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After the March, What’s Next for The Climate Movement?

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Video from Canada On Fukushima

Misterbadexample - August 12, 2014 15

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What Issues Are You Passionate About?

Nirek - April 7, 2014 28

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Republicans Use Time Machine to Go Back and Blame FDR for...

AdLib - March 6, 2014 24

Activism

2011: The Year In Review

ADONAI - December 21, 2011 28

Morning Blog

Kalima - November 20, 2011 857

Congress

My Dinner with the National Debt

funksands - July 31, 2011 4

Art Corner

Sakura

Buddy McCue - March 23, 2011 34

Afghanistan

Thank you to the people of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

Kalima - March 18, 2011 20

Activism

TAKE ACTION – How To Help Those In Japan

AdLib - March 16, 2011 83

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Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid

Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it. [...]

The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned.

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How This Trade War Is Different From All Other Trade Wars

By acting on his own, President Trump has broken with more than 200 years of U.S. history in which Congress set the direction of trade policy. [...]

Trump’s New Plan for Social Security Death List, and China’s Counterattack on Tariffs

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Supreme Court Sides With Migrant Trump Administration Wrongly Deported

A trial judge had ordered the Trump administration to take steps to return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from a notorious prison in El Salvador. [...]

Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers

By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services. [...]

Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers Will Seek Testimony From Marco Rubio

Lawyers for the detained Columbia graduate said that the lack of substantive charges against him requires more information from the secretary of state. They acknowledge they are likely to fail. [...]

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

Top Iranian officials pressed the country’s leader to reverse his position, arguing that the risk of war with the United States and the worsening economic crisis could topple the regime. [...]

Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’

Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character. [...]

Republicans Clash Over Medicaid in Hunt to Pay for Trump’s Agenda

Conservatives in the House say they won’t back any package without deep cuts that would all but certainly affect the health program. Some Senate Republicans say they won’t accept such cuts. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

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The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

Politics of the Day

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Ukrainian allies pledge €21bn in fresh military aid

Drones and air defences are included in the fresh aid package, as European leaders still see no sign of an end to the war. [...]

Trump had five tariff goals - has he achieved any of them?

The president made a partial reversal this week - here's a look at where it leaves five of his key ambitions. [...]

US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' Vance

The US military said it had lost confidence in Colonel Susannah Meyers' ability to lead. [...]

China braces for strong winds, with lighter people warned they may blow away

State media is warning that people weighing less than 50kg (110lbs) may be "easily blown away". [...]

'We collected his body instead of celebrating Eid,' says mother of Gaza medic killed by Israel

The mother of a Palestinian killed in an IDF attack on emergency vehicles tells the BBC of her loss. [...]

Hudson River helicopter crash kills family of five

Five of the individuals on board were a family of tourists from Spain and the sixth person was the pilot, officials say. [...]

Euphoria star Eric Dane diagnosed with ALS

The US actor, who was also in Grey's Anatomy, has the most common form of motor neurone disease. [...]

Erdogan's main rival in Turkey makes first court appearance since arrest

The mayor of Istanbul has been imprisoned on corruption and terrorism charges, prompting mass protests. [...]

Gabon holds its breath as coup mastermind eyes presidency

Saturday's election marks a major test for a coup leader who wants the democratic stamp of approval. [...]

Nightclub survivor recalls 'total chaos' of ceiling collapse that killed 221

Carwin Javier Molleja remembers "the screams" as the roof of the Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed, killing 218 people. [...]

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After the March, What’s Next for The Climate Movement?

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What Issues Are You Passionate About?

Republicans Use Time Machine to Go Back and Blame FDR for...

2011: The Year In Review

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Thank you to the people of Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

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