Juan Cole
Democratic presidential hopeful Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Pete Buttigieg (L) speaks with journalist Chris Matthews (R) in the spin room following the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 19, 2020. (Photo: Bridget Bennet/AFP via Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We need an urgent plan to save humanity and this is not it."
Robert Dodge
Nurses and doctors rallying for Medicare for All in Chicago over the weekend outside the annual gathering of the American Medical Association which currently opposes the plan to make healthcare coverage in the United States available to all. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
At least 10 protesters were arrested Monday morning during a Canadian police raid on a Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory camp beside a railway near Belleville, Ontario, which was established on Feb. 6 in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en First Nation hereditary chiefs and land defenders who are trying to prevent a fracked gas pipeline from cutting through their unceded lands in British Columbia.
Andrew Bacevich
President Donald Trump's address to the nation regarding border security is shown on a television screen in Times Square, January 8, 2019 in New York City. A partial shutdown of the federal government extended to 17 days following the president's demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall while Democrats have refused. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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David Goodner
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during an event to introduce the Raise The Wage Act in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol January 16, 2019 in Washington, DC. The proposed legislation, which will gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024, is unlikely to pass in the Republican-controlled Senate. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"For decades, the U.S.-India relationship was anchored by claims of shared values of human rights and human dignity. Now, those shared values are discrimination, bigotry, and hostility towards refugees and asylum seekers."
Michael Winship
A conversation with CEO Ann Toback: “Dissent is one of the great privileges of being a patriot.”
Julia Conley, staff writer
Women's rights advocates on Monday applauded the dozens of women whose decision to come forward about former film executive Harvey Weinstein's history of sexual assault helped bring Weinstein to justice, after he was found guilty of two sexual assault charges.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate campaigners celebrated a "momentous win" in Canada after Teck Resources on Sunday withdrew its application to build a tar sands mine in Alberta and the CEO admitted that because of "the growing debate" over fossil fuel use amid a climate crisis, "it is now evidence that there is no constructive path forward for the project."
Diane Archer
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during an event to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2017 on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2017. (Photo: Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We believe the best way to honor our history is by fighting to end detention sites today."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Even as world health officials were encouraged Monday by reports out of China that the spread of coronavirus first detected in Wuhan is slowing, two months after outbreaks first began, authorities warned that the virus is now spreading rapidly in other countries and that the world is fast approaching a "tipping point" with the virus.
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Press freedom advocates slammed the U.S. over its pending espionage charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Monday, as the first phase of Assange's extradition trial began in London.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Human rights advocates expressed outrage and called for a criminal investigation after video footage of an Israeli military bulldozer dragging the body of a Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied Gaza Strip circulated widely across social media over the weekend.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"You can support the Palestinian and Israeli people without supporting leaders or organizations that oppose the freedom and liberation of the Palestinian people."
Norman Solomon
Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets supporters as he arrives at a town hall campaign event at the Denver Airport Convention Center February 22, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Nevada held its presidential caucus earlier today. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Jon Queally, staff writer
"We know that the first four years of a child's life are the most important years of human development, so it is unconscionable that in the wealthiest country in the world, we do not properly invest in early childhood education."
