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Fire is seen near Getty Center in Los Angeles, the United States, Oct. 28, 2019. Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate their homes after a fast-moving wildfire erupted early Monday morning near the famous Getty Center in Los Angeles in the western U.S. state of California. (Photo: Qian Weizhong/Xinhua via Getty)

by Jon Queally and Jessica Corbett, staff writers
As activist Bill McKibben put it, "We've simply got to slow down the climate crisis."

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Twitter's decision on Wednesday to ban political advertising was met with cautious praise.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This isn't about free expression," said Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. "This is about paying for reach."



Chilean nationals gathered at Puerta del Sol in Madrid to protest against Chile's president, Sebastian Piñera and his austerity measures

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The climate talks in Chile were canceled because of the very issues that are at the heart of the climate emergency: social inequality, disrespect for human rights, and an economy that prioritizes big business and polluters over the needs of everyday people."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Young Californians on Wednesday demanded to know how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi can look on as thousands of acres are burned in wildfires in her home state, while refusing to back a Green New Deal.


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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It was a doctored transcript. The White House cut out some of his words, refused to restore them, and hid the transcript in a secure server."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Climate change is shrinking the planet, in the scariest possible way."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As wildfires rage across California and the West, it's momentous to see Exxon's former CEO in court, on the witness stand, testifying to his role in lying to investors about climate-related risks."


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The wildfires—and the climate crisis that’s making them worse—are public problems. The reliability of our power grid is a public need. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jill Richardson
California’s wildfires and blackouts show the dangers of entrusting our power to for-profit corporations.



In nation after nation throughout modern history, every time government has been taken over by oligarchs and corporations, democracy has died—usually to be replaced by a strongman form of oligarchy or outright fascism. (Photo:  Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

by Thom Hartmann
This is not democracy; it’s oligarchy or, at the very least, a corporate state.



Extinction Rebellion protesters in London. (Photo: Jess Nyman, Twitter)

by Sam Knights
This year has changed everything.




by John Buell
The modern Republican Party is as extreme as any major party in our history.



Nate Silver in 2015. (Photo: Internet Week New York / Flickr/cc)

by Jacob Bacharach
One suspects that despite his claims to analytical rigor, at some very basic level, Silver does not actually know what a poll is.



Sanders went so far as to say that some of the $3.8 billion that currently goes to Israel every year should be dedicated to humanitarian aid for Gaza. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
Palestinian rights have entered into an American presidential campaign, virtually for the first time.


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