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News & Views | 9/23/19
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'How Dare You!': Greta Thunberg Rages at 'Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth' at UN Climate Summit
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Entire ecosytems are collapsing. We are at the beginning of a mass
extinction and all you can talk about is money."
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'If a House Is on Fire, You Don't Add Fuel': 530 Groups Back Call to Rapidly Phase Out Fossil Fuels Worldwide
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The environmental group Stand.earth announced on Monday that 530
organizations have signed on to the Lofoten Declaration, which calls for
rapidly phasing out fossil fuels on a global scale and transitioning to
clean energy, as world leaders and activists gathered in New York City
for the United Nations Climate Action Summit.
Reports of Wedding Party Bombing Indicate US Forces Have Massacred at Least 70 Afghan Civilians in One Week
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Don't kill us," said one local who survived the recent bombing in
Helmand province.
'We Want to Show Them We Are Serious': 16 Youth Activists File Suit Against Major Nations for Failing to Act on Climate Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The climate crisis is a children's rights crisis."
To Stop the Worst Effects of the Climate Crisis, Report Says 'The Level of Ambition Needs to be Tripled'—At Minimum
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The new U.N. report referencing increasing impacts of the climate crisis
underscores the need for urgent action.
Progressives to Pelosi as Trump Lawlessness Mounts: 'Stop Playing Craven Political Games' and Impeach
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"At this point, the bigger national scandal isn't the president's
lawbreaking behavior—it is the Democratic Party's refusal to impeach him
for it."
Trump Condemned for Moving to 'Roll Back the Clock' on Women's Rights as Letter Exposes Attempt to Form Anti-Abortion UN Coalition
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's not just abortion that they care about, they care about women's
ability to exercise autonomy over their bodies and about denying them
critical access to the services they need."
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Want Real Climate Ambition? Keep Polluting Industries Out and Make Them Pay.
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by Patti Lynn, Nnimmo Bassey, & Lidy Nacpil
The industries that have fueled this crisis should have no part in
dictating the solutions—rather, they should be made to pay to address
the massive damages they have caused and to finance real solutions to
the crisis.
Why Are House Democrats Afraid to Wield Their Subpoena Power?
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by Jeff Hauser, Max Moran
Make no mistake: Democratic cowardice toward oversight has real,
"kitchen-table" consequences for voters.
Five Hundred Days of Injustice: On the Imprisonment of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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by Celso Amorim
For normalcy to return to Brazil and for hope to be recovered, Lula's
freedom—along with annulment of the faulty process by which he was
condemned—is essential.
The Trump "Whistleblower" Situation Is Very Dangerous for Democracy (and for the Democrats)
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by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Biden's disingenuousness is no match for Trump
Saving the Planet Means Overthrowing the Ruling Elites
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by Chris Hedges
We must organize to replace existing structures of power with ones
capable of coping with the crisis before us.
Will Joe Biden Be a Rerun of 2016 Tragedy?
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by Jeff Cohen
As a throwback to the Clintonite 1990s, Biden says he feels the pain of
victims but won't name many villains. That approach no longer works—and
actually plays into the hands of demagogues like Trump.
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Newswire...
Patriotic Millionaire Ian Simmons to Deliver Keynote Remarks At Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center Wealth Tax Event
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Amnesty International USA Testifies Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Regarding Limitations on Accessing Asylum in the U.S.
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Interior’s Watchdog Opens Investigation into Political Interference by Trump Appointees
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Stand Up America Calls Out Speaker Pelosi for Impeding Impeachment
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Women’s Rights, Climate Activists Launch Feminist Agenda for Green New Deal
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