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News & Views | 9/17/19

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Citing what First Amendment advocates call an "unconstitutional" system of controlling what federal employees can and cannot say about their work, President Donald Trump's Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden over the publication of his memoir.

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A nuclear war would kill millions of people, a new report reminds the Pentagon.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We urgently need sensible action to reduce and eliminate nuclear risk."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Global greenhouse gas emissions need to decline today rather than tomorrow, and global CO2 emissions should be brought to net zero."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"What I'm telling you to do now is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference. I'm urging all of you to take part in the global climate strikes on September 20th and September 27th."



by Jon Queally, staff writer
"How do we earn the hope that we could actually do this?" asks author of new book. "That's the only discussion that matters."


Billionaire Jeff Bezos makes between $4.5 million and $9 million an hour.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
A new analysis finds that the billionaire could provide annual coverage slashed last week with just a fraction of what he makes personally each day.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
An estimated 20,000 people packed New York City's Washington Square Park Monday night to hear Sen. Elizabeth Warren speak about her campaign for president, particularly her sweeping anti-corruption proposal.

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IHP Climate Change Program Students volunteer, making art for Climate Strikes. (Photo: Peter Menchini)

by David Solnit
"We need more than dire warnings about the future. We need artists to create images of the better and more beautiful world we want to build."


When citizens blind themselves to a news organization’s corporate entanglements, and trust the outlet to be truthful anyway, it is, to put it mildly, extraordinarily naïve. (Photo: CBInsights)

by Alison Rose Levy
Given that "90% of the United States' media is controlled by five media conglomerates," the top executive at many news outfits is likely the CEO of a multinational corporation.


Then-U.S. Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) during a taping of "Meet the Press" at the NBC Studios December 19, 2004 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
The current Democratic frontrunner did everything he could to enable the Iraq war, and—still—takes no responsibility for doing so.


In this photo taken on May 1, 2019 shows environmental campaigners holding a protest against the development of the India-backed Adani coal mine at the entrance of Abbot Point port near the Queensland state town of Bowen, where the commodity will be shipped. (Photo: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

by Robert Jensen
Naomi Klein's new book is essential reading, but does it go far enough in confronting the grim realities we truly face?


President Donald Trump brandishes a graphic during an Oval Office briefing on the status of Hurricane Dorian in Washington, D.C. on September 4, 2019. (Photo: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Harriet Feinberg
Dyslexia may explain a lot about the twisted behavior of the president.


Saudi Arabia and the UAE have been at war against Yemen since 2015. It is a ghastly war, a reckless war, one for which there is no end in sight. Trump wants advice on how to deal with Iran from the architect of that war—Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

by Vijay Prashad
If you want to identify the most reckless powers in our world today, look no further than Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America.

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