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News & Views | 9/26/19

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President Donald Trump speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on September 26.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Very normal, healthy democracy we live in."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The separation between rich and poor from 2017 and 2018 was greater than it has ever been."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Human rights advocates on Thursday warned that a "suspect" asylum deal negotiated between the Trump administration and the president of Honduras—along with similar agreements with Guatemala and El Salvador—will endanger thousands of refugees and could even prove deadly for many people in search of safety.


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the duo's July phone call.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This whistleblower complaint is only the tip of an iceberg of corrupt, illegal, and immoral behavior by this president," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.


Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
New York residents, advocacy groups, and progressive politicians celebrated Thursday after Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation extending the state's deadline for voters to change their political party affiliation ahead of next year's primary elections.



by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Underscoring the necessity of aggressive action to combat human-caused global warming, research published Wednesday warns that the majority of the world's wheat fields are at risk of enduring "severe, prolonged, and near-simultaneous droughts" by the end of the century—raising serious concerns about future food insecurity and political instability.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump is depriving 500,000 kids of their school lunches for no damn reason—even after 139 members of Congress warned him not to."

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The rights of nature represents necessary legal and cultural shifts in which we understand ourselves as part of nature, and not, as Colombia’s Constitutional Court explained, "a ruler of nature." (Photo: Jim Liestman/Flickr/cc)

by Mari Margil
By becoming a bearer of rights, nature is now being thrust into the murky realm of legal personhood.


Today the US military support for Saudi Arabia is connected to the US fossil fuel industry’s determination to control access to the world’s oil. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

by Medea Benjamin
To free up billions of Pentagon dollars for investing in critical environmental projects and to eliminate the environmental havoc of war, movements for a livable, peaceful planet need to put "ending war" at the top of the "must do" list.


Supporters rally for universal health care in Chicago. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Negin Owliaei
As the GM strike shows, employers use their workers’ health as a bargaining chip. Medicare for All would end that.



by Thomas Neuburger
Families that are in trouble due to medical debt are in trouble now , and the relief they need is also now . This plan offers it.


Former U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (R) and incumbent U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) share a moment during a mock swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) at the Old Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
That the former vice president could say such a thing about his successor—who has loyally served as Trump's highest-ranking henchman—illuminates a lot about Biden's style and his substance.


"There can be good lives for all people if we abandon the goal of infinite energy growth. Our guiding principle needs to be that the only form of truly clean energy is less energy." (Photo: Bryan Minear/Unsplash)

by Robert C. Koehler
Perhaps it takes a climate crisis to get us to understand that our home is the whole planet and we’re all in this as one.

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