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'Act as if You Loved Your Children Above All Else': Greta Thunberg Demands Davos Elite Immediately Halt All Fossil Fuel Investments
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I've been warned that telling people to panic about the climate crisis
is a very dangerous thing to do, but don't worry—it's fine—I've done
this before and I can assure you: it doesn't lead to anything."
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'A Fact-Free Sham Trial Perpetrated in the Dead of Night': McConnell's Trump Cover-Up in Senate Begins
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If the president is so confident in his case, if Leader McConnell is so
confident the president did nothing wrong, why don't they want the case
to be presented in broad daylight?"
In Response to Oxfam Inequality Report, Sanders Calls for Global Movement to Counter 'Greed of Billionaire Class'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has spent his several decades in politics
fighting for working people and believes that "billionaires should not
exist," responded to a new Oxfam International report on inequality by
calling Tuesday for a global movement to pursue economic justice.
Amid Years of Funding Cuts to Public Health, First US Case of China's Coronavirus Detected
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
As officials in Washington State reported Tuesday that a resident was
diagnosed with the coronavirus which was first detected in Wuhan, China
last month, federal public agencies which have suffered billions of
dollars in cuts in recent years issued warnings and posted information
about the illness.
We Risk Living in an 'Empty World' If Assault on Nature Not Stopped, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"If our support systems are gone, there will be no humans."
While Establishment Erupts Over Anti-Corruption Expert Pointing Out Biden's Troubling Record, Progressives Say: Look at the Troubling Record
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Here's the thing: nominating a candidate like Biden will make it far
more difficult to defeat Trump."
'Inexcusable': Hillary Clinton, Who Lost to Trump in 2016, Won't Commit to Helping Bernie Sanders Win in 2020
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Former secretary of state claims "nobody likes" Vermont senator,
currently a leading presidential Democratic candidate and the most
popular elected politician in the country.
'Critical Moment' as Two Key Architects of CIA Torture Program Testify Under Oath in Guantanamo Bay
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Human rights groups marked a significant "moment of reckoning" on
Tuesday for the U.S. torture program which was used by the CIA following
the September 11 attacks, as the two psychologists who developed the
program arrived in Guantanamo Bay to testify under oath.
'We Will Not Be Intimidated': Journalist Glenn Greenwald Defiant After Being Charged With Cybercrimes By Right-Wing Bolsonaro Brazilian Government
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is despicable, dangerous, and a crime against journalism."
If Democrats Want to Honor Legacy of Dr. King, Says Ocasio-Cortez, "We Have to Be Dangerous Too"
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
At a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event at Riverside Church in Harlem,
New York Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez urged her audience to
recognize the Democratic Party is closer to "a center-conservative
party" than a progressive one—something that must change if the civil
rights icon's legacy is truly to be honored.
After Spain Declares Climate Emergency, Activists Demand 'Concrete and Immediate' Action
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Spain's new left-wing coalition government on Tuesday declared a climate
emergency and promised to send ambitious legislation to the country's
parliament within the next 100 days—moves that were welcomed by
campaigners who responded with calls for "concrete and immediate" action
plans.
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Where Is Your Courage and Decency? An Open Letter to Sen. Lamar Alexander from a Childhood Friend
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by Richard L. Clinton
We were taught early on the basic values of honesty, civility, and
shame. What happened?
Bernie, Biden, and My Father
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by Roy Eidelson
Bernie has the highest favorability ratings of all the primary
candidates and the latest national polls show him beating Trump in the
general election.
How The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract
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by Mandy Smithberger
A Congress that allows endless wars, terrible spending practices, and
multiplying conflicts of interest is, as the history of the twenty-first
century has shown us, a recipe for disaster.
Bernie Sanders: 10 Years Fighting Citizens United
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by Brett Wilkins
"You can't take on a corrupt system if you take its money."
If Worker Pay Had Kept Pace With Productivity Gains Since 1968, Today's Minimum Wage Would Be $24 an Hour
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by Dean Baker
In such a world, a full-time minimum wage worker would be earning
$48,000 a year in the United States.
Climate Refugee Ruling Sets 'Global Precedent'
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by Marianne Brooker
'Governments must consider a heating planet's imminent threat to Pacific
peoples' lives.'
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Popeyes Signs On to Better Chicken Commitment
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A Date to Rue
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Campaigners Welcome New Public Bank to Finance Action on Climate Crisis
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350.org on World Economic Forum: We Need Climate Action Now.
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McConnell’s Proposed Fact-Free Show Trial Would Disgrace the United States Senate
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