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Retired Coal Miners Who Just Had Their Health Benefits Ripped Away](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) 1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh by Jon Queally, staff writer On Friday, a ruling by a federal bankruptcy judge in Texas showed why retired coal miners led to believe their health benefits would be with them for life were wrong and at least one advocate for Medicare for All noted that this is just one more reason why a healthcare system that includes everyone... [] [] News... [] [With Trump Pushing Regime Change in Venezuela, Critics Warn News Outlets Failing US Viewers Once Again](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) 1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh by Jon Queally, staff writer Ahead of a speech in Miami on Monday in which President Donald Trump promoted the ouster of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, progressive media critics continued their warnings that corporate news outlets like CNN, MSNBC, and others are carrying water for the White House's regime change policy in the country despite the interventionist failures of the past. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Despite 'War Crimes' Concerns in Yemen, Raytheon Nabs $1.6 Billion Arms Deal With UAE](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) 1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Announcement comes as resolution to end U.S. complicity in Yemen war edges toward Senate vote --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nationwide Rallies Denounce #FakeTrumpEmergency and President's Anti-Immigrant Agenda](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) [Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Square during a demonstration organized by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) protesting President Donald Trump's declaration of emergency powers on February 18, 2019 in Washington, D.C.](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Rapid-response mobilizations refute Trump's assertion of an emergency at the southern border and denounce administration's xenophobic agenda --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Common Dreams is fueled by readers, like you. 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[] [How a Failing Capitalist System Is Allowing Amazon to Cripple America](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) 1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh by Paul Buchheit There may be no better argument for democratic socialism in America than the way individual state leaders have been falling over each other trying to lure corporations to their states with tax subsidies --------------------------------------------------------------- [Top 5 Reasons Trump Should Not Get the Nobel Peace Prize](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) [The 2018 winners, Denis Mukwege and Nadia Mura won “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.” Trump, in contrast, boasted of grabbing women’s private parts.(Photo: Screenshot) ](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) by Juan Cole I’m just trying to understand the squirrels running around in Trump’s brain --------------------------------------------------------------- [China Is Flooding the Middle East With Cheap Drones](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) [Since 2001, thousands of people, most of them civilians, have been killed by drone in the so-called “War on Terror,” changing the nature of war in its entirety and exposing civilians in all these undeclared war zones to a permanent threat on their lives. (Photo: Shutterstock) ](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) by Jakob Reimann Throughout the war on terror, the U.S. shattered norms on unmanned execution. Now the technology is spreading throughout the region --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Long War of Attrition With China](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) [ Behind the scenes, however, most senior military and foreign policy officials in Washington view China, not Russia, as the country’s principal adversary. (Photo: Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) by Michael Klare The only way to save civilization is for the U.S. and China to declare peace and focus together on human salvation --------------------------------------------------------------- [Worshipping the Electronic Image](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) [Those who seek to communicate outside of digital structures to question or challenge the dominant narrative, to deal in ambiguity and nuance, to have discussions rooted in verifiable fact and historical context, are becoming incomprehensible to most of modern society. (Photo: Mr. Fish) ](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AaNyEHu7oh) by Chris Hedges Trump is a creature—maybe the poster child—of the modern, post-literate culture --------------------------------------------------------------- [Border Patrol Detained Me for Speaking Spanish in Montana. 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