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News & Views | 11/27/19

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday tweeted out a photo of himself looking like the fictional boxing champion Rocky Balboa, played by action star Sylvester Stallone. (Photo: Screenshot/@realdonaldtrump)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
Trump, quipped one observer, "just sent this out, as perfectly normal national leaders often do."

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XR protester arrested

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Extinction Rebellion and its supporters celebrated Wednesday after the agency that conducts criminal prosecutions in England dropped charges against 105 activists who were arrested in London last month for participating in the environmental movement's "Autumn Uprising" actions.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Giuliani sought a payments of $200,000 from the recently dismissed prosecutor general of Ukraine earlier this year. So, Mr. President, about that corruption in Ukraine you said you were so worried about..."


Medical professionals, medical students, ACTUP New York, and their supporters held a rousing protest rally outside Pfizer World Headquarters in New York. At the beginning of this year, the corporate giant announced price increases for 40 of its drugs.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The industry executive said the quiet part out loud," said one outside expert in response. "Price-gouging is central to the industry business model."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Without U.S. support, the Saudi bombings on innocent civilians could not continue," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.


An explosion occurred at roughly 1:00 am Wednesday at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This facility has a track record of violating the Clean Air Act."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"While many try to belittle a progressive agenda that centers working people and the public good, in truth it's more powerful than ever."


Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaigns at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. (Photo: Preston Ehrler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Bernie is in the pocket of #BigUs," supporters are saying. "Pass it on."


ban fracking

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The actions we take now by extracting, transporting, and liquefying fracked gas will determine the health of generations to come."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It was only until he felt that he was being exposed that he actually stepped up and actually released the funds."


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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Ahead of an expected vote Thursday by European Union lawmakers to declare "an environment and climate emergency in Europe and globally," green groups are emphasizing that the symbolic declaration must accompany ambitious action.

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How can our society thrive if we condemn the best of the next generation to a life burdened by debt? (Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
We can afford these things. With inequality reaching new extremes, and corporations and the wealthy rigging the tax code to their benefit, we can pay for them without raising taxes on middle- and low-income Americans.


Despite running for president and energizing the nation just a decade ago as a center-left candidate with a message of hope and change, Obama seems to think America does not need systemic change, and Democrats should not rock the boat or make any sudden moves. (Photo by Hannes Magerstaedt/Getty Images)

by David A. Love
The former president is mistaken if he believes that in appealing to the electorate, Democrats must tamp down their message and advocate for tweaks in the system rather than systemic reform.



by Mark Dudzic
If this is how they cover the effort to secure health care as a human right, I began to wonder how the Times editorial staff cover other momentous changes in American history.


Bloomberg is currently sitting on a personal fortune worth $52 billion. He could easily afford to invest $6.3 billion in a presidential campaign—or even less on a primary. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)

by Sam Pizzigati
America’s wealthiest billionaires buy a national election at $100 a vote—and still make money.


They make a mockery of Boris Johnson’s manifesto pledge to protect British public services and standards—that would be absolutely impossible under the type of trade deal being discussed here. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

by Nick Dearden
Far from taking back control, Britain has clearly entered into a relationship where we hold none of the cards.


The fundamental demand of protesters in Seattle was a moratorium to WTO negotiations. (Photo: 1999 Dang Ngo/ZUMA Press)

by John E. Peck
Twenty years on, the "Spirit of Seattle" continues to inform and inspire many activists today, and clearly points the way to another world being possible.

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