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'Utterly Devastating': UK Exit Polls Suggest Defeat for Labour, Strong Majority for Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Brexit just smashed us. Keeping together an electoral coalition of
Remainers and Leavers as the country bitterly divided just became
impossible."
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As NLRB Delivers 'Victory' to McDonald's, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant's Dirty Anti-Union Tactics
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A lengthy Bloomberg article spotlighting President Donald Trump's long
affinity for McDonald's—which preceded a major decision from a federal
agency that involved the fast food giant—revealed Thursday morning that
thousands of previously unreported company documents and internal emails
expose how "corporate executives monitored developments as managers
helped orchestrate a years-long anti-union response across the U.S."
#RefundPete Trends as Early Backers Request Donations Back After Learning Buttigieg Not So Progressive After All
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
After initially viewing South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg as an
intriguing, bold outsider when he began his 2020 Democratic presidential
campaign early this year, some donors on Wednesday alerted others on
social media to the fact that contributors can get refunds from the
campaign if they no longer support Buttigieg.
Is Democrats' USMCA Trade Deal With Trump a Big Win or 'Major Strategic Misstep?'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
While some labor unions and economists said the trade pact represents a
meaningful improvement, others worried the deal hands Trump a victory
while doing little if anything for working people and the planet.
Move Over, Peak Oil. Scientists Say 'Peak Livestock' Must Arrive This Decade to Limit Global Heating
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an open letter to The Lancet Planetary Health journal Wednesday, a
group of scientists called for reaching "peak livestock" production and
pursuing dramatic efforts to restore vegetation in the next decade to
curb planet-heating emissions, increase natural carbon sequestration,
and avert climate catastrophe.
'Endangering Endangered Species Seems to Be the Family Hobby': Trump Jr. Denounced for Killing Rare Sheep in Mongolia
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Days after killing the endangered animal, Trump Jr. was given
retroactive permission for slaughtering the sheep.
Interpreted by Young Progressives as 'Abject Contempt,' Buttigieg Says He Was Also 'Big Fan of Bernie Sanders' at 18
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
South Bend, Indiana Mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg
on Thursday attempted to deflect a journalist's critique about his lack
of support among people of his own generation by suggesting enthusiasm
for Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign among young voters is representative
only of 18-year-olds' feelings.
'Atrocious': 188 Democrats Join GOP to Hand Trump $738 Billion Military Budget That Includes 'Space Force'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is Orwellian for Congress to hand over billions of dollars worth of
weapons and bombs to a president waging a horrific, unconstitutional war
in Yemen—and call that progressive."
"It's Happening," Declares Jeremy Corbyn as Early UK Election Reports Suggest "Longest Queues Ever"
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"These images of people queuing to vote will scare the death out of the
Tories. Get up, get out, and let's make history."
Decrying EU Proposal to Address Climate Crisis by 2050 as 'Too Little Too Late,' Greenpeace Activists Stage #HouseOnFire Demonstration
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The world is on fire and our governments are letting it burn."
After For-Profit College Agrees to Forgive $141 Million in Student Debt, Sanders Says: 'Good. Now $1,685,456,413,335 More to Go'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
University of Phoenix settlement with the FTC this week—in which the
company admitted no actual wrongdoing—is chump change compared to
Bernie's proposal to "cancel all student debt and tax Wall Street to
fund tuition-free public college."
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Why U.S. and Filipino Call Center Workers Are Working Together
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by Brenda Roberts, Sarah Prestoza
The only winners in this global race-to-the-bottom are corporate
executives and wealthy investors.
Letting Our Values Out Of Their Cage
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by Robert C. Koehler
Only with some sort of one-world consciousness can we begin stepping
back from the edge of extinction.
We Need a Progressive Alternative on Trade—and NAFTA 2.0 Isn’t It
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by Manuel Pérez Rocha
Here's what a progressive trade agenda that actually protects people and
planet would actually look like.
Papers Owned By Oligarchs Unsurprisingly Oppose a Wealth Tax
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by Joshua Cho
Is the Post's dismissal of claims about the US being an "oligarchy," or
their claim that private wealth being "off-limits" from taxation is
"integral to any free society," mere coincidence?
Outrage as UN Climate Talks Kick Out Civil Society, Not the Polluters
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by Andy Rowell
As we enter a decade that will define all the ones after it, we need to
stand together against fossil fuel companies and the governments that
prop them up—at the UNFCCC and everywhere.
British Voters Are Terrified of US Companies Privatizing the NHS. They Should Be.
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by Astra Taylor
The US healthcare machine raked in $100bn last year—and CEOs are
salivating at the money they could extract from British patients.
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Newswire...
Sunrise Movement Launches First Wave of Congressional Primary Endorsements, Fortifying Green New Deal Campaigns in Purple and Blue Districts
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New York Becomes Third State To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide
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