions Vehicle Mandate, Comes Up Short on Supply Side Measures
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