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News & Views | 11/21/19

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by Jake Johnson & Jessica Corbett, staff writers
An Arizona jury on Wednesday found human rights activist Scott Warren not guilty of "harboring" undocumented migrants, charges that were levied by federal prosecutors after the geography teacher provided food, water, and shelter to two men traveling through the desert in 2018.

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Search and rescue workers combed through what remained of a 50-unit apartment building

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Environmental justice groups condemned the Trump administration Thursday for catering to the chemical industry after the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rollback of Obama-era disaster prevention measures that were implemented to protect workers at and residents of communities with chemical plants.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining momentum in the race for the Democratic nomination," said Emerson Polling.


A supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sees to her right an approaching man who will proceed to use his body to block her from getting her message out to viewers of MSNBC.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This woman was awesome."


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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Five journalists who were tracked, detained, and interrogated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for reporting on conditions at the southern border in 2018 and 2019 brought a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday for what the ACLU called an "unprecedented, coordinated attack on the freedom of the press."


Children operating a rocker at a gold mine on Dominion Creek, Yukon Territory in 1898. The young girl in the foreground looks eerily similar to Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg—with the resemblance setting off a wave of good-natured conspiracy theories. (Photo: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections)

by Common Dreams staff
"Wishing her all the best and success in her mission to save the Earth. We can use [all] the help we can get!"



by Julia Conley, staff writer
More than 100 Democratic lawmakers joined dozens of civil rights groups and other critics of President Donald Trump in demanding the resignation of senior policy adviser Stephen Miller a week after emails displaying the depth of his racist ideology surfaced.


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference at the Washington Convention Center March 6, 2018 in Washington, DC.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"These corruption charges for Netanyahu are certainly a start."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
A previously secret meeting between President Donald Trump and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns among critics of the tech giant about its "cozy" relationship with the president, as well as a federal government which prioritizes the desires of corporations over the needs of working people.


Sponsored by the Sanders campaign, the exchange between the two political heavyweights included discussion of the need for long socks—"You never know when the weather could turn!" declared one Bernie—and other "revolutionary plans" like national rent control to end the issue of leaking sinks. (Screenshot: Underculture/BernieSanders)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
The exchange between the two political heavyweights included discussion of the need for long socks—"You never know when the weather could turn!" declared one Bernie—and other "revolutionary plans" like national rent control to end the issue of leaking sinks.


Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Thursday set a new bar for progressive proposals to establish accessible, affordable, safe, and sustainable housing as a human right in the United States with her introduction of the $1.2 trillion Homes for All Act.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden sit during a meeting with Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew, Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Director of the National Economic Council Gene Sperling, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Trade Representative Michael Froman in the Oval Office of the White House December 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. According to the White House, Obama was meeting about trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). (P

by Sonali Kolhatkar
So-called "centrists" are terrified that if the Democratic nominee is far to the left of Biden and Obama, they will be forced to coalesce around a candidate who represents a threat to the establishment of which they are a part.


Supporters of ousted Bolivian leader Evo Morales rally against the coup. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Laura Carlsen
Progressives need to speak up: Morales made mistakes, but nothing justifies the violent right-wing putsch that followed.


Omar understands that punishment perpetuates crime; that healing, repairing harm and creating peace are not simplistic matters to be dumped into the trash bin of the prison-industrial complex. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Robert C. Koehler
The freshman Congresswoman represents the intelligence of tomorrow, pushing at the status quo centrism at the American political core.


"What came as a huge shock following my recent birthday was not the financial relief—though that is lovely," writes Smith. "The more significant and potentially cost-saving result for all of us lucky enough to have Medicare coverage is the mental and emotional relief I have felt in such a short time. It’s as if someone lifted a ton of weights off of my back and set my sails into a prevailing wind." (Photo illustration: David McNew/Getty Images)

by Donna Smith
After years of pain, anxiety, and poverty under the status quo it is almost impossible to describe the relief I've felt after becoming eligible for Medicare this month.


Sanders is one of a few candidates treating the climate crisis as an urgent matter—which you would think should inform the framing of an article about expert opinion of his plan. (Photo: Paul Weaver / Flickr)

by Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas
It’s as if the paper can’t resist slipping in gratuitous digs at Sanders any chance it gets, even as the world burns.


Fortunately, leading a progressive rebellion against the oligarchy is not only the moral thing to do; it’s smart politics, too. (Photo: Getty)

by John Atcheson
When neoliberals and centrists defend "the system" or warn against upending it, they’re more likely expressing concerns about their losing their personal power base than they are about the Party winning elections.

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