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News & Views | 1/15/20

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Dem debate

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Critics of the corporate media as well as supporters and staffers of Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign blasted the moderators of the CNN / Des Moines Register Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night for employing centrist talking points and demonstrating a bias against Sanders in how they framed...

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Fire and Rescue personnel run to move their truck as a bushfire burns next to a major road and homes on the outskirts of the town of Bilpin on December 19, 2019 in Sydney

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
2019 was also the second warmest year on record, and the past five years were the five warmest on record.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Women's rights advocates in Virginia and across the U.S. celebrated Wednesday as the state's legislature became the 38th in the nation to approve the Equal Rights Amendment, nearly 100 years after activists first called for equality between men and women to be enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.


Proponents of single-payer healthcare have another study to push back against cost concerns.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Across the political spectrum, there is near consensus among these economists that a single-payer system would save money."


rich old people

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A new study that highlights the serious impacts of wealth inequality in the United Kingdom and United States suggests that being rich can add about nine "healthy" years to a person's life.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
As some online supporters of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders appeared intent on escalating a disagreement between the two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates over a private conversation they had in 2018, Rep. Ilhan Omar urged progressive voters to resist allowing themselves against one another as the first primary votes draw near.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders was adamant during Tuesday night's Democratic debate that climate and trade issues are one and the same in the case of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, the Trump administration's proposed trade deal—even as debate moderators attempted to separate the subjects.


Threats of violence at a gun rally scheduled for Monday in Richmond, Virginia prompted Gov. Ralph Northam to declare a temporary state of emergency.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This isn't about the Second Amendment," said activist Molly Conger, "this is about threats of terrorism."


A group gathered at Wooldridge Park in Austin, Texas to protest Governor Greg Abbott's decision not to allow Syrian refugees into the state.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is an important first step, but this fight is far from over."


Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speaks during the "No War With Iran" Rally for Moveon.org at the U.S. Capitol on January 9, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The Congressional Progressive Caucus said the two bills are "our best chance to avoid future conflict."


An undated photo of President Donald Trump, at one of his golf clubs, with Robert F. Hyde, the man who apparently had former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yanvanovitch under physical—and possibly digital—surveillance in Kiev and offered to talk to Ukranians who would "help" deal with her "for a price." (Photo: Facebook)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The new documents from Lev Parnas are chilling, and damning," said Rep. Ted Lieu. "Is Donald Trump a thug? I don't know. But Trump certainly used thugs to help him abuse the power of his office."

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These bills could expand our understanding of sexism and racism in the media, and chip away at some of the barriers that have frozen out women and people of color from owning news outlets and shaping coverage. (Photo: Screenshot / Fox News)

by Jessica J. González
If we’re going to foster journalism that actually meets community needs, we must address how the foundation of the U.S. media system is built on racism and sexism.


Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals at the Mohegan Sun Pocono on April 15, 2019 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. One of Sanders' proposals for his presidential bids is Medicare for all. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)

by William Grover
Sanders is likely to face two strikes—one in the capitol and one from capital —if he wins the Democratic nomination and later the White House.


At factory farms, thousands of animals are raised in confined spaces, producing a massive amount of waste stored in manure lagoons. (Photo: KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

by Ben Lilliston
Data from the EPA shows a steady increase in agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions, much of it linked to industrial systems of crop production and the rise of factory farms over the last two decades.


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) chats with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) alongside billionaire-philanthropist Tom Steyer during a break of the seventh Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register at the Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa on January 14, 2020.

by Cari Hernandez
What we've seen as a result of Warren's statement is further perversion of the language of abuse and victimhood in a context it was never meant to be used.


According to the CNN report, merely posting a photo of the general could get the Facebook authorities to take a post down. (Photo: Coda/Screenshot)

by Ari Paul
If sanctions can be invoked by a social media network to take down certain content, what is next?


A firefighter sprays foam retardant on a back burn ahead of a fire front in the New South Wales town of Jerrawangala on Jan. 1, 2020. (Photo: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images)

by Abaki Beck
Cultural burning is proactive, while Western-style controlled burning, also called hazard reduction burning, is reactive.

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