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News & Views | 11/29/19

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Workers are breaking bones, being knocked unconscious, and being taken away in ambulances."

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Thousands of students participated in the global climate strike

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
People worldwide poured into the streets Friday for a youth-led climate strike that aimed to pressure global governments to step up their efforts to tackle the planetary emergency at a key United Nations summit scheduled to start Monday.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
New polling finds broad support for Sen. Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax, with Americans across most demographic groups backing her plan to impose an annual two percent tax on wealth over $50 million.


Iain Armitage and Jane Fonda

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As protesters filled streets around the world Friday for a youth-led climate strike, more than three dozen people were arrested at the U.S. Capitol for Jane Fonda's weekly Fire Drill Friday civil disobedience demonstration, which the actress and activist launched last month.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is such a disingenuous attack that can be used for literally any universal program."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced Friday that he would resign following weeks of anti-government protests and a violent response from security forces which have been condemned by global human rights campaigners.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Morales cut off diplomatic ties with Israel over its deadly 2009 assault on the occupied Gaza Strip and called for top Israeli officials to be charged with genocide.


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) attends Women's March 2019 on January 19, 2019 in New York City.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"I see decisions made every day that cost the American public billions of dollars a year for bogus reasons and nobody asks how we pay for it."


People hold up signs and vent their frustrations during a Climate Change Awareness rally at Sydney Town Hall on March 15, 2019 in Sydney, Australia.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We expect governments to come to these climate talks to live up to the moral urgency at hand."


While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) introduced the idea of tipping points two decades ago, the paper notes, it was long believed that what climatologists refer to as "large-scale discontinuities" in the planet's natural system were "considered likely only if global warming exceeded 5°C above pre-industrial levels." According to the researchers, however, more recent information and data—including the most recent IPCC summaries—suggest these frightening "tipping points could be exceede

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I don't think people realize how little time we have left," said one co-author of a new paper warning that the systems of the natural world could cascade out of control sooner than was previously thought.


Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, seen here in 2016, tore into acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli on Wednesday night at a Washington, D.C. bar.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We all let him know how we felt about him putting refugee immigrant kids in cages."

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Collective action works; we have proved that. But to change everything, we need everyone. Each and every one of us must participate in the climate resistance movement. We cannot just say we care; we must show it. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

by Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer
After more than a year of grim scientific projections and growing activism, world leaders, and the public alike are increasingly recognizing the severity and urgency of the climate crisis. And yet nothing has been done.


"It is imperative to remember, not just to celebrate but to understand what to do next. The victory is not the end of the story." (Photo: Dana Shurholz)

by Stephanie Guilloud
Imagining our collective futures 20 years after Seattle and 20 years from today



by Bill Blum
No matter what happens in the Senate, the Trump impeachment should and must move forward.



by Maggie Mills
I may not have access to the healthcare I need to sustain my health or my life. Think about that. This is an untenable amount of stress for any person to live under.


Members of the activist group Remove Trump unfurled a 600 sq ft banner with the impeachment clause from the U.S. Constitution as they marched on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower reciting Article II Section IV of the U.S. Constitution: "High Crimes and Misdemeanors". (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
Despite the clear warning signs the worse is yet to come, Trump is shredding regulatory standards designed by law to curb the emission. His monarchical tyranny is of the kind that the nation's founders feared most.


In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 photo, a school bus rolls past the razor wire-covered fence at East International and Nelson Streets in downtown Nogales, Ariz. (Photo: Jonathan Clark/Nogales International via AP)

by Tara Tabassi, Mariam Iskajyan
Deploying troops to the border is inhumane and potentially illegal. We are fighting back.

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