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News & Views | 12/16/19
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"Stop What You're Doing and Watch This": Intense Praise for Apocalypse-Themed Climate 2020 Campaign Ad
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It's a catastrophe of our own creation—but it doesn't have to end this
way," says Andrew Romanoff, a Democratic hopeful for U.S. Senate running
in Colorado.
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Top Global Scientists Call for 'Profound Food System Transformation' to Combat Extreme Malnutrition
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A multi-part World Health Organization report published Monday in the
British medical journal The Lancet detailed the need to urgently
transform the world's failing food systems to combat the coexistence of
undernourishment and obesity—or the "double burden of malnutrition."
As Buttigieg Attends Fundraisers of Ultra-Rich, Sanders Reminds Voters Billionaires Not Donating 'Through Goodness of Their Hearts'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Why would many, many billionaires be contributing to candidates if they
didn't think they were getting something out of it?"
'Astonishing' Trump Rule Could Let Banks Classify NFL Stadium Investments as Aid to Poor Communities
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The financial institutions would get significant tax breaks for their
investments, thanks to the 2017 Republican tax law.
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'A National Disgrace': Trump Proposes Social Security Change That Could End Disability Benefits for Hundreds of Thousands
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Donald Trump and his advisers know that this will kill people, and they
do not care. Every current and future Social Security beneficiary must
band together to defeat this horrific proposal, or else all of our
earned benefits will be next."
'This Is a Big Deal': Goldman Sachs Rules Out Funding New Coal Projects, Arctic Oil Drilling
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The smart money on Wall Street is drawing red lines on oil and gas, and
exiting coal."
100+ Doctors Demand Julian Assange Receive Safe Passage to Australian Hospital 'Before It Is Too Late'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"That we, as doctors, feel ethically compelled to hold governments to
account on medical grounds speaks volumes about the gravity of the
medical, ethical, and human rights travesties that are taking place."
Amazon, Chevron, and Starbucks Among 91 Fortune 500 Corporations That Paid $0 in Federal Income Taxes in 2018: Report
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The 2017 tax law was a clear giveaway to corporations and their
shareholders."
As House Vote Looms and Senate Draws Battle Lines, Democracy Defenders Say No Choice But to Impeach Trump
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We know the facts. We know the Constitution. We know what needs to be
done."
'The Bold Approach We Need': New Booker Ag Bill Includes First-Ever National Factory Farm Moratorium
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Advocates for the environment, corporate accountability, and public
health on Monday welcomed Sen. Cory Booker's new agricultural reform
bill—which would impose a first-ever national moratorium on factory
farms—as "the bold approach we need."
Indian Crackdown on Dissent Over Bill Stripping Naturalized Citizenship From Muslims 'An Affront to Democratic Values'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Is this democracy? Where are we living?"
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Views...
Progressives Need a United Front for Sanders and Warren
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by Norman Solomon
The need is for supporters to openly explain reasons for preferring
Warren or Sanders while avoiding the start of a mutual demolition derby.
In the process of strengthening progressive forces, it's vital to defeat
corporate Democrats, before proceeding to defeat Donald Trump.
Industry Seeks to Flatline Universal Health Care
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by Mark Kreidler
A deeply funded lobbying group is out to kill Medicare for All. Its
ideological roots run back to the Truman era.
Hope Lies in the Streets
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by Chris Hedges
Economic tyranny lies at the root of the unrest in Hong Kong, India,
Chile, France, Iran, Iraq and Lebanon as well as the rise of right-wing
demagogues and false prophets such as British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson, President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
'We Need Total System Change': A Letter from Santiago, Chile
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by Ronnie Cummins
Without mass grassroots awareness and collective action, without a
political revolution—the billionaires and corporations will destroy us
all.
Lessons From Battling the Pentagon for Four Decades
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by William Hartung
The stubborn persistence of the military-industrial state.
Toxic Injustice and the Green New Deal
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
Priority for abused communities must pervade every aspect of a Green New
Deal.
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Newswire...
Nationwide Mobilization for Impeachment in More Than 500 Communities in All 50 States and D.C.
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Goldman Sachs Stops Funding Arctic Drilling, Prohibits Coal Plant Financing Worldwide
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COP25 Was a Success for the Fossil Fuel Industry, Governments Respond to People’s Demands With Weakest Possible Decision
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Democracy 21 Supports Articles of Impeachment, Essential Need to Hold President Trump Accountable for Gross Abuse of his Powers
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The President Is Not Above the Law
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