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News & Views | 12/30/19
Feature...
10 Good Things About 2019
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by Medea Benjamin
Remembering some of the gains in the difficult year of 2019 can help
inspire us for the critical struggles ahead.
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News...
Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump is the most corrupt president in history, and here's the latest
example of how that corruption helps giant corporations."
Bolstered by People-Powered 'WV Can't Wait' Campaign, Gubernatorial Hopeful Stephen Smith Proposes First State-Level Wealth Tax
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Based on thousands of conversations with West Virginians from all walks
of life about their top concerns, community organizer and Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Stephen Smith on Sunday released his proposal
for the first state-level wealth tax in the nation.
Turkey Could Deploy Troops to War-Torn Libya in January, Latest Acceleration of Multi-Country Proxy War
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The country's main opposition opposes the move and warned on Monday that
the conflict could spread across the region.
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Greta Thunberg Offers Advice to Young People, Dismisses Climate-Denying Politicians in BBC Radio Program
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In Monday's episode of the BBC's "Today" radio program, climate leader
Greta Thunberg offered advice to young people wanting to take action to
help solve the climate crisis and met for the first time with natural
historian Sir David Attenborough.
'New Day' for Queens Democratic Machine as Sanders and Warren Supporters Defeat Attempt to Ram Through Biden Endorsement
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Backers of the 2020 bids of Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie
Sanders were "united behind a transparent inclusive process."
In Wake of Hanukkah Attack, Sanders Calls on US to Stand Together to 'Defeat Bigotry, Violence, and Anti-Semitism'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Jane and I send our love and support to our Jewish brothers and sisters
during this difficult time."
'Clear Example of Terrorism': Iran Denounces Deadly US Bombings in Iraq and Syria
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Thousands of miles away from its own border, the United States is
causing bloodshed and destruction against the people of Iraq and Syria
in the name of defending itself."
'Destruction of Checks and Balances': WH Lawyers Reportedly Argued Trump Could Override Congress to Freeze Ukraine Aid
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"That's unconstitutional. If they had a real legal justification, they
wouldn't resort to such absurd claims."
Iraqi PM Condemns 'Dangerous Escalation' as US Kills 25 With Airstrikes and Threatens Iran
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We consider it as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty."
A Call to Action as Planet's Essential Groundwater is Being Rapidly Depleted
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by Common Dreams staff
Changes in groundwater flows due to climate change could have a very
long legacy. This could be described as an environmental time bomb
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Views...
Are Taxes the Best Way of Dealing With Inequality?
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by Arthur MacEwan
Taxes can redistribute income, but relying on taxes means we are
accepting the way the system works—the way markets operate—to create
inequality in the first place.
The Climate Decade: A Global Crisis Unveiled, a Global Movement Unleashed
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by Erika Spanger-Siegfried
Together we've felt grief as bad news mounted, rage as monied interests
blocked the world's efforts to save itself and, as climate denial made a
political comeback at home, we've felt at times like the mythical
Cassandra, cursed to tell the truth and never be believed.
A Decade in Review: Palestinians Who Stood Out, and Took a Stand, Over the Last 10 Years
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by Yumna Patel
While the political situation often seems bleak and hopeless, these
Palestinians, these changemakers, continue to try to make a difference,
no matter how big or small, in the hopes that they can do better for
their community.
A Progressive Wish List for 2020
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by Bill Lueders
If we work hard and stay focused, 2020 can be the year we make huge
gains.
Decades of Denial Have to End: We Need Radical Climate Leadership in 2020
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by Andy Rowell
The next decade will define our collective future. We have no time to
waste.
White Nationalism and Public Health
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by Leslie Gregory, Dr. Tom H. Hastings
There is a trend across much of the world toward the strongman ruler,
the Trump/Putin/Erdogan/Duterte/Jong-un model, but that is reversible.
Nothing about this is permanent or inevitable. We always have a choice.
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Newswire...
CODEPINK Statement in Response to the Hanukkah Stabbing Attack in Monsey, New York
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NIAC Urges US-Iran Descalation in Iraq
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