News & Views | #PoorPeoplesCampaign Kicks Off 40 Days of 'Moral Action'

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) to view this message in a browser window.  [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) [] [] News & Views | 2/5/18 [] Feature... [] [Decrying 'Dog-Eat-Dog System,' #PoorPeoplesCampaign Kicks Off 40 Days of 'Moral Action'](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) 1f9d0/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW by Jessica Corbett, staff writer In Washington, D.C. and more than two dozen states across the country on Monday, supporters of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival gathered to kick off 40 days of "moral action" to highlight "the human impact of policies which promote systemic racism, poverty, the war... [] [] News... [] [In 'Dictator Move,' Trump Accuses Democrats of Treason for Not Applauding at SOTU](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) 1f9d0/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW by Julia Conley, staff writer President Donald Trump drew harsh criticism during a speech he gave at a factory near Cincinnati, Ohio on Monday, in which he casually accused Democrats of "treason" for not expressing enthusiasm for his agenda during the State of the Union address last week. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Promoting 'Humane Technology,' Former Facebook Workers Aim to Shield Public from Social Media's Harms](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) 1f9d0/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW by Julia Conley, staff writer Citing a desire to "correct a wrong," several former employees of the tech giants Facebook and Google are joining forces to counter what they view as the widespread negative impact of the companies they helped to form. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Supreme Court Blocks Pennsylvania GOP's Attempt to Restore Gerrymandered Map for 2018](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) 1f9d0/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW by Jake Johnson, staff writer In a victory for Pennsylvania voters and a blow to GOP efforts to aggressively manipulate congressional districts in their favor, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected Pennsylvania Republicans' attempt to restore a gerrymandered map that "clearly, plainly, and palpably" violated the state's constitution. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Countering Trump's 'Hostility' Toward Media, Bill Would Protect Journalists From Intimidation and Assault](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) [camera, White House logo](1f9d0/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Condemning President Donald Trump for creating a "climate of extreme hostility to the press," more than a dozen Democrats in the U.S. House, with support from the largest communications labor union in the country, have proposed the "Journalism Protection Act," which would make it a federal crime to attack or intimidate reporters on the job. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Leaving 143 Million Americans Out to Dry, Trump CFPB Backs Off Equifax Probe](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) 1f9d0/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW by Jake Johnson, staff writer In yet another indication that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the leadership of Trump budget chief Mick Mulvaney is no longer devoted to protecting the public from corporate wrongdoing, the agency has reportedly placed its investigation of Equifax "on ice"—a move that says "you're out of luck" to the more than 143 million Americans whose personal information was compromised in a massive security breach last year. --------------------------------------------------------------- [White Supremacist Holocaust Denier Likely to Become GOP Nominee in US House Race](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) 1f9d0/ct8_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A Holocaust-denying white supremacist, Arthur "Art" Jones, is the only Republican primary candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois's 3rd Congressional District, meaning he will likely become the party's official nominee. On his campaign website, the 70-year-old resident of a Chicago suburb claims the Holocaust is "the biggest, blackest, lie in history," and declares "it's time to put America first." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) [] [] Views... [] [As Congress Feeds the Merchants of Death, the People Must Divest](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) [In a 2015 speech to the U.S. Congress, the very Congress that is so beholden to the war machine, Pope Francis asked why deadly weapons were being sold to those who inflict untold suffering on society. The answer, he said, was money, “money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood.” (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/Flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct10_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Medea Benjamin If neither major political party will stand up to this status quo, what can be done? --------------------------------------------------------------- [With Trump's Nuclear Doctrine the Cold War Resumes](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) ["We must demand that these funds that would be taken from the pressing needs of our nation such as healthcare, education and infrastructure not be spent on these suicidal weapons."(Photo: Melissa K. Elliott/flickr/cc) ](1f9d0/ct11_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Robert Dodge Scientific studies have demonstrated the potential catastrophic global environmental effects following a limited regional nuclear war, using just 100 Hiroshima size weapons that would potentially kill 2 billion people. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Degeneration Nation 2018: The Darkest Hour](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) ["The rise of authoritarian and fascist regimes, and the weakening of a common sense of purpose, cooperation and solidarity have brought us to a dangerous precipice." (Photo: Flickr/Dan Cook/cc)](1f9d0/ct12_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Ronnie Cummins Which is more frightening? The destruction of the environment and the climate that sustain human civilization as we have known it? Or the collapse of democracy and the rise of endless war and fascism? --------------------------------------------------------------- [A 14-Year-Old Girl Forced Into the Gaza Cage](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) ["Can Israelis begin to see non-Jews – whether Palestinians like Ghada ot Africans – as fellow human beings, as equally deserving of compassion? Or will Israelis sink further into the darkness of a banal evil that threatens to engulf them?" (Photo: Adam Helweh/Flickr/CC)](1f9d0/ct13_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Jonathan Cook Another routine mishap for Israel’s occupation. --------------------------------------------------------------- [3 Reasons Why So Many People Still Support Trump](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) ["Conservatives even tend to believe that inequality is part of the natural order, and that any attempt to change it is senseless." (Photo:Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc) ](1f9d0/ct14_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Paul Buchheit Nationalism, exceptionalism, narcissism, racism. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Congress Needs To Hold ICE Accountable for Abuses](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) ["While ICE abuses certainly predate the arrival of the Trump administration, there has been a notable increase in the number of arrests of people who don’t have criminal records, those who show up to routine check-in meetings with agents, and even people previously offered humanitarian exceptions." (Photo: U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Flickr)](1f9d0/ct15_1/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) by Brian Tashman While Trump uses his bully pulpit to extol ICE and ignore its abuses, grassroots activists and immigrant community leaders are drawing attention to ICE’s role in terrorizing communities. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AxGSW6koRW) [] [] Newswire... 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