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[] ['Warning Bells Going Off' as NOAA Forecasts Entire Great Barrier Reef at Risk of Coral Bleaching and Death](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) [turtle and GBR](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Delivering yet another "wake-up call" in the wake of studies showing that heat stress from anthropogenic global warming has killed half of the Great Barrier Reef's corals since 2016, a new analysis from U.S. scientists warns that the entirety of world's largest coral system is at risk of bleaching and death as Australia enters it summer months. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['While the Rest of the World Burned,' Billionaires Made More Money in 2017 Than Any Other Year in History](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) 1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S by Jake Johnson, staff writer During a year in which so much of the world faced deep poverty, the corrosive effects of austerity, and extreme weather caused by the worsening human-caused climate crisis—from devastating hurricanes to deadly wildfires and floods—one class of individuals raked in more money in 2017 than any other year in recorded history: the world's billionaires. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gorbachev: Trump Ditching Nuclear Treaty With Russia Poses 'Dire Threat to Peace'](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) [Gorbachev, Reagan](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer While the Trump administration ignores warnings from nuclear experts and pursues plans to exit the Cold War-era intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty (INF) with Russia, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev—who initially signed the deal with former President Ronald Reagan—has joined the chorus of voices cautioning that ditching it poses "a dire threat to peace" by increasing the risk of armed conflict. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Common Dreams is fueled by readers, like you. 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Accused of Trying to Export Hate by Spreading Attack on Transgender People to United Nations](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) [LGBTQ+ activists from the National Center for Transgender Equality, partner organizations, and their supporters hold a 'We Will Not Be Erased' rally in front of the White House October 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. ](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer In a further sign of the Trump-Pence administration's "attempt to erase transgender people," the Guardian reported this week that U.S. officials are pursuing an effort to strip the word "gender" from United Nations documents on human rights. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) [] [] Views... 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(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) by Jeffrey D. Sachs Americans are rightly horrified at Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder, yet most fail to recognize that their own leaders' murderous ways may be little different than those who ordered Khashoggi’s death. The pervasiveness of state-sponsored killings is no excuse for treating murder as acceptable, ever --------------------------------------------------------------- [Eco Crises: Doom & Gloom, Truth & Consequences](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) [Suffice it to say, much of what we are used to in our lives is antithetical to sustainable life and probably has to go. (Photo: Kevin Gill/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) by Kristine Mattis We must eat, sleep, and breathe with our environment in mind --------------------------------------------------------------- [Time to End the Ruinous U.S. Alliance with Saudi Arabia](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) 1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S by Gareth Porter The Khashoggi murder and the likelihood of a Democratically-controlled House of Representatives offer an opportunity for distance --------------------------------------------------------------- [Congress Should End US Military Participation in the Saudis’ War in Yemen](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AbxwWVpf5S) [In the coming months, tens of thousands of people across the country will be contacting their representatives and senators to persuade them to vote to end this war that has nothing to do with U.S. national security. 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