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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [] [] News & Views | 11/26/18 [] Feature... [] ['Tear Gassing Children Is Outrageous and Inhumane': US Condemned for Violence Against Asylum Seekers](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE by Jon Queally, staff writer "The migrants at our southern border include mothers and small children exercising their legal, human right to seek asylum," declared the ACLU in a tweet on Monday morning, and told the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, "Tear gassing children is outrageous and inhumane." [] [] News... [] ['Corporate Greed at Its Worst': After Reaping $514 Million From GOP Tax Scam and Billions in Public Subsidies, GM to Fire Nearly 15,000 Workers](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE by Julia Conley, staff writer Tax reform and labor advocates were among those who expressed outrage Monday at the news that General Motors—one of the corporate giants that benefited immensely from the Republican tax plan last year—would cut 15 percent of its workforce, shuttering production facilities in three states as well as Canada to trim costs. --------------------------------------------------------------- [To Boot Big Polluters From COP24, Global Groundswell Backs "People's Demands for Climate Justice"](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [The People's Demands for Climate Justice](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer With the United Nations conference known as COP24 starting next week, Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) drew attention Monday to a document demanding that government delegates to the summit recognize that the "urgency of the climate crisis requires a just response centered on human rights, equity, and justice." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Mark of Shame on All Our Societies': UN Finds More Women Killed by Domestic Violence Than Any Other Crime](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE by Julia Conley, staff writer In a quarter of the world's countries, no laws exist protecting women from what a new United Nations study says is the crime most likely to kill them: violence perpetrated by their intimate partners and family members. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Unacceptable': Groups Urge National Archives to Reject Zinke's Request to Destroy Federal Documents Related to Drilling, Mining, Timber, and Species Protections](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke attends a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room at the White House October 17, 2018 in Washington, D.C. ](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Warning that it could threaten the ability to hold the department accountable, a watchdog group on Monday urged the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to refuse a request (pdf) from the Interior Department to destroy records including ones related to oil and gase leases and endangered species issues. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With New Hope for War Powers Vote, Poll Shows American Public Strongly Favors End to US-Backed War in Yemen](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE by Julia Conley, staff writer Following an escalation in the Saudi-led assault on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, most Americans said in a survey released Monday that the U.S. must end the support that has made possible the Saudis' war in the impoverished country. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Shooting Pepper Spray at Children Okay, Former CBP Deputy Chief Tells Fox News, Because 'You Could Actually Put It on Your Nachos and Eat It'](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE by Common Dreams staff "The layers of racism encapsulated in this short clip is extraordinary." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [] [] Views... [] [Neoliberalism's Dark Path to Fascism](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Neoliberalism generates little wealth. Rather, it redistributes it upward into the hands of the ruling elites. (Photo: Mr. Fish / Truthdig) ](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by Chris Hedges Neoliberalism transforms freedom for the many into freedom for the few. Its logical result is neofascism. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facts That Privileged Americans Don't Want Us to Know](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE by Paul Buchheit It's strange that most media outlets rarely if ever report on these realities... until you remember who owns most media outlets --------------------------------------------------------------- [How the Saudis With U.S. Help Made the Middle East “A Very Dangerous Place”](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Coalition air strike in Syria (Orlok via Shutterstock)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by Emile Nakhleh The world respects the United States not because of its military might but because of its belief in democratic values --------------------------------------------------------------- [Excited About the Big Voter Turnout in the 2018 Midterms? Don't Be](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Voters line up as the polls open at David Park Community Center in Hollywood, Fla., on Nov. 6. (Susan Stocker / Associated Press)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by Amy Eskind Yes, more than 116 million voted, but almost 120 million didn’t --------------------------------------------------------------- [The War in Yemen Is Not a War. It Is a Massacre](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Close to 15 million men, women, and children have no access to health care. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by César Chelala The brutal and indiscriminate attacks of the Saudi-led coalition have left a ravaged country, with millions of civilians fighting for survival --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oil Is the Poison That Burns Paradise, Kills Kashshoggi, Inflames Paris. When Will We Quit?](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Flames burn inside a van as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif. Authorities say the fire was 95 percent contained by Thanksgiving Day. Paradise is about 140 miles north of San Francisco. (Photo: NOAH BERGER / ASSOCIATED PRESS) ](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) by Will Bunch The blindness of Trump's oil-flooded eyes — rendering the United States the only nation on the planet to reject the Paris climate accord — shouldn't blind us to the fact that the rest of the world is also struggling to transition away from fossil fuels --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [] [] Newswire... [] [Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Files Emergency Lawsuit Against Mississippi Election Officials to Ensure Access for Absentee Voters in Runoff Election](1f9d0/ct30_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Anticipated House Carbon Tax Bill Is Climate Denial, Not Climate Action](1f9d0/ct31_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [MoveOn and Indivisible Call on Chuck Schumer to Lead on Holding Saudi Arabia Accountable](1f9d0/ct32_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Trump Unleashes Tear Gas On Innocent Children](1f9d0/ct33_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [Interior’s Plan to Destroy Public Records is “Unacceptable”](1f9d0/ct34_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [] [] [More Newswire](1f9d0/ct35_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [] [] [Share this newsletter with a friend](1f9d0/ct36_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) [] [Donate](1f9d0/ct37_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rate us on Google](1f9d0/ct38_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) | [Follow us on Facebook](1f9d0/ct39_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) | [Follow us on Twitter](1f9d0/ct40_0/1?sid=TV2%3A2w9JBueCE) Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. 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