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[] [From Nepal to New Zealand to Nigeria, Fridays for Future Youth Activists Take to Streets Worldwide One Week Before #ClimateStrike](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [Children in Indonesia](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Activists with the youth-led Fridays for Future movement took to the streets worldwide Friday, calling for bolder efforts to battle the climate emergency and encouraging people of all ages to join the global #ClimateStrike on Sept. 20. --------------------------------------------------------------- [In 'Disgusting' Move, Jeff Bezos Abruptly Cuts Health Benefits for Nearly 2,000 Part-Time Whole Foods Workers](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [In this PR picture from grocer Whole Foods on Twitter, a staffer talks about the joy of working for the company. Whole Foods owner Jeff Bezos slashed benefits for employees on Thursday. ](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "I am in shock. I've worked here 15 years. This is why I keep the job—because of my benefits." --------------------------------------------------------------- [At #SandtonShutdown, South African Women Disrupt Business as Usual as Fury Over Gender-Based Violence Boils Over](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [Protesters march against gender-based violence, organised by several NGO?s and organisations at the JSE in Sandton on September 13, 2019 in Sandton, South Africa.](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "My body is not your war zone," read one protest signs. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Highlighting Number of Years Left to Save Earth, Greta Thunberg Joins 11-Minute Die-In Outside White House](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg speaks at a climate protest outside the White House in Washington, DC on September 13, 2019. - Thunberg, 16, has spurred teenagers and students around the world to strike from school every Friday under the rallying cry "Fridays for future" to call on adults to act now to save the planet. (Photo: Alastair Pike/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We're seeing entire communities being decimated by the climate crisis. That's why we strike here today, that's why we strike here every Friday." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['No Policy, No Facts, Just Displays of Violence': Ocasio-Cortez Says Hysterical Ad Proves GOP Has No Response to Progressive Vision](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We are fighting to guarantee healthcare in America. To make education and housing dignified and accessible. To save our planet. To set living wages. To establish justice at home and peace abroad." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Challenging Biden on Iraq War Vote, Sanders Denounces Bloated Trump Pentagon Budget During Democratic Debate](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ by Jake Johnson, staff writer "I don't think we have to spend $750 billion a year on the military when we don't even know who our enemy is." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [] [] Views... [] [ABC Democratic Debate Lowlights](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) 1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ by Julie Hollar, Jim Naureckas Judging the candidates is one thing, but the quality of the questions was hardly inspiring. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Biden Takes Iraq Lies to the Max at Democratic Debate](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ by Sam Husseini When so much was on the line, what the former vice president did when he was in the U.S. Senate was to help ensure war happened while trying to wash his hands of responsibility for it --------------------------------------------------------------- [They Can’t Vote Yet, But Youths Are Ready to #ClimateStrike](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [People take part in the demonstration 'Fridays for Future' in Piazza del Popolo, on April 19, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Photo: Simona Granati-Corbis/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Austyn Gaffney We’re hurtling toward collapse. Thank goodness your kids are paying attention. --------------------------------------------------------------- [#NeverForget the War in Afghanistan](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [Afghan children look on as a US soldier from the Provincial Reconstruction team (PRT) Steel Warriors patrols in the mountains of Nuristan Province on December 19, 2009. (Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Sonali Kolhatkar Let's remember: the only reason U.S. troops are dying in Afghanistan is because they are deployed to Afghanistan --------------------------------------------------------------- [How the South Could Help Flip the US Senate](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [For over 130 straight weeks, activists in North Carolina have protested the policies of Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, who faces re-election next year in one of the three Senate races in Southern states where Democrats stand the best chance of winning. (Photo: Tuesdays With Tillis/Facebook)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) by Rebekah Barber Flipping any of these seats will not come easy for Democrats, but real organizing and political investment is the only way --------------------------------------------------------------- [Avalanche-Level Liar Trump Learned Art of Deception From the Pros: US Corporations](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) 1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ by Ralph Nader Before there was Trump there was a corporate stranglehold on false claims and campaigns that had a singular purpose to mislead --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AAEeLNMtmZ) [] [] Newswire... [] [D.C. 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