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Progressives Say GM's Decision to Cut Off Employee Health Insurance 'Yet Another Reason Why We Need Medicare for All'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Under a single-payer system, said one Medicare for All advocate,
employers would no longer have "tons of leverage because workers are
desperate to keep their benefit."
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'Look a Dying Man in the Eyes': Activist Ady Barkan Wants Joe Biden to Sit Down and Talk About Medicare for All
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Look a dying man in the eyes and tell me how we fix this country."
Day After Trump Denigrates Homeless, Sanders Unveils $2.5 Trillion #HousingForAll Plan to Address Crisis
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In the wake of "abhorrent" comments made by President Donald Trump about
homeless people, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders
on Wednesday unveiled his $2.5 trillion "Housing for All" plan, which
calls for building millions of affordable housing units and providing
billions of dollars in rental assistance over a decade.
'What the Hell Is Going On Here'?: Alarm Raised as Trump's Intelligence Director Refuses to Give Whistleblower Complaint to Congress
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Protocols put in place to protect government whistleblowers were in
jeopardy Wednesday—potentially at the direction of President Donald
Trump, according to a top Democrat—as the acting Director of National
Intelligence refused to share a whistleblower's complaint with Congress,
as required by law.
WATCH: With Gun Control Measures Held Up In Congress, 'Gut Punch' PSA Shows Children Trying to Survive School Shooting
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A new PSA released Wednesday by the non-profit group Sandy Hook Promise
showed the reality children face as they head back to school—one marked
not only by back-to-school shopping but by active shooter drills and
fears that their school could be the next target of a mass shooting.
Disputing Trump Claims, Japan Says No Evidence Iran Was Behind Saudi Attack
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We are not aware of any information that points to Iran," said Japanese
defense minister Taro Kono.
Greta Thunberg Just Delivered Her Testimony to US Lawmakers: It Was a Landmark UN Climate Report
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Rather than delivering prepared remarks, 16-year-old Swedish climate
activist Greta Thunberg submitted a landmark United Nations report on
global warming as testimony at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday and urged
federal lawmakers to heed experts' warnings about the necessity of
ambitious, urgent efforts to address the planetary emergency.
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Parents, Time to Misbehave and Climate Strike With Your Kids
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by Jeff Biggers
Our kids get it: While schools and parents wring their hands and debate
over issuing "excused absences" for missed classes, they have ignored
the fact that the surge of carbon emissions last year increasingly
renders a bleak future.
Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
If Congress successfully reclaims its constitutional authority over the
US role in this conflict, it could be a critical turning point in ending
the state of permanent war that the U.S. has inflicted on itself and the
world since 2001.
Removing the Profit From Our Pills: The Case for a Public Pharma System
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by Fran Quigley
The American people are ready to extract the profit from our pills, and
this new report shows us how to do it.
The Secret GOP Plan to Keep Power
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by Robert Reich
Despite the fact that Republicans continually receive fewer raw votes in
national elections, they could regain control of the House through
gerrymandering.
Global Climate Strike: Kids Are Demanding Action, But Will Adults Act?
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by Reynard Loki
There's growing frustration, particularly among the world's youth, with
how adults have so horribly mismanaged the climate crisis.
The Emperor’s New-Old Nuclear Clothes
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by Helena Cobban
Israel wants to keep leaders in Washington distracted and always a
little off-balance, so they will end up without the bandwidth and the
stamina needed to confront Israel over the continuation of colonial
expansion in the lands occupied in 1967.
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350 Responds to Trump Administration’s Revocation of California Auto Emissions Rules
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AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Sept. 20 Youth-Led Climate Justice Actions
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AFSCME Stands in Full Support of Striking Auto Workers
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Pioneering Study Tallies Huge Hidden Health Costs from Climate Change
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Centrist Democratic Bills Lack Leadership and Action on Climate Crisis
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