'Democracy for Some, But Not for All' | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Browser View](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) | 9/14/19 [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) [] [] Your Week in Review [] ['Decades of Progress Are at Stake' as Trump Reaches 150 Lifetime Judicial Appointments and Right-Wing Court Takeover Accelerates](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Every network should be covering this. Trump's dangerous takeover of our courts will last a generation." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Rollback of Key EPA Water Protection Rule Denounced as 'Callous' and 'Immoral' Giveaway to Big Polluters](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) [Water and field](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Environmental and public health advocates blasted the Trump administration Thursday for finalizing its rollback of an Obama-era regulation designed to curb the pollution of waterways nationwide. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Warnings That 'Lives Will Be Lost' After Right-Wing Supreme Court Allows Trump Asylum Ban to Take Effect](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The Supreme Court is giving a green light to this administration to continue its inhumane treatment of vulnerable people." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Amnesty International Chief's Plea to 30,000+ Schools Worldwide: Let the Students Climate Strike!](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) [Kumi Naidoo](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer In a personal plea sent to more than tens of thousands of schools around the world Wednesday, Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo called on educators and administrators to allow students to join global climate strikes later this month. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Steadily Gaining Ground in Polls, Elizabeth Warren Embraces Wall Street Fear of Her Campaign](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf by Julia Conley, staff writer While her poll numbers have risen steadily in recent weeks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday night was celebrating a contingent of voters who are hoping she doesn't win the 2020 presidential election: Wall Street executives. --------------------------------------------------------------- ["Exactly What I've Hoped For": 100+ Education Leaders Voice Support for Sanders K-12 Plan](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf by Jessica Corbett, staff writer More than 100 national education leaders are publicly backing 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders' plan to reform the American school system, his campaign announced Tuesday --------------------------------------------------------------- [To Critics Who Say Climate Action Is 'Too Expensive,' Greta Thunberg Responds: 'If We Can Save the Banks, We Can Save the World'](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf by Jake Johnson, staff writer "If there is something we are not lacking in this world, it's money. Of course, many people do lack money, but governments and these people in power, they do not lack money." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Democracy for Some, But Not for All': Report Reveals Nearly 1,700 Polling Places Closed Since Supreme Court Weakened Voting Rights Act](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf by Julia Conley, staff writer Civil rights advocates said Tuesday that The U.S. Supreme Court must restore the key provision of the Voting Rights Act which it invalidated in 2013, after a sweeping new report showed how the court's decision led to the closure of nearly 1,700 polling places across the American South. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) 1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf 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 display. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['World Has Never Seen a Threat to Human Rights of This Scope,' UN Rights Chief Says of Climate Emergency](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) [United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "The window of opportunity for action may be closing—but there is still time to act." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Share this newsletter with a friend](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) [] [Donate](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rate us on Google](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) | [Follow us on Facebook](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) | [Follow us on Twitter](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3ApiptnS9Tf) Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. 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