To view this message in a browser:
[link removed]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Your Week in Review
'Vision for Justice': 117 Rights Groups Offer Roadmap to Transform US Criminal-Legal System
[link removed]
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.
'Not Exactly a Vote of Confidence': Amid Brexit Chaos, Boris Johnson's Own Brother Resigns
[link removed]
by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Week of legislative defeats and popular ridicule continues for embattled
UK Prime Minister
Because 'A World Without Insects Is Not Worth Living In,' Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate
[link removed]
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"What we need is more humming and buzzing."
Ahead of Climate Forum, Bernie Sanders Urges All 2020 Democrats to Back Federal Fracking Ban
[link removed]
by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Any proposal to avert the climate crisis must include a full fracking
ban on public and private lands," declared Sanders
"If This Wasn't So Dangerous I'd Be Laughing": Trump Presents Outdated Dorian Forecast Map With Alabama Circled With Sharpie
[link removed]
by Jon Queally, staff writer
" It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service
forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here."
Watch Dying Activist Ady Barkan's "Heartfelt" and "Moving" Conversation With Bernie Sanders on the Fight for Medicare for All
[link removed]
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You have been an integral part of the struggle to make clear that
healthcare is a human right," Sanders told Barkan
"He's Opposed Every Increase in the Minimum Wage": AFL-CIO Chief Rips Trump's Anti-Worker Agenda
[link removed]
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They've done more things to hurt workers than they have to help them,"
Richard Trumka said of the Trump administration
'It Is Pure Hell Here': Videos From Bahamas Show Devastation Left by Hurricane Dorian as Category 5 Storm Heads Toward US Coast
[link removed]
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We are surrounded by water with no way out. Absolute devastation, there
really are no words."
Attacks on Greta Thunberg, Say Allies, Show Just How 'Terrified' Reactionary Forces Have Become of Global Climate Movement
[link removed]
by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The bile thrown at Greta Thunberg is motivated by one thing alone: this
incredibly intelligent, eloquent and compassionate 16 year old has
terrified some of the most hateful and reactionary so-called 'grown ups'
on earth," said British political columnist activist Owen Jones.
Share this newsletter with a friend
[link removed]
Donate
[link removed]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright (c) 2017 Common Dreams
Our address is PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, USA
If you do not wish to receive future email, click here:
[link removed]
(You can also send your request to Customer Care at the street address above.)
