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Our Housing Crisis Needs Action Now
Our nation is in a housing crisis that’s getting worse. We need action from our lawmakers now. That’s the message I traveled to Washington with People’s Action housing activists from all across the country to deliver. My name is Linda Armitage, and I’m 76 years old. I...
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Russian Disinformation Targets Mueller Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate. WaPo: "Months after President Trump took office, Russia’s disinformation teams trained their sights on a new target: special counsel...
A Green New Deal Must Be 100 Percent Just
Excitement is building among environmentalists as Washington prepares for the arrival of new lawmakers elected by the #PeoplesWave. Led by New York Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, these insurgents promise to infuse new energy into the movement for climate...
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White House Barrels Towards Shutdown White House prepares for shutdown as both sides dig in over Trump’s wall. WaPo: "The White House and a number of federal agencies have started advanced preparations for a partial government shutdown, as President Trump and...
Can an Unequal Earth Beat Climate Change?
Over recent years, environmental policy makers have essentially defined "the wealthy" at the level of the nation state. The focus has been on the relationships between wealthy nations and developing nations still struggling to amass wealth. Wealthier nations, the climate change consensus has come to understand, have a responsibility to help poorer nations meet the environmental challenges ahead. But a new Civil Society Equity Review report — After Paris: Inequality, Fair Shares, and the Climate Emergency — argues that we need to expand our focus from inequality between nations to inequality within nations as well.
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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies From Neglect In ICE Custody 7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion. WaPo: "A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into Border Patrol custody last...
The GOP Tax Bill Is Creating Jobs - Just Not in the U.S.
The Republican tax law encourages outsourcing because it charges corporations just half the tax rate on foreign profits that it charges on domestic earnings. It’s hard to imagine a stronger lure for corporations to pack up their plant and equipment and ship them offshore. It’s right there in another part of the law: The more U.S. corporations shift factories and other sources of production overseas, the lower the U.S. taxes are on their foreign profits. It’s almost as if the GOP law was designed to promote outsourcing.
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House Passes $867b Farm Bill House passes $867 billion farm bill, sending it to Trump. The Hill: "The House on Wednesday passed an $867 billion farm bill to help those in the agricultural industry, sending the legislation to President Trump for a signature. The...
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EPA To Gut Water Protections Trump EPA proposes major rollback of Federal water protections. NPR: "Vast amounts of wetlands and thousands of miles of U.S. waterways would no longer be federally protected by the Clean Water Act under a new proposal by the Trump...
If Democrats Fracture, This Will Be the Fault Line
Should Americans treat the nation's super rich as a distraction from more pressing concerns or a clear and present danger? No question may more deeply divide the opposition to Donald Trump, and the answer to that question, Gallup polling suggests, has changed significantly at the Democratic Party's grassroots level. Will that change now shape the imminent 2020 presidential election campaign?
