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Your Week in Review
Until Emissions Drop, Nothing Has Been Accomplished: The Climate Resistance Handbook Is Here.
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by Greta Thunberg & Daniel Hunter
A new guide to activism aims to inform and inspire a new generation of
global climate campaigners
'A Total Disgrace': Outrage as Trump EPA Says It Won't Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The EPA is endangering the lives of children to protect pesticide
industry profits."
'Catastrophic,' 'Beyond Shameful,' and 'Xenophobia-Fueled' Trump Admin. Panned Over Proposal to Slash Refugee Cap to Zero
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"An admissions goal of zero would be another low in a global race to the
bottom"
With Support of Just 3 Republicans, House Democrats Pass 'Historic' Raise the Wage Act to Guarantee Workers $15 Minimum Wage
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressives in Congress were joined by workers, business owners, and
labor rights advocates in celebrating the "historic" passage on Thursday
of the Raise the Wage Act, aimed at guaranteeing all American workers a
minimum wage of $15.
Just Hours Before Trump Unleashed More Racist Attacks at Rally, 137 House Democrats Joined GOP to Kill Articles of Impeachment
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"House Democrats are working with Republicans to avoid launching an
impeachment inquiry. Let that sink in. A. Day. After. They. Condemned.
Trump. For. Being. A. Racist."
'Unprecedented' Decline of Plants and Animals as Global 'Red List' Reveals Nearly One-Third of Assessed Species Under Threat
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Calling on global policymakers to act immediately to preserve
biodiversity and save tens of thousands of species from extinction, the
group behind the world's most definitive list of endangered animals and
plants added more than 2,600 threatened species to its annual report.
'The Difference Is Thousands of Lives': Sanders Releases Chart Contrasting Biden's Incremental Healthcare Plan With Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden's plan would preserve a broken system," said Sen. Bernie
Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign
'A Hotter Future That's Hard to Imagine': Super-Charged by Climate Crisis, New Study Warns of 'Killer Heat' Set to Overtake US
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If we wish to spare people in the United States and around the world
the mortal dangers of extreme and relentless heat, there is little time
to do so and little room for half measures."
Amid Amazon Prime Day Protests, Sanders and Omar Lead Call for Probe of 'Brutal and Hazardous Working Conditions'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As protests of Amazon's 48-hour "Prime Day" continued Tuesday, Sen.
Bernie Sanders and a dozen House Democrats demanded a federal probe of
workplace conditions employees have described as "grueling" and
"unsafe."
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