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News & Views | 7/12/19
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'Visit the Camps Yet?' Campaign Urges Pelosi to See for Herself the Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Speaker Pelosi, visit the camps! And bring the conservative Democrats
with you—so you can all see why Trump's child abuse at the border needs
to be reined in now."
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"Endless War Isn't Inevitable": House Votes to Stop Trump From Launching Unauthorized Attack on Iran
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Congress must continue using every available tool at its disposal to
ensure that Donald Trump and John Bolton's march to war is fully
blocked."
US House Applauded for Approval of 'Sweeping' Provisions That Target Toxic 'Forever Chemicals'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Public health and environmental advocates celebrated a victory Friday as
the U.S. House approved an amendment in the annual defense spending bill
that would designate a class of "forever chemicals" as "hazardous
substances" under the federal Superfund law.
'We Cannot Overstate the Harm This Decision Will Have': Oklahoma Judge Upholds Ban on Common Abortion Procedure
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We will keep fighting this unconstitutional ban to make sure Oklahomans
have access to the best medical treatment."
Trump's POS Labor Secretary, Acosta, Out. POS Number 2, Linked to Abramoff, to Fill Role
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Deputy Labor Secretary Patrick Pizzella will now serve as acting
secretary
News That Border Patrol Chief Was Part of Racist Facebook Group 'Not Surprising': Critics
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The agency's culture is violent and racist for a reason."
'We Have a President Who Lost the Popular Vote by Three Million': Sanders Backs Abolishing the Electoral College
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Nearly two-thirds of Americans support replacing the Electoral College
with a national popular vote system, according to recent polling
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Views...
Remnants of War
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by Kathy Kelly
The Taliban, U.S. Government, and every other warring party in
Afghanistan must be asked: "How many more civilians, including children,
are you willing to kill and maim?"
The Fear, Like the Cruelty, Is the Point
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by Charles P. Pierce
It's the point of the census fandango and the "massive ICE raids." It's
the point of everything the Trump people do
Are We Underestimating Trump Yet Again?
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by Sonali Kolhatkar
Progressives and liberals have to accept the ugly fact that a sizable
portion of America's population is susceptible to Trump's propaganda
because they back the president's xenophobic, anti-immigrant, racist,
sexist, homophobic, corporatist, and war-mongering agenda
The Case for Declaring a National Climate Emergency
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by Carolyn Kormann
Given that the fate of millions of species, the future livelihoods of
current high schoolers, and the stability of modern civilization rests
in the balance, the only word to describe the situation is: emergency
Can Pompeo Redefine Human Rights for the Trump Era?
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by Samuel Moyn
The Commission on Unalienable Rights is a laboratory for new
collaborations between the religious right and the secular far right
Is There a Global Future for Unions?
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by Leo Gerard
For labor to secure gains, in the United States or Canada or anywhere,
workers must mobilize. We have to bring everyone together, women, men,
poor people, people of color, gay people—all working people
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Newswire...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Applauds the House’s Historic Vote to Repeal the 2002 Iraq Authorization for the Use of Military Force
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US House Votes 220-197 to Address PFAS Forever Chemical Crisis Against Trump Administration’s Desire to Shirk Responsibility
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NIAC Applauds House for Pulling U.S. Back from the Brink of War with Iran via Khanna-Gaetz Amendment
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Joint Statement: House Reins In Trump on Iran
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Tell Rep. Adam Schiff to Remove This Dangerous Secrecy Provision From This Year’s Intelligence Bill
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