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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [] News & Views | 9/9/19 [] Feature... [] ['This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP by Julia Conley, staff writer Climate scientists have warned for years that the extreme weather events caused by a rapidly warming planet is already creating climate refugees around the world and will force many more people from their homes—and on Sunday night, the Trump administration's response to those refugees was on full... [] [] News... [] [Because 'Everything Is on Fire,' Nearly 1,000 Amazon Workers Pledge to Walk Out and Join Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We understand the threat of the climate crisis and want to work for a company that makes climate a priority." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Targeting PATRIOT Act Provision, Rights Groups Urge House Dems to Block NSA From Collecting Americans' Phone Records](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Stressing the dangers of mass surveillance, a coalition 30 of digital rights, social justice, and civil liberties groups on Monday urged House Democrats to end a provision of the PATRIOT Act that enables the government to collect Americans' phone records. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Incredibly Important Moment': Warren Endorses Congressional Progressive Primary Challengers Jessica Cisneros and Marie Newman](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [Newman, Warren, Cisneros](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer In what Justice Democrats celebrated as "an incredibly important moment," 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday endorsed Jessica Cisneros and Marie Newman—a pair of progressive primary challengers to conservative incumbent Democrats in Congress. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders Campaign Says Trump 'Worried About Being Exposed as a Fraud' as Report Suggests President Wary of Running Against Socialism in 2020](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We'll have a national debate about policies that help the one percent versus policies that lift the 99. I get the sense Trump knows the reckoning is coming... No Sharpie edits will save him." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Poverty in America a Literal 'Death Sentence,' Says Sanders, Following Devastating GAO Report](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP by Jake Johnson, staff writer "If we do not urgently act to solve the economic distress of millions of Americans, a whole generation will be condemned to early death." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['World Has Never Seen a Threat to Human Rights of This Scope,' UN Rights Chief Says of Climate Emergency](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "The window of opportunity for action may be closing—but there is still time to act." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [] [] Views... 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(Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) by Norman Solomon For the bulk of the party leadership who remain in sync with the current frontrunner, self-critical assessments are essentially off-limits. --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Abortion Laws Contribute to Sexist Environments That Harm Everyone’s Health](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [Gender equity policy is also smart health policy. (Photo: Marc Nozell/Flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) by Patricia Homan The key implication of my research on structural sexism is that gender inequality in the U.S. is not only a human rights issue, but also a public health problem. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Capitalists Are Afraid](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [Capitalists go to absurd lengths to lie about capitalism’s true nature. (Photo: Mr. Fish / Truthdig)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) by Chris Hedges They know the reigning ideology of neoliberalism no longer has any credibility. Its lies have been exposed. They also know they are to blame. --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to Read a Broken Body: Literature in an Era of Endless War](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [Today, Libya is again—or rather, still—a country at war. (Photo: Reuters)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) by Nick Turse "I'm never going to be well. I still have pain." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A1XLfCotLP) [] [] Newswire... 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