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News & Views | 11/1/19
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With Detailed Pay-For Plan, Warren Touts Medicare for All as 'Bigger Than the Biggest Tax Cut' in US History
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If you're not in the top 1%, Wall Street, or a big corporation —
congratulations, you don't pay a penny more and you're fully covered."
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'Outrageous' and 'Reprehensible': Trump Gives Taxpayer-Funded Groups Green Light to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
From taxpayer-funded foster care and adoption agencies to programs that
serve individuals struggling with substance abuse and youth
homelessness, grantees of the Department of Health and Human Services
got a green light from the Trump administration Friday to discriminate
against LGBTQ people.
'Not a Big Fan of Medicare for All': Pelosi Attacks Plan Backed by Leading 2020 Democrats, Majority of Party
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The House Speaker's remarks came hours after Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a
2020 Democratic presidential contender, released her proposal to finance
Medicare for All.
'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Just awful, what gruesome harm we are inflicting on the environment."
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Because 'For-Profit Motive Does Not Work,' Ro Khanna Backs Public Ownership of PG&E as Fires Rip Through California
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The public utility is a much better option because you're not having to
worry about maximizing shareholder returns and you will make the safety
investments that are necessary."
'Political Corruption in Real Time': Viral Video Shows North Carolina GOP Sabotaging Democracy in Effort to Secure Corporate Tax Cuts
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A viral video shared by a Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina
displayed what he called "political corruption in real time," showing
Republican state senators refusing to hold a vote to move the debate
forward over state funding for healthcare and teachers' salaries versus
corporate tax cuts.
Because the Climate Crisis 'Does Not Wait for Us,' Spain to Host COP25 in Place of Chile
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Critics warned that changing the venue to Europe could imperil the
participation of attendees from Asia, Africa, and South America.
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California Must Take Back Its Power—Literally
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by Sonali Kolhatkar
The idea of wresting the power grid out of the hands of private
investors and making it a publicly owned utility has grown more and more
appealing.
How Health Insurance Industry Allies Are Going to Lie and Attack Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All Plan
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by Wendell Potter
The health insurance industry believed it was marching Warren into a
trap, and now they're scrambling to come up with a response to preserve
their treasured but failing cash cow: the employer-based health
insurance system.
For 9th Straight Year, US Grants Waivers to Countries Violating Anti-Child Soldier Law
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by Brett Wilkins
The White House recently announced the US was granting full or partial
waivers to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) to Afghanistan,
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Iraq, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan and
Yemen.
Dear Mr. Donny Deutsch: Please Come to "F***ing Denmark."
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by Djaffar Shalchi
I invite you. Come and see for yourself a happy and healthy society,
funded in part by hefty taxes on millionaires like you and me.
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Rich Jerk
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by Dean Baker
There is no reason to waste any effort trying to convince Mark
Zuckerberg what is good for democracy. We just have to tell him, and
make him a pay a very big price if he is too lazy or dumb to "get" it.
The Battle for the Future of Food in Africa
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by Million Belay, Timothy A. Wise
Certain policies, strongly promoted by the Gates Foundation, open Africa
to the multinational seed companies in the name of modernization, but
they undermine climate resilience and food security for Africa's
small-scale farmers.
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Newswire...
Deflating Carbon Bubble Requires Oil & Gas Companies to Shrink
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CPD Action Reacts to Warren Medicare for All Payment Plan
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NIAC Action Calls on Congress and 2020 Presidential Candidates to repeal Trump’s Muslim Ban Amid News of the Potential Addition of Impacted Countries
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Hundreds in Turkey Arrested in Crackdown on Critics of Military Offensive in Syria
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Medicare for All Saves Money. Elizabeth Warren's Plan Ensures That Working Families Get The Savings.
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