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News & Views | 11/7/19

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Demonstrators are seen during "Fire Drill Friday" climate change protest on October 25, 2019 in Washington, DC .Protesters demand immediate action for a Green New Deal. Clean renewable energy by 2030, and no new exploration or drilling for Fossil Fuels. (Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If Democrats want to win back states that delivered the election to Trump in 2016," said the Sunrise Movement, "these numbers show that candidates need to embrace the Green New Deal."

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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that the state Supreme Court ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to eight nonprofits as part of a settlement for the state's lawsuit that accused Trump and his three eldest children of "persistently" abusing the family's shuttered charity, including to further the president's political interests.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Reproductive and human rights advocates on Thursday warned that first-degree murder charges against a woman in California for the death of her stillborn baby is "the direct result" of the anti-choice movement's push for extreme laws pitting the rights of women against those of unborn children.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In a democracy, we cannot allow politicians to just overrule election results," said the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. "The will of voters must be respected."


A record number of CEOs left their positions in October, the most since the recession in 2008.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You expect a high turnover during a recession period. To see more turnover during a period where companies are doing very well is surprising."


Bill Gates, billionaire, speaks onstage at 2019 New York Times Dealbook on November 06, 2019 in New York City.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The message, said the 2020 candidate, is that "the billionaire class cannot have it all when so many have so little."


Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party Liberty & Justice Celebration on November 1, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. Fourteen presidential are expected to speak at the event addressing over 12,000 people. (Photo: Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Stumbling through the primaries, Biden's zombie campaign crowds out worthier challengers, handing Trump a free pass on the very issues that should be his Achilles' heel."

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by Robert Reich
Antitrust law was designed to check the power of giant commercial entities. Its purpose wasn't just to hold down consumer prices but also to protect democracy.


Thousands of people turnout to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and take action against the Republican tax plan that would give huge tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy corporations while raising taxes for many middle-class families and threatening to unravel the Affordable Care Act at John S. Knight Center on December 2, 2017 in Akron, Ohio. (Photo: Duane Prokop/Getty Images for MoveOn.org)

by Norman Solomon
The fight happening now for the Democratic presidential nomination largely amounts to class warfare. And the forces that have triumphed in the past are outraged that they currently have to deal with progressive opposition from not one but two candidates.


"We’re in deep, deep trouble."(Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
The climate crisis imperils the planet. To deny it is impeachable, the highest of high crimes and misdemeanors.


They are, in other words, doomed to repeat my own unfulfilling, damaging journey—in some cases, on the very same ground in Iraq and Afghanistan where I fought. (Photo: Caitlin O’hara/AFP/Getty Images)

by Danny Sjursen
A new generation of West Pointers joins America’s hopeless wars.


An estate tax is levied on the value of a deceased person's estate before it's distributed to the heirs. (Photo: Flickr/cc)

by Jimmy Gomez
A robust estate tax would limit the American aristocracy, narrow the wealth gap and raise revenue for public services essential to those of us who won't inherit a fortune.


Thousands of Irish schools students participate today in the Global School Strike for Climate Action march on Friday, March 15, 2019, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Sydney Ghazarian
We can leverage our power as workers through high-impact, disruptive labor strikes that halt the economy’s gears until politicians can no longer ignore us, and are forced to cede to demands that will save the world.

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