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Tara Lohan
Frac sand in Wisconsin. (Photo by Tara Lohan)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"No you don't have the choice, but you had the choice to — that's why — I'm not saying, I said, if you like your plan, you can keep it, assuming — I should add the obvious — if your employer doesn't take it away from you. OK?"
Jon Queally, staff writer
"The attorney general has acted in biased ways and violated Justice Department norms, standards, and rules to protect President Trump at the expense of fulfilling his responsibilities to provide fair and impartial administration of justice."
Ashley Pratt , Susan Nahvi
Every presidential hopeful should publicly publicly commit to not use the 2001 or 2002 AUMFs to take military action. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Further fueling the potential threat are "climate-related shocks."
Julia Conley, staff writer
In his interview with the New York Times as the newspaper determines which 2020 Democratic presidential candidate it will endorse, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke about how President Donald Trump weaponized racism and many Americans' sense that the political and media establishments have abandoned them in 2016 to win support.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Millions of advocates for women's human rights are expected to take to the streets in dozens of cities worldwide on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the fourth annual Global Women's March.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Millions of advocates for women's human rights are expected to take to the streets in dozens of cities worldwide on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the fourth annual Global Women's March.
Claudia Lefko
A wounded Iraqi child. (Photo: SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)
Pat LaMarche
Homeless residents gather outside their tents on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2020. - California Governor Gavin Newsom said his state budget will include more than $1 billion directed towards homelessness, in response to a growing crisis on the streets on California's major cities. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Every child has a right to safety, protection, and future."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We are at a pivotal moment in human history, and we can do better than banking on a future that continues to rely on fossil fuels."
Joseph Stiglitz
Neither GDP nor the Dow is a good measure of economic performance. Neither tells us what’s happening to ordinary citizens’ living standards or anything about sustainability. (Photo: Johannes Eisle/AFP/Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Calling the Trump administration's attempt to gut the federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program "unlawful" and well as "cruel," 15 state attorneys general as well as the city of New York filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Agriculture Department over its new requirements for the program, a month after they were finalized.
Common Dreams staff
"That's the message Trump wants to send for his impeachment?" asked another critic after president announced legal team for Senate trial.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg joined thousands of protesters on the streets of Lausanne, Switzerland Friday ahead a summit for the world's business and political leaders in Davos that kicks off Tuesday.
Tiffany Muller
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), with the late Rep. Elijah Cummings behind him, speaks in support of HR 1 at the U.S. Capitol on January 4, 2019. (Photo: Getty Images)
Ralph Nader, Louis Fisher, and Bruce Fein
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts arrives to the Senate chamber for impeachment proceedings at the U.S. Capitol on January 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, the House impeachment managers read the articles of impeachment against President Trump in the Senate chamber and Roberts sworn in every senator for the trial. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Jon Queally, staff writer
"It's just one poll, but it looks like Bernie is unhurt and Warren unhelped by the brouhaha."
