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Your Week in Review
Common Dreams Mourns Passing of Longtime Contributor and Climate Activist John Atcheson
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"We can leave a legacy of a world in which hope flourishes and dreams
prosper, or we can leave a legacy in which hopes are diminished and most
dreams are nightmares," Atcheson once wrote. "Those are now our choices.
Our only choices."
10 Ways Trump's Actions Against Iran Hurt the US, the Region, and the World
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies
We, the American people, must rise up to overcome the power of the
military-industrial complex and take our country's destiny out of the
hands of warmongers and monsters.
'He Could Win the Caucuses,' Pollster Says as Bernie Sanders Leads Gold-Standard Iowa Survey for First Time
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
With just three weeks until Iowa will hold the first nominating contest
in the Democratic Party's presidential primary race, Sen. Bernie Sanders
is leading the field, according to results released Friday evening.
Climate Movement Takes Aim at Wall Street, Because 'Money Is Only Language Fossil Fuel Industry Speaks'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate activists on Thursday announced a new campaign that aims to send
a message to Wall Street: "Stop financing fossil fuels and deforestation
and start respecting human rights and Indigenous sovereignty."
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.
#NoWarWithIran: US Peace Advocates Say 'Time for De-Escalation Is Now'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Now is the time to end the cycle of military retaliation, walk back
aggressive rhetoric, and engage meaningfully in a diplomatic process for
peace."
'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.
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.
With Bolton Willing to Testify Before Senate, Sanders Asks Trump: 'What Are You Afraid Of?'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
After former National Security Adviser John Bolton announced Monday that
he would be willing to testify in a Senate impeachment trial against
President Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders demanded the president
answer one question: "What are you afraid of?"
'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Highlighting the "strong scientific consensus that the decline of
insects, other arthropods, and biodiversity as a whole, is a very real
and serious threat that society must urgently address," 73 international
scientists on Monday published a roadmap to battle the world's
"bugpocalypse."
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