News & Views | 09.18.15
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Refugees Left Stranded As EU Faces ‘Crisis of Political Will’ by Andrea Germanos “You aren’t going to solve these problems by closing borders.” |
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‘Foolish and Mean-Spirited’: US House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood by Deirdre Fulton Both measures are opposed by women’s health organizations, the White House, and a majority of the American public. |
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Citing Abuses, US Commission Demands Release of Refugee Families by Sarah Lazare The violations are so egregious that all families should be released, detentions reduced, and alternatives to incarceration fostered. |
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Up 72 Perecent From Just Six Years Ago, Organic Farm Sales Soar by Nadia Prupis Americans are increasingly hungry for naturally-grown and healthier foods. |
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Facing South, Bernie Sanders Ramps Up Outreach in SC and Beyond by Deirdre Fulton David is rising against Goliath, with a grassroots campaign meant to increase Sanders’ exposure among minority voters in the Bible Belt and across the South. |
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According to New IEA Chief, Arctic Drilling Is Stupid Business by Sarah Lazare Birol’s statements come amid growing calls to place people and the planet over profit by leaving fossil fuels in the ground. |
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New Orleans Running ‘Modern Debtors Prison,’ Lawsuit Charges by Nadia Prupis Orleans Parish has resurrected unconstitutional “debtors’ prisons” by routinely jailing the region’s poorest residents over their inability to pay court fees and other fines. |
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Obama’s Fateful Syrian Choice by Robert Parry He can either work with Russia’s President Putin to stabilize Syria or he can opt for a confrontation that could lead to an open-ended war. |
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The Fed Gets It Right. Now Let’s Move to Full Employment by Isaiah Poole “The case for raising short-term interest rates is extraordinarily weak. That is not the economy we have today.” |
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Open Homes, Open Borders: A Dispatch from a German Village Sheltering 400 Refugees by Melody Ermachild Chavis There is no end to the long line of human beings underway tonight. |
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Standing With Ahmed and All Children of Color by Sonali Kolhatkar If Obama truly wants America to be great, as his tweet to Ahmed suggests, he can begin by making it a country that treats its Muslim citizens without suspicion. |
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Resisting the Lure of Intervention by John Feffer With each nuclear weapon, jet engine, and space rocket we deploy, we venture further into the Orange Zone, heading blindly, if not boldly, toward the point of no return. |
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The Republican Foreign Policy Consensus: Lunacy by Robert Borosage If you want a president to lead us into constant wars “anywhere in the world,” Republicans have your man. |
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