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[] [Day After Trump Said 'Inequality Is Down,' Federal Data Shows US Income Inequality Highest Since Census Began Measuring](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3 by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The separation between rich and poor from 2017 and 2018 was greater than it has ever been." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Condemned for 'Morally Reprehensible' Plan That Rights Groups Warn Means Death for Asylum-Seekers](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3 by Julia Conley, staff writer Human rights advocates on Thursday warned that a "suspect" asylum deal negotiated between the Trump administration and the president of Honduras—along with similar agreements with Guatemala and El Salvador—will endanger thousands of refugees and could even prove deadly for many people in search of safety. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['As Bad, If Not Worse, Than Watergate': Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Massive White House Cover-Up](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions about the duo's July phone call. ](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "This whistleblower complaint is only the tip of an iceberg of corrupt, illegal, and immoral behavior by this president," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bernie Sanders and New Yorkers Praise Gov. Cuomo for Giving State's Voters More Time to Change Party Affiliation Before Primaries](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer New York residents, advocacy groups, and progressive politicians celebrated Thursday after Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation extending the state's deadline for voters to change their political party affiliation ahead of next year's primary elections. --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Research Warns Severe Climate-Related Droughts Could Threaten 60% of Global Wheat Crop by 2100](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3 by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Underscoring the necessity of aggressive action to combat human-caused global warming, research published Wednesday warns that the majority of the world's wheat fields are at risk of enduring "severe, prolonged, and near-simultaneous droughts" by the end of the century—raising serious concerns about future food insecurity and political instability. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sanders Rips 'Casual Cruelty That Motivates Trump and His Billionaire Friends' as White House Moves to Strip Free School Lunches From 500,000 Kids](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3 by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Trump is depriving 500,000 kids of their school lunches for no damn reason—even after 139 members of Congress warned him not to." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [] [] Views... [] [Legal Rights of the Natural World: Beyond Personhood](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [The rights of nature represents necessary legal and cultural shifts in which we understand ourselves as part of nature, and not, as Colombia’s Constitutional Court explained, "a ruler of nature." (Photo: Jim Liestman/Flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Mari Margil By becoming a bearer of rights, nature is now being thrust into the murky realm of legal personhood. --------------------------------------------------------------- [10 Ways That the Climate Crisis and Militarism Are Intertwined](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [ Today the US military support for Saudi Arabia is connected to the US fossil fuel industry’s determination to control access to the world’s oil. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Medea Benjamin To free up billions of Pentagon dollars for investing in critical environmental projects and to eliminate the environmental havoc of war, movements for a livable, peaceful planet need to put "ending war" at the top of the "must do" list. --------------------------------------------------------------- [No One Should Have to Bargain for Health Care](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [Supporters rally for universal health care in Chicago. (Photo: Shutterstock)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Negin Owliaei As the GM strike shows, employers use their workers’ health as a bargaining chip. Medicare for All would end that. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bernie Sanders, Medical Debt, and the Proposal for a Public Credit Agency](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) 1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3 by Thomas Neuburger Families that are in trouble due to medical debt are in trouble now , and the relief they need is also now . This plan offers it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [To Joe Biden, Trump's Potential Successor Mike Pence "Is a Decent Guy"](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [Former U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (R) and incumbent U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) share a moment during a mock swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) at the Old Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Norman Solomon That the former vice president could say such a thing about his successor—who has loyally served as Trump's highest-ranking henchman—illuminates a lot about Biden's style and his substance. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Climate Change and Consciousness Shift](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [ "There can be good lives for all people if we abandon the goal of infinite energy growth. Our guiding principle needs to be that the only form of truly clean energy is less energy." (Photo: Bryan Minear/Unsplash)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) by Robert C. Koehler Perhaps it takes a climate crisis to get us to understand that our home is the whole planet and we’re all in this as one. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfkmipYnd3) [] [] Newswire... 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