Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Robert Reich: Message to Millennials
Robert Reich explains why it is so important for young people to vote in the midterm elections.
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An Arena Full of the Richest Americans Would Own As Much Wealth as 70% of the World
That’s 25,000 American adults – the richest .01% of America – who together own nearly $10 trillion, approximately the total wealth owned by 3.5 billion adults globally.
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Four UK Fracking Protesters Freed After Conviction Sentences Are Overturned
Four UK protesters went to court last week to contest what may be Britain's most draconian sentences handed down for peaceful environmental protest since 1932.
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More Than 1,000 Protest Outside SF Marriott Hotels As Strike Stretches Into Second Week
Since Oct. 4, over 2,500 employees at SF's seven Marriott locations joined a national strike of 7,700 workers walking off the job in Boston,Oahu, Maui, San Diego, Oakland, San Jose and Detroit.
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Could Florida's Youth Tip The Scales In 2018 Midterms?
In 2014, less than a quarter of the students at University of Florida voted. Now, “I really do see a shift happening. Many students are eager to vote,” a current student said.
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"One of Most Disturbing Articles I Have Ever Read" Scientist Says of Study Detailing Climate-Driven "Bugpocalypse"
The human-caused climate crisis has sparked a global "bugpocalypse" that will only continue to accelerate in the absence of systemic action to curb planetary warming.
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How YouTube Rightwing Extremists Became the Internet Mainstream
Exploring so called “alternative media” on YouTube will make you end up watching white supremacists. Both Google’s greed and the carelessness of mainstream conservatives are to blame.
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Groundbreaking Youth Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Can Proceed
A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration's last-ditch efforts to derail a landmark constitutional climate lawsuit brought by 21 youth plaintiffs. The trial start date is Oct. 29 in Eugene, Oregon.
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Maine’s Radical Universal Home Health Care Proposition
The Maine People’s Alliance, a grassroots organization, collected 67,000 signatures to get a measure on the November ballot that would provide home health care to all Maine residents.
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Legalizing Recreational Marijuana, Canada Begins a National Experiment
Canada on Wednesday became the first major world economy to legalize recreational marijuana, beginning a national experiment that will alter the country’s social, cultural and economic fabric, and present the nation with its biggest public policy challenge in decades.
