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News & Views | 7/30/19
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In Joyful Act of Resistance, Pink Seesaws Installed at Border Fence
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by Jenna McGuire, newsroom staff
"We are all connected."
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'No Limit to the Depths of the Cruelty of the Trump Regime': Admin Spurns Court Order to Stop Separating Families
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Where are they? How are they treated? When will they be reunited? Why
were they still separated?"
More Than Three Eco-Defenders Killed Per Week in 2018 While Fighting to Protect Wildlife, Homes, and Livelihoods
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The fight to protect land, homes, livelihoods, and wildlife from
destructive, pollution-causing industries turned deadly for more than
160 environmental defenders in 2018, the international human rights
group Global Witness revealed Monday night in a new report.
'Moral Courage and Conviction' Behind Primary Challenge to Rep. Josh Gottheimer—One of the Most Conservative House Democrats
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Arati Kreibich says she is running because "our representatives should
stand with people—not corporations."
Democrats Urged to 'Oppose This Takeover' as McConnell Rushes to Confirm 19 Right-Wing Judges Before Recess
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senators must put an end to this blatant disrespect to our judicial
system, traditions, and democracy."
'We Are in a Climate Emergency' Warn Experts and AOC as Greenland Ice Sheet Faces Possible Record-Breaking Melting
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"If the ice sheet melts entirely, it would raise global sea levels by
almost 23 feet."
New BLM Appointee Brings Conflicts of Interest and Plans to Sell Off Public Lands to Agency Charged With Protecting Them
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Control over nearly 250 million acres of public lands was placed Monday
in the hands of a former Reagan administration official who has argued
that all federal lands should be sold to fossil fuel and other corporate
interests, in accordance with the goals of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence.
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Views...
The Fatal Flaw in Kamala Harris’ Health Plan
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by Richard Eskow
Kamala Harris' plan is too fragile, too complex, and—most of all—too
trusting of the predatory private sector to succeed.
It’s Medicare’s Birthday—Let’s Offer It to Everyone
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by Nancy J. Altman
We need to call our representatives and tell them that we are current
Medicare beneficiaries who strongly support Medicare for All.
#WeAreAllBaltimore
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by Gabrielle Gurley
As The Baltimore Sun wrote, it's better to have a few rats than to be
one.
Dear Democrats: We Owe Migrants More Than "Decriminalization"
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by Timothy Wise
U.S. policies have created the disasters from which they are fleeing.
Hong Kong Protesters and Militant Chinese Workers Point the Way to a New Kind of Internationalism
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by Michelle Chen
We can remain warily optimistic that, regardless of the system of
government that rules over them, workers and civil society are still the
force from which even the most powerful states derive legitimacy.
Everyone's Gone to the Moon…
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by Michael Winship
… And given what it's like here at home, the moon may be the best place
to be.
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Coalition of Foreign Policy Experts Outline 8 Recommendations to Deescalate Tensions with Iran
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Voters Deserve 2020 Candidates’ Plans to Fix U.S. Water Woes
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Disaster Food Assistance Funds Distributed in Puerto Rico
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'Democracy for All' Constitutional Amendment Would "Wipe Clean the Dark Stain Citizens United Has Left on Our Democracy"
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Net Neutrality Activists Demand AT&T-owned CNN ask 2020 Candidates Where They Stand on an Open Internet
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