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Your Week in Review
'Decades of Progress Are at Stake' as Trump Reaches 150 Lifetime Judicial Appointments and Right-Wing Court Takeover Accelerates
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Every network should be covering this. Trump's dangerous takeover of
our courts will last a generation."
Trump Rollback of Key EPA Water Protection Rule Denounced as 'Callous' and 'Immoral' Giveaway to Big Polluters
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Environmental and public health advocates blasted the Trump
administration Thursday for finalizing its rollback of an Obama-era
regulation designed to curb the pollution of waterways nationwide.
Warnings That 'Lives Will Be Lost' After Right-Wing Supreme Court Allows Trump Asylum Ban to Take Effect
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Supreme Court is giving a green light to this administration to
continue its inhumane treatment of vulnerable people."
Amnesty International Chief's Plea to 30,000+ Schools Worldwide: Let the Students Climate Strike!
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a personal plea sent to more than tens of thousands of schools around
the world Wednesday, Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo
called on educators and administrators to allow students to join global
climate strikes later this month.
Steadily Gaining Ground in Polls, Elizabeth Warren Embraces Wall Street Fear of Her Campaign
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
While her poll numbers have risen steadily in recent weeks, Sen.
Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday night was celebrating a contingent of voters
who are hoping she doesn't win the 2020 presidential election: Wall
Street executives.
"Exactly What I've Hoped For": 100+ Education Leaders Voice Support for Sanders K-12 Plan
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than 100 national education leaders are publicly backing 2020
Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders' plan to
reform the American school system, his campaign announced Tuesday
To Critics Who Say Climate Action Is 'Too Expensive,' Greta Thunberg Responds: 'If We Can Save the Banks, We Can Save the World'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If there is something we are not lacking in this world, it's money. Of
course, many people do lack money, but governments and these people in
power, they do not lack money."
'Democracy for Some, But Not for All': Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 Polling Places Closed Since Supreme Court Weakened Voting Rights Act
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Civil rights advocates said Tuesday that The U.S. Supreme Court must
restore the key provision of the Voting Rights Act which it invalidated
in 2013, after a sweeping new report showed how the court's decision led
to the closure of nearly 1,700 polling places across the American South.
'This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Climate scientists have warned for years that the extreme weather events
caused by a rapidly warming planet is already creating climate refugees
around the world and will force many more people from their homes—and on
Sunday night, the Trump administration's response to those refugees was
on full display.
'World Has Never Seen a Threat to Human Rights of This Scope,' UN Rights Chief Says of Climate Emergency
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The window of opportunity for action may be closing—but there is still
time to act."
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