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Showing Up at the Border for Our Shared Humanity
Two thousand years ago, a young mother and father fled for their lives and left everything behind for the safety of their child. Their names were Mary and Joseph. I can’t help but think what would happen to this migrant family and their brown-skinned baby at our...
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Last-Minute Deal Averts Shutdown Senate passes stopgap spending bill that would avert shutdown. NYT: "Moving to head off a looming government shutdown, the Senate passed a stopgap spending bill on Wednesday night that would keep the government funded through Feb. 8 —...
Justice Demands We Free Cyntoia Brown
The facts of the case are simply horrifying: Cyntoia Brown was a child of 16 in Nashville, Tennessee when she was sex-trafficked by a pimp named “Kut-throat.” Just days after being repeatedly drugged and raped by different men, a 43-year-old real estate agent...
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Senate May Deny Wall, Avert Shutdown Senate to pass bill that would keep government open, deny Trump wall funding. WaPo: "The Senate intends to pass a short-term spending bill that would keep the government open through Feb. 8 but deny President Trump the money he...
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...
