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News & Views | 9/19/19
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We Have a Decision to Make. Change the System or Face Climate Catastrophe
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by Dipti Bhatnagar
We have a choice between a better world that will be climate-just , or a
world of injustice, suffering, and species collapse.
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Teachers and Walmart Workers Top List as Sanders Campaign Hits 1 Million Individual Donors
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
With 99.95 percent of those who gave still able to do so again, 2020
candidate says record milestone—reached faster than any other campaign
in history—"is astonishing."
'Bird Emergency' as Study Shows North American Bird Population Has Fallen by Nearly One-Third in Less Than 50 Years
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We have to act now to protect the places we know birds rely on."
'Total Massacre' as U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Farmers in Afghanistan
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Amnesty International said the bombing "suggests a shocking disregard
for civilian life."
On Climate Strike Eve, 450+ Activists and Groups Urge United Nations to Back Global Fracking Ban
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On the eve of a global climate strike and just days before a major
United Nations climate summit, more than 450 environmental activists and
organizations sent an open letter Thursday to U.N. Secretary-General
António Guterres urging him to support a global ban on fracking for
fossil fuels, highlighting growing concerns about public health and the
climate emergency.
'Secretary of Corporate Interests' More Like It, Say Critics of Trump's Anti-Worker Labor Nominee
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Progressive groups and Democratic lawmakers expressed serious concerns
Thursday about corporate attorney Eugene Scalia—President Donald Trump's
pick to lead the Labor Department—as the Senate Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Committee met to consider his nomination.
After Mayor of Small Village Bans Glyphosate, Dozens of Others Join Rebellion Against French Law
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Tests on the people of Langouët showed levels of glyphosate—one of the
most widely used herbicides and the active ingredient in RoundUp—in
their urine up to 30 times the recommended limit. It was especially high
in children.
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25 Ways the Canadian Health Care System is Better than Obamacare for the 2020 Elections
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by Ralph Nader
Everybody in, nobody out, free choice of doctor and hospital. It will
produce far less anxiety, dread, and fear. Can you hear that, Congress
and the White House?
Teachers Should Join the Student Strikes
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by Jessica Garraway, David Boenke
Students are striking for a future—educators should join them.
The Climate Crisis Means the Wrong People Are Running the World
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by Tamara Pearson
There is no democracy when you can't do anything about the companies
polluting your rivers and air. The unbridled power of the big
corporations is despotic.
What the Felicity Huffman Scandal Says About America
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by Jessicah Pierre
Low-income parents risk jail for putting their kids in better public
schools, while the rich bribe colleges to shut the poor out.
Led By Our Youth, the Climate Narrative Has Changed
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by Jenny Ricks
The lack of meaningful and radical action from our governments, the
denial of the existence of a climate crisis, the monied interests that
drive our overconsumption and reliance on fossil fuels are all trying to
prevent radical and effective solutions to the climate emergency—these
are the usual...
Here We Go Again: Neoliberal Centrists Are Anointing One of Their Own—and It Could Cost Us
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by John Atcheson
Running a candidate who will advocate policies that are embraced by the
elite are done in the interests of the oligarchy is literally the only
path that leads to a Trump victory in 2020.
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AFSCME Opposes Scalia Appointment
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Greenpeace Says Amazon Needs More Transparency to Meet Bezos' New Climate Goals
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Israel Ramps Up Assault on Civil Society With Chilling Raid on Palestinian NGO Addameer
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Over 2000 Scientists Pledge to Strike, Urge Colleagues to Join Global Climate Mobilization
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On the Eve of Global Climate Strikes and Summit, Celebrities, Advocates and Grassroots Groups Call on UN to Endorse Worldwide Fracking Ban
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