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News & Views | 7/30/19

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"The symbolism of the seesaw is just magical." (Photo: Twitter)

by Jenna McGuire, newsroom staff
"We are all connected."

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As seen through fencing, migrants—including a young child—stand while being detained by Department of Homeland Security police after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, on June 27, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Where are they? How are they treated? When will they be reunited? Why were they still separated?"



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.


Arati Kreibich is running against Rep. Joh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) in the 2020 primary.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Arati Kreibich says she is running because "our representatives should stand with people—not corporations."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senators must put an end to this blatant disrespect to our judicial system, traditions, and democracy."


The Greenland ice sheet may melt at a pace that could break records set in 2012 this year as a heatwave from Europe turns north.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"If the ice sheet melts entirely, it would raise global sea levels by almost 23 feet."



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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Her plan has an overarching, fatal flaw: It relies on the benevolence and good intentions of America’s health insurers. (Photo: Rhona Wise / AFP / Getty Images)

by Richard Eskow
Kamala Harris’ plan is too fragile, too complex, and—most of all—too trusting of the predatory private sector to succeed.


Social Security and Medicare are proof that the American people can come together through our representatives in Washington to improve the lives of all of us. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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.


Trump’s use of Baltimore’s dysfunction is the finest expression yet of this man’s limitless racism. (Photo: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/AP Images)

by Gabrielle Gurley
As The Baltimore Sun wrote, it’s better to have a few rats than to be one.


Migrants certainly are not criminals for fleeing conditions the U.S. government helped create. They are victims. (Photo: Ryan/flickr/cc)

by Timothy Wise
U.S. policies have created the disasters from which they are fleeing.


A protester makes a gesture during a protest on June 12, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo: Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

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.


Fifty years after the moon landing, Michael Winship reflects on five decades of American life.

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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