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Your Week in Review
At Amazon's Annual Summit, Hundreds Demand Tech Giant Stop Providing 'Invisible Backbone' to Trump's Anti-Immigration Agenda
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Both inside and outside the Amazon Web Services Summit in New York on
Thursday, tech workers, immigrants, and rights advocates demanded that
the company end its support of immigration enforcement agencies and what
critics called President Donald Trump's "deportation machine."
'We Welcome Their Hatred': Sanders Unveils Anti-Endorsement List of Billionaire CEOs and Wall Street Bankers
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I am proud to announce the modern-day oligarchs who oppose our
movement."
7,000+ Colleges and Universities Declare Climate Emergency and Unveil Three-Point Plan to Combat It
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than 7,000 colleges and universities across the globe declared a
climate emergency on Wednesday and unveiled a three-point plan to
collectively commit the addressing the crisis.
'Completely Terrifying': Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point That Could Unleash Mass Extinction Event
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The continuous addition of carbon dioxide to the planet's oceans—which
shows no sign of stopping due to the persistent extraction of fossil
fuels—is likely to trigger a chemical reaction in Earth's carbon cycle
that is identical to those which happened just before mass extinction
events, according to a new study.
CBO Analysis Shows $15 Federal Minimum Wage Would Raise Pay for 27 Million Workers and Lift 1.3 Million Out of Poverty
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It has been more than 10 years since congress raised the minimum
wage—the longest stretch in history. This is a shameful benchmark.
Congress should immediately pass the Raise the Wage Act."
Study Warns Melting of 'One of the World's Most Dangerous Glaciers' Could Cause 20-Inch Sea Level Rise
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
New NASA-funded research warns that because of human-caused global
heating, West Antarctica's massive Thwaites Glacier is at risk of
reaching a tipping point that could raise the global sea level by about
20 inches.
'Time to Act for the Future of Our Planet': Other Lawmakers Urged to Join Fight as Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil Climate Emergency Declaration
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Instead of remaining complicit in worsening the effects of climate
change, members of Congress in both the House and Senate must respond to
this resolution with the urgency and support that this moment demands."
'We Need to Ban It Entirely': Beyond Regulation, New US Campaign Calls for Moratorium on Facial Recognition Surveillance
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Pushing back against businesses and government calling for mere
"regulations" on facial recognition surveillance, digital rights group
Fight for the Future on Tuesday launched a nationwide campaign to demand
a complete ban on the technology, which which critics warn is already
violating civil liberties across the country.
'This Is a Scandal': Documents Show ICE and FBI Using Facial Recognition to Mine Millions of Driver's License Photos
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"ICE is running facial recognition searches against millions of photos.
You. Your family. Your friends. This is a major violation of privacy."
"That Public 'Whatever' Is Called Public Sentiment": Critics Hit Back After Pelosi Once Again Disses AOC, Omar, and Others
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Call me old fashioned, but I thought the Democratic speaker of the
House was supposed to bolster House Democrats and hold a Republican
president accountable."
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