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News & Views | 1/27/20

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U.S. national security adviser John Bolton attends a media briefing during the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
A day after Democratic lawmakers demanded that former National Security Adviser John Bolton testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, grassroots political action groups urged the American public to call their representatives and add their voices to the call for a fair trial.

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Thousands of advocates, activists, and community members flooded the streets at Foley Square in New York City on July 12, 2019.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The Trump administration's policy could quite literally kill people by making them too afraid to seek life-saving medical care, and the Supreme Court seems to agree such a cruel system is acceptable."


Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Two environmental groups released an analysis Monday that calls a national climate plan unveiled earlier this month by the Democratic chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee "extremely disappointing" and "a failure of climate leadership."


Progressive primary challenger to Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) Jessica Cisneros speaks to supporters.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Our people are waiting, Rep. Cuellar. Debate me."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Roberts' job is to preside over a fair trial, where relevant witnesses are heard from and jurors actually listen to the evidence. Right now, he's helping Republicans break the rules and cover for Trump. That has to end."


March for a Clean Energy Revolution in Philadelphia

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The new effort will focus on utilities' monopolies and reliance on fossil fuels.


Snowden and Greenwald

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an op-ed published Sunday night by the Washington Post, National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden connected Brazilian federal prosecutors' recent decision to file charges against American investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald to the U.S. government's efforts to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign took aim at former Vice President Joe Biden Monday after Sanders's opponent in the 2020 Democratic primary claimed Sanders hasn't been "consistent" in his efforts to protect and raise Social Security benefits.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We got Wall Street nervous. We got the insurance companies nervous. We got the drug companies nervous. We got the fossil fuel industry nervous. We got the military-industrial complex nervous."


The BMJ last week announced its fossil fuel divestment campaign.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The journal rolled out a "stellar set of ambitions," said climate group Divest Parliament.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When so many people can't get the care they need even when they have insurance coverage, it says that insurance is not doing what it is supposed to do: ensure that healthcare is affordable when you need it."

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Painting of Howard Zinn by Robert Shetterly, Americans Who Tell the Truth.

by Bill Bigelow
Now is an especially good time to remember some of Howard Zinn’s wisdom.


Four #NoCoalNoGas campaign activists block a coal train near Worcester, Massachusetts on Dec. 7. (Twitter/Jay O’Hara)

by Sarah Freeman-Woolpert, Arnie Alpert
By escalating from symbolic actions to obstruction, the #NoCoalNoGas campaign is mounting a serious challenge to the fossil fuel industry with a growing network of climate activists.


President Donald Trump at the 2020 World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland

by Sam Pizzigati
With everything from tax cuts to deregulation, the president has made himself indispensable to the world's mega rich.


Glenn Greenwald

by Rainey Reitman
Why EFF stands against the prosecution of Glenn Greenwald


Donald Trump sits next to Pam Bondi at the Palm Beach Lincoln Day Dinner at Mar-a-Lago

by Christopher Brauchli
"Birds of a feather will gather together."


Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg attends a session at the Congres center during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 21, 2020.

by Massimo Paciotto Biggers , Jeff Biggers

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