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'No War With Iran' Marches Set for Thursday Across US
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
In communities nationwide, Americans "will urge restraint and that the
United States avoid yet another unnecessary, costly war of choice in the
Middle East."
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Advocates Argue 'It Is Ludicrous, and Frankly Offensive,' to Let Impeached Trump Continue Right-Wing Takeover of Courts
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A coalition of 29 national advocacy organizations argued Tuesday that
"as long as the cloud of impeachment exists, it would be a grave mistake
for the Senate to allow the president to continue making lifetime
appointments to the federal judiciary."
"We Were All Told to Do This": US Border Officer Uses Nuremberg Defense to Explain Involvement in Separating Families
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In a new Frontline documentary, a Border Patrol agent describes the
pilot program he took part in nearly a year before the Trump
administration officially unveiled its family separation policy—saying
that while he was unhappy about separating children from their parents,
he and other agents were following orders.
Study Shows Medicare for All Could Save US $600 Billion Annually on Paperwork and Other 'Useless Bureaucracy'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Industry wants you to think universal healthcare is too expensive. In
reality, it's our current system that's a wasteful, unsustainable
disaster."
Economists 'Surprised Americans Aren't Revolting' Over $8,000 Tax They Pay Each Year Due to For-Profit Healthcare System
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Highlighting the thousands of dollars American households are forced to
pay in healthcare costs that people in other wealthy countries save
thanks to universal healthcare plans, two top economists wondered aloud
this weekend why Americans have accepted increasingly high costs and
poor health outcomes for decades.
'Disturbing': Reporters Hit White House for Not Disclosing Meeting With Saudi Defense Minister
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"A meeting with a foreign leader in the Oval Office should, at the very
least, be on the public schedule with a read-out of the meeting released
after it is over."
Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Demands Official UN Probe of Soleimani Assassination
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Messages and bilateral exchanges are not enough," said Agnes Callamard.
'They Fear Someone Will Go There and Tell the Truth,' Says Iran's Top Diplomat as Trump White House Bars Him From US
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"You can speak with American people from Tehran too and we will do
that," said Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.
London and NYC Mayors Call on Every Major City in the World to Divest From Climate-Destroying Fossil Fuels
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Ahead of a forum for local leaders from across the globe scheduled for
March, Mayors Bill de Blasio of New York and Sadiq Khan of London on
Tuesday called on every major city in the world to divest from the
fossil fuel industries that are wrecking the planet.
More Than One Billion Animals Killed in Australia Wildfires Called a 'Very Conservative' Estimate
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Chris Dickman of the University of Sydney said "without any doubt at
all" the animal death toll has exceeded one billion.
Sanders Targets Biden Over Iraq War Vote, Repeated Attacks on Social Security
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"I just don't think that that kind of record is going to bring forth the
kind energy we need to defeat Trump."
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There Is Zero Actual Evidence Iran Is Responsible for Killing Hundreds of Americans
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by Stephen Zunes
The assertions being repeated today seem based on apparently groundless
claims from twelve years ago by the same people who said Iraq possessed
weapons, weapons programs, and weapons systems that were such a grave
threat that they ignited the U.S.-Iraq war.
Biden and Buttigieg Exemplify How Corporatism and ‘the Madness of Militarism’ Go Together
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by Norman Solomon
Political positions on class warfare don't always run parallel to
positions on military warfare. But they have now clearly aligned in the
race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
In Australia's Nightmare, a Vision of the Planet's Terrifying Future
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by John Fleming
What's happening Down Under is a dark preview of the kind of chaos and
destruction that's awaiting the rest of the world in this rapidly
unfolding climate crisis... It sounds dramatic because it is.
Are Establishment Democrats Running Out of Ways to Sabotage Bernie Sanders?
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by Ilana Novick
The moderates of the party can't stand what Bernie is and what he stands
for, but they apparently can't find a way to beat him.
A Report Card on the Failed American Project of the Last Three Decades
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by Andrew Bacevich
Since 1989, intoxicated by a post-Cold War belief in its own
omnipotence, the United States allowed itself to be drawn into a long
series of armed conflicts, almost all of them yielding unintended
consequences and imposing greater than anticipated costs.
Soleimani Strike Marks a Novel Shift in Targeted Killing, Dangerous to the Global Order
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by Anthony Dworkin
This new development shows how the influence of the open-ended military
campaign against al-Qaeda and the Islamic State is washing back into the
inter-state realm, imperiling the line between war and peace.
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Newswire...
Advocacy Organizations Call on Senate to Halt Judicial Confirmations Process
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Willingness to Testify Highlights Need for Witnesses in Any Fair Impeachment Trial
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Communications Workers of America (CWA) Launches New Initiative in Support of Organizing Tech and Game Workers
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Trump’s NEPA Environmental Review Rollback Should Alarm Republicans Too
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Ecuador Ends 2019 with Billions of Dollars Less in International Reserves than IMF Had Predicted, Due to IMF-Endorsed Austerity Measures
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