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News & Views | 1/17/20

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Former Vice President Joe Biden arrives in front of a Stop & Shop in support of striking union workers on April 18, 2019 in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"No you don't have the choice, but you had the choice to — that's why — I'm not saying, I said, if you like your plan, you can keep it, assuming — I should add the obvious — if your employer doesn't take it away from you. OK?"

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Attorney General William Barr chooses not to speak as President Donald J. Trump participates in a ceremony to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Edwin Meese III in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Oct 08, 2019. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The attorney general has acted in biased ways and violated Justice Department norms, standards, and rules to protect President Trump at the expense of fulfilling his responsibilities to provide fair and impartial administration of justice."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
In his interview with the New York Times as the newspaper determines which 2020 Democratic presidential candidate it will endorse, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke about how President Donald Trump weaponized racism and many Americans' sense that the political and media establishments have abandoned them in 2016 to win support.



by Common Dreams staff
"That's the message Trump wants to send for his impeachment?" asked another critic after president announced legal team for Senate trial.


Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva speaks on new research on the financial services sector and its impact on income inequality, in Washington, D.C, on January 17, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Further fueling the potential threat are "climate-related shocks."


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a New Year's Eve campaign event on December 31, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. The focus of many democratic presidential campaigns will be on Iowa in the coming weeks before the caucus on February 3, 2020. (Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"It's just one poll, but it looks like Bernie is unhurt and Warren unhelped by the brouhaha."


Greta Thunberg and other protesters

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of protesters on the streets of Lausanne, Switzerland Friday ahead a summit for the world's business and political leaders in Davos that kicks off Tuesday.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Calling the Trump administration's attempt to gut the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program "unlawful" and well as "cruel," 15 state attorneys general as well as the city of New York filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Agriculture Department over its new requirements for the program, a month after they were finalized.


Shoes are left by people at the Tornillo Port of Entry near El Paso, Texas, June 21, 2018 during a protest rally by several American mayors against the US administration's family separation policy.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Every child has a right to safety, protection, and future."


<p>Protesters at a rally in Vancouver to show opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline on September 9th, 2017.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We are at a pivotal moment in human history, and we can do better than banking on a future that continues to rely on fossil fuels."


Demonstrators take part in the Women's March Jan. 20, 2018 in New York City.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Millions of advocates for women's human rights are expected to take to the streets in dozens of cities worldwide on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the fourth annual Global Women's March.

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Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), with the late Rep. Elijah Cummings behind him, speaks in support of HR 1 at the U.S. Capitol on January 4, 2019. (Photo: Getty Images)

by Tiffany Muller
In the decade since this disastrous Supreme Court ruling, just 11 wealthy people have made 20 percent of super PAC donations.


Homeless residents gather outside their tents on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2020. - California Governor Gavin Newsom said his state budget will include more than $1 billion directed towards homelessness, in response to a growing crisis on the streets on California's major cities. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

by Pat LaMarche
Homelessness, at its root, is not about lack of housing. It is about systemic poverty and the instability our tattered social safety net creates.


Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts arrives to the Senate chamber for impeachment proceedings at the U.S. Capitol on January 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, the House impeachment managers read the articles of impeachment against President Trump in the Senate chamber and Roberts sworn in every senator for the trial. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader, Louis Fisher, and Bruce Fein
The Chief Justice serves for life shielded from partisan pressures. As a way to dispel combustible suspicions of bias, life tenure makes him the optimal choice for presiding over—and setting the rules for—the trial.


Gen. Qassem Soleimani. (Photo: Tasnim News Agency / Wikimedia/CC)

by Sonali Kolhatkar
Trump killed Soleimani because he could, because he wanted to reassert American military dominance—and because he thinks it can help his chances of reelection.


Neither GDP nor the Dow is a good measure of economic performance. Neither tells us what’s happening to ordinary citizens’ living standards or anything about sustainability. (Photo: Johannes Eisle/AFP/Getty Images)

by Joseph Stiglitz
It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth.


The food system has to change in significant ways if it hopes to continue amidst changing climates and disappearing landscapes. (Photo: The Ecologist)

by Emily Folk
Consumers are calling for greater sustainability across the board, and the agriculture industry is no exception.

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