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News & Views | 11/6/19
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As Bevin Refuses to Concede, Critics Warn Kentucky GOP 'Totally Gearing Up to Steal' Gubernatorial Election
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Pay attention. They're going to try to steal the Kentucky election
right out in the open, in front of everyone."
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Despite Front Seat to Last Four Decades of US Politics, Biden Repeats Claim That GOP 'Epiphany' Coming Soon
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Make it stop."
Time to 'Break Facebook Up,' Sanders Says After Leaked Docs Show Social Media Giant 'Treated User Data as a Bargaining Chip'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After NBC News on Wednesday published a trove of leaked documents that
show how Facebook "treated user data as a bargaining chip with external
app developers," White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders declared that
it is time "to break Facebook up."
As 'Working Class Revolt' Topples Kentucky's Trump-Backed Governor, a Warning to McConnell: 'You're Next'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Kentucky Democrats did not win by launching esoteric attacks on Bevin.
They did it by staying lightning focused on the way that Bevin had hurt
working class families."
'Huge Win for Democracy': Nationwide Celebrations as NYC Residents Approve Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Voting rights advocates celebrated a "huge win for democracy" Tuesday
after New Yorkers approved a ballot measure that would establish
ranked-choice voting in the nation's most populous city.
Amazon's Major Money Dump in Seattle's City Council Election Seen as 'Dangerous and Ominous Development'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's supposed to be a democratic process and it's not a democratic
process when Amazon can contribute that much to basically a small
election."
'Vindication' for Climate Activists as UK Court Rules London Ban on Extinction Rebellion Protests Unlawful
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"XR protesters have been raising the alarm about the climate crisis. We
need to listen to that alarm, not outlaw it."
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Neoliberalism’s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies
It is entirely fitting that Chile should be in the vanguard of the
protests sweeping the world in this Autumn of Discontent, since Chile
served as the laboratory for the neoliberal transformation of economics
and politics that has swept the world since the 1970s.
The Medicare for All Debate Is Long Overdue
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by Jesse Jackson
Medicare for All is popular at first look. When the insurance and drug
companies and other opponents unleash their arguments, people's doubts
grow.
Trump Wants to Allow Discrimination With Billions of Dollars of Federal Funding
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by Louise Melling
Proposal from Health and Human Services would allow discrimination based
on faith—including people who are Jewish, Muslim, Catholic—as well as
LGBTQ people.
How Warren’s 'Medicare for All' Plan Hurts the Cause
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by Ilana Novick
Warren's funding scheme is getting major criticism from the left.
Republicans, Not Russians, Threaten Our Elections
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by Robert P. Alvarez
When turnout climbs, Republicans lose. No wonder they're closing polling
places and purging voters all over the country.
Inflation Inequality and the Poverty Measure
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by Shawn Fremstad
Today the United States is the only country in the world that measures
present-day poverty by using a poverty line set over half a century ago.
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Add Inflation Inequality to Why the US Needs to Update the Poverty Measure
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Working People Win Big in Virginia and Kentucky
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Silicon Valley ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ Challenge Fellow Wealthy Californians to ‘Tax the Rich!’
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Stand Up America Celebrates Historic Night for Progressives in Virginia
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