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News & Views | 7/24/19
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'Everyone Should Mobilize': Climate Leaders Urge Massive Turnout for Global Climate Strikes
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Our house is on fire—let's act like it," says a call-to-action for
September 20th and 27th strikes.
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While Nation Watched Mueller, Hearing Down the Hall Focused on 'Harmful Chaos' and Real Victims of Trump Era
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Numerous studies have demonstrated the long-term effects of adverse
childhood experiences on children's developing neural networks and their
physical health," one expert said of the administration's family
separation policies
"He Might've Stayed a Minute": Coal Miners With Black Lung Slam McConnell for Brushing Them Off in Healthcare Meeting
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It was a worthless trip, that's the way I feel," said one of the 120
coal miners who traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with the Republican
leader
Scientists Urge UN to Add Environmental Destruction to Geneva Conventions' List of War Crimes
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a letter to the editor published Tuesday by the journal Nature, two
dozen scientists from around the world urged the United Nations'
International Law Commission to adopt a Fifth Geneva Convention that
creates protections for the environment in armed conflicts.
Days After More Israeli War Crimes, 209 House Democrats Join GOP to Pass 'McCarthyite' Resolution Condemning Pro-Palestinian Boycotts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Israeli government has shown that it will continue to violate
Palestinian human rights with impunity. This is precisely why the
boycott, sanctions, and divestment movement should be protected, and not
attacked."
Rep. Ted Lieu's Recap During Mueller Testimony Makes Obstruction of Justice Case Against Trump
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by Common Dreams staff
Amid congressional testimony on Wednesday in which former special
counsel Robert Mueller reiterated publicly that President Donald Trump
"was not exculpated" of wrongdoing in his report, Democratic Congressman
Ted Lieu of California also provided a succinct recap of why the only
reason Mueller did not recommend charges against the president was
because of an existing Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo stating that a
sitting president could not be indicted.
Denouncing Misleading Attacks and Lack of 'Fact-Based Analysis,' Sanders Campaign Fires Back at MSNBC
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"More often than not these commentators are injecting their opinion
without any policy discussions," said Nina Turner, national co-chair of
the Sanders campaign
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Why We Just Blocked Boris Johnson on His Way to See the Queen
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by Flo Stuart-Leach
It will be Boris Johnson's job to help tackle the climate emergency
that's dangerously heating our planet and threatening the lives of
hundreds of millions of people around the world
With the Right to Boycott Under Attack, Some Members of Congress Are Pushing Back
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by Manar Waheed, Kate Ruane
Exercising one's right to boycott is quintessentially American, and that
reminder was clearly due
The Rise of Corporate Nations
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by Lorenzo Marsili
Multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions
of sovereign states
What Kind of Trade Policy Should Progressives Support?
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by Ethan Earle, Manuel Pérez Rocha
NAFTA 2.0 simply locks in existing drives toward ecological collapse and
social inequality. A better deal would put people—and nature—first
Western Media Losing Enthusiasm for Failing Coup in Venezuela
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by Lucas Koerner, Ricardo Vaz
Disappointed by Guaído's fading star, Western reporters have labored to
mint new pro-Washington heroes worthy of their regime change fantasies
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Newswire...
Following Mueller Hearings, House Democrats Must Stop Slow-Walking Impeachment Inquiry
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Lawsuit Challenges Political Meddling in EPA Public Records Changes
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With FTC Settlement, Expect Facebook to Violate Privacy Again and Again
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Open Markets Denounces Ineffective $5 Billion FTC Settlement With Facebook, Calls on Congress to Investigate the FTC
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Millions Gear Up to Take Part in September's Global Climate Strikes
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