It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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July 12th: Internet-Wide Day of Action To Save Net Neutrality
The FCC wants to destroy net neutrality and give big cable companies control over what we see and do online, through throttling, blocking, censorship and extra fees. On July 12, the Internet will come together to stop them.
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G20 Leaders' Statement on Climate Change Highlights Rift with U.S.
World leaders have made clear the US’s isolated stance on climate change, with 19 of the G20 countries affirming their commitment to the “irreversible” Paris climate agreement.
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Trump's New CDC Chief Championed Partnership with Coca Cola to Solve Childhood Obestity
Talk about corporate governance: the new chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Brenda Fitzgerald, is a Georgia physician whose signature childhood obesity project was underwritten by Coca-Cola.
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As Calls Grow for Grenfell Justice, Will U.K. Government Be Held To Account?
The British establishment is ignoring calls for an open and inclusive investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire, which could demonstrate how government and for-profit contractors helped turn 120 homes into a 24-floor death trap.
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18 States, Consumer Groups Sue DeVos Over Delay of Student Loan Protections
The lawsuits accuse the Education Secretary of illegally delaying the regulations aimed at predatory colleges, which would protect federal student loan borrowers defrauded by those schools.
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Kids in Pro-Trump Rural Areas Have A Lot to Lose If GOP Rolls Back Medicaid
In 780 mostly rural counties across the country — the vast majority of which went for Trump — more than half the children rely for coverage on Medicaid and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, which will be cut.
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Climate Necessity and the Future of Environmental Dissent
"Social progress requires working outside of established channels. Climate necessity activists have pushed their cause away from wonky, inside-baseball environmentalism and toward grassroots, social justice insurgency.”
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At Least 44 States Refuse to Hand Over All Data to Trump’s “Fraud” Commission
The letter Kris Kobach sent to states last week requested names, addresses, dates of birth, political affiliation, last four digits of social security numbers, and a list of elections they voted in since 2006, among other data.
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I’m a Climate Scientist. And I’m Not Letting Trickle-Down Ignorance Win.
Trump has referred to a dark cloud hanging over his administration. The primary cloud I see is the self-created cloud of willful ignorance on the science of climate change. That cloud is a clear and present threat to our lives, livelihoods and health.
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Europe's Quietly Growing Poor Population Is Getting Louder
As of June, the European Commission stated that more than 240 million people now live on the poverty line – around one-third of the E.U. population – with a full 9 percent of citizens suffering from deprivation.
