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Gun Control Advocates Slam Trump's "Reckless" Decision to Loosen Firearm Exports Regulations
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Gun control advocates slammed the Trump administration Thursday for
siding with gun manufacturers and lobbyists as it slashed the oversight
process for exporting weapons overseas.
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As Financial Institutions Grow Concerned About Economic Impacts of Climate Crisis, Activists Target Funders of Fossil Fuel Industry
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In response to a New York Times report Thursday about mounting concerns
from investors and market experts that the climate crisis could cause
the next economic meltdown, environmentalists reiterated calls for
financial institutions to cut ties with the fossil fuel companies that
pollute the planet and drive global heating.
Netanyahu to Join Trump Next Week to Announce 'Deal of the Century' Peace Plan Giving Israel 'Everything it Wants'
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"A lethal diversionary tactic at the expense of Palestinian rights and
international law."
'The Most Dangerous Situation That Humanity Has Ever Faced': Doomsday Clock Now 100 Seconds to Midnight
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Citing the worsening nuclear threat and inaction on the climate crisis,
scientists issue a historic warning about the risk of global
catastrophe.
'He Gave Away the Game': Doctors Condemn Trump Threat to Slash Medicare Funding
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We've long suspected he would try to gut Medicare in a second term."
Ancient Viruses Trapped in Glaciers for Thousands of Years Could Be Released By Climate Crisis: Study
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We've opened up a Pandora's box with climate change."
Sanders Takes Double-Digit Lead in New Hampshire Poll After 14 Point Jump Since December
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Prepare for establishment meltdown."
Trump to Issue New Rule Restricting Visas for Pregnant Women in Latest Attack on Most Vulnerable
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In the Trump administration's latest effort to strip migrants and
travelers to the U.S. of their rights, the U.S. State Department is
planning to issue new guidance to consular officers empowering them to
refuse visas to pregnant travelers.
'Haters Gonna Hate and Deniers Will Deny': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Greta Thunberg Hit Back at Mnuchin
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It doesn't take a college degree in economics to realize that our
remaining 1.5° carbon budget and ongoing fossil fuel subsidies and
investments don't add up."
'Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the Country Has Ever Seen': Trump Guts Safeguards for US Streams and Wetlands
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to
the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever sludge or slime
they wished into the streams and wetlands that often connect to the
water we drink."
South Carolina Democrat Who Endorsed Biden Said She's Switching to Sanders Because He Fights 'For the Least, the Fallen, the Left Behind'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
In a tweet thanking Dalhi Myers for her endorsement, Sanders wrote,
"Together, we will defeat the most dangerous president in modern
history."
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Oxfam Report Contains Dire Warning for Global Capitalism
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by Ilana Novick
"Extreme wealth is a sign of a failing economic system."
What We Lose When We Lose Wildlife
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by Courtney Bourgoin
The climate and mass extinction crises are interwoven—but we are
equipped with the solutions.
Americans Need to Hear More from Iranians. Here’s Where to Start.
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by Negin Owliaei
Here are a few illuminating and emotionally resonant pieces by real
Iranians on life under sanctions, the brutality of war, and the recent
crisis.
FBI, King and the Tremors of History
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by Robert C. Koehler
The FBI—the agency that saw King and the civil rights movement as a
communist plot—subjected him to merciless surveillance and may have
tried to get him to commit suicide.
Unequal Justice: Call Trump to Testify at His Impeachment Trial
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by Bill Blum
None of the potential witnesses identified by Democrats could offer
evidence as relevant as the President on his motives in dealing with
Zelensky and ordering a hold on American aid.
Today’s US-Iran Crisis Is Rooted in the Decision to Invade Iraq
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by Stephen Zunes
It fits a longstanding pattern in U.S. foreign policy of engaging in
illegal and unnecessary foreign military interventions that create a
series of crises that are then utilized to justify further foreign
military intervention.
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Trump’s Scrapping of Critical Water Protection Rule is an Egregious Corporate Handout
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Environmental Groups Launch Pressure Campaign Urging Presidential Candidates to Oppose Line 3
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Keystone XL Still Faces Court Challenges from Tribal Nations, Landowners & Environmental Groups
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Greenpeace Climate Ranking Update: Steyer Passes Warren, Buttigieg Passes Biden, Bloomberg Enters Top 10
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Doomsday Clock Changed: It Is Now 100 Seconds From Midnight – Twin Threats of Nuclear War, Climate Change Seen as Worsening
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