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'This Is the Beginning': New Study Warns Climate Crisis May Have Been Pivotal in Rise of Drug-Resistant Superbug
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A new analysis warns that "global warming may have played a pivotal
role" in the recent rise of a multidrug-resistant fungal superbug,
sparking questions and concerns about the emerging public health threats
of the human-caused climate crisis.
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'Unfit to Serve': NAACP Delegates Vote Unanimously for Trump Impeachment
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We will make sure," said president and CEO Derrick Johnson, "that the
NAACP is at the forefront of pushing Congress to proceed with the
impeachment process."
"It's as Bad as It Looks": Pelosi Under Fire for Debt Ceiling Deal That Hands GOP Power to Kneecap Progressive Agenda
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It sets up a crisis of the first year of the next president's
administration," said a former congressional staffer. "We're letting
them light the fuse on another bomb and place it squarely in the middle
of the next president's first year."
To Keep Public Housing From Becoming 'Panopticon of Automated Face Scanning,' Democrats Push Facial Recognition Ban
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Privacy and civil liberties advocates applauded Rep. Rashida Tlaib and
Yvette Clarke on Tuesday as they prepared to introduce legislation to
protect public housing residents from the rise of facial recognition
software.
Boris Johnson—Denounced as "Liar, Racist, and Donald Trump's Poodle"—Elected by Tory Party to Become New UK Prime Minister
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Around 100,000 Tory Party members have inflicted on us a prime minister
with a record of bigotry, racism, lying, and incompetence, Boris
Johnson," declared Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. "This is not
democracy."
With 18-Year-Old US Citizen in DHS Custody for Nearly a Month, Rights Advocates Demand Immediate Release
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The weeks-long detention of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen in South Texas
prompted the latest calls on Tuesday for an immediate end to the Trump
administration's aggressive, xenophobic anti-immigration agenda.
'An Insult to All Afghans': Kabul Outraged After Trump Floats Plan to Kill Millions, Wipe Afghanistan Off Face of the Earth
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The U.S. president said he has not acted on the plan because he doesn't
"want to kill 10 million people"
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Blood on Our Hands: How We Help Drive Immigration North
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by Frances Moore Lappé
Where are the calls to stop the massive illegal transfer of U.S. weapons
fueling the very violence that drives innocent people to leave their
homes?
Crisis in Journalism Is a Crisis for Democracy
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by Ruth Conniff
'We need journalism to expose this dumbing down and bartering off of
policy making'
Imperialist Made Crisis of Migrants and Refugees
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by Alison Bodine, Tamara Hansen
For the last 18 years, since the new era of war and occupation began,
there has been no end to the war, violence, and economic devastation
imposed on people around the world by imperialist governments like the
U.S., Canada, and the countries of the European Union
We Can’t Pretend This Is a Normal Election
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by Eugene Robinson
This is nothing less than a fight for the soul of the nation. Everyone
needs to take a stand.
The US Needs a Marshall Plan for Central America
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by Tom Gallagher
How much longer will we watch the suffering and inhumanity before we
agree that we need to do something big?
We Must Defeat Trump
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by Jeffrey C. Isaac
This does not mean that "centrist" strategies ought to be embraced, but
it does mean that Democrats need to argue with a sense of proportion and
in a way that underscores their unity against Trump
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Newswire...
Trump’s Latest Effort to Block Release of Tax Returns is a Desperate Attempt to Hide the Truth from the American People
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What Is He Hiding? ATF Statement on Trump's Lawsuit Over His Tax Returns
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Women’s Delegation Will Demand Stronger Action for Human Rights and Climate from Global Banks at Equator Principles Association Consultation
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Medicare for All Unlikely to Cause Surge in Hospital Use: Harvard Study
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Leading Advocates and Health Care Providers File Motion for Preliminary Injunction on Georgia Abortion Ban
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