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News & Views | 10/14/19
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'Too Little, Too Late': Critics Pan Trump Plan to Sanction Turkey
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Trump's statement on hitting Turkey with sanctions over the military
operation in Syria does not mention the Kurds once."
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As Democrats Head to Debate Stage, Buttigieg Attacks Warren and Sanders—Who Have Outearned Him—for Small-Dollar Donations
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A day before 12 candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential
candidates take the stage in the fourth debate of the primary, Mayor
Pete Buttigieg criticized three of his opponents for their reliance on
grassroots, small-dollar fundraising and bold policy proposals—despite
the broad popularity of both.
Citing 'Moral Duty to Take Radical Action,' Over 700 Scientists Endorse Mass Civil Disobedience to Fight Climate Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We believe that the continued governmental inaction over the climate
and ecological crisis now justifies peaceful and nonviolent protest and
direct action, even if this goes beyond the bounds of the current law."
Doctors Demand Trump Close 'Inherently Immoral' Immigrant Detention Centers Ahead of Mass Protest on Capitol Hill
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Doctors on Monday called on President Donald Trump to close the hundreds
of detention centers where tens of thousands of immigrants are being
held currently, many for months on end.
To Tackle Ills of 'Unfettered Capitalism,' Sanders Plan Would Give Workers Seats on Corporate Boards and Reverse Trump Tax Cuts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The establishment tells us there is no alternative to unfettered
capitalism, that this is how the system and globalization work and
there's no turning back. They are dead wrong."
No 'Artwash' for Bush's Crimes, Says CodePink in Protest of Exhibit of Former President's Paintings of Veterans in War He Started
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Why are we celebrating the guy who took these people to war?"
'Demand Justice in Her Honor': Outrage After Police Fatally Shoot Atatiana Jefferson in Her Own Home
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Black people shouldn't have to live every day with the pain of knowing
we are not safe even in the comfort of own homes."
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Trump Isn't Really Ending Endless Wars, He's Making Them Worse
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by Jon Rainwater
Civil war and foreign interventions in Syria have created a geopolitical
Gordian knot, an intractable humanitarian crisis, and a maddeningly
complex conflict zone of wars within wars. It should come as no surprise
that an erratic leader like President Donald Trump would make the
suffering worse.
Resisting Anti-Immigrant Hate in the City of Big Shoulders
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by Teresa Albano
Chicago, the City of Big Shoulders, is also the "epicenter for many of
the organizations that are undermining America from within." At least
that's what a far-right media activist wrote in an email published in
the Chicago Tribune, after he and fellow anti-immigrant activists flew
in from California to carry out a protest action. Too bad they hadn't
done their homework.
Warren Wants to Close the Loophole Through Which Brett Kavanaugh and Maryanne Trump Barry Crawled
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by Christopher Brauchli
One went up and one went down. Each enjoyed similar benefits as a result
of their travels. I refer to Brett Kavanaugh and Maryanne Trump Barry.
A New Bill Could Help Protect the Sacred Seeds of Indigenous People
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by Gosia Wozniacka
Clayton Brascoupé has farmed in the red-brown foothills of New Mexico's
Sangre de Cristo Mountains for more than 45 years. A Mohawk-Anishnaabe
originally from a New York reservation, Brascoupé married into the
Pueblo of Tesuque tribe and has since planted at least 60 varieties of
corns, beans, squashes, and other heirloom crops grown for millennia by
the area's Native Americans.
Kurds Consider Asking for Russian No-Fly Zone as Moscow Demands Foreign Armies Leave Syria
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by Juan Cole
A CNN exclusive by Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne reveals that Gen.
Mazloum Kobani Abdi told the U.S., "I need to know if you are capable of
protecting my people, of stopping these bombs falling on us or not. I
need to know, because if you're not, I need to make a deal with Russia
and the regime now and invite their planes to protect this region."
The Don Fought the Law...
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by William Cohn
Indictments now point to a vast criminal conspiracy involving the
personal lawyer of the sitting U.S. president and *45 to rig the 2020
election.
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Biden’s Loud Democracy Platform Speaks Volumes
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Newsom's Veto of AB 1014 Puts Patients and Communities At Risk
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