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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) [] [] News & Views | 4/8/19 [] Feature... [] [Researchers Warn Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) [The Yukon River winds through western interior Alaska in early April. (Photo: UAF/Todd Paris)](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) by Jon Queally, staff writer A new research paper by American and European climate scientists focused on Arctic warming published Monday reveals that the "smoking gun" when it comes to changes in the world's northern polar region is rapidly warming air temperatures that are having—and will continue to have—massive and negative... [] [] News... 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Bernie Sanders on Monday told a gathering of union machinists that as president he would keep states from undermining their rights by pushing for a federal ban on so-called "right-to-work" laws. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump to Add 'Tasteless Insult to Injury' by Promoting Fossil Fuel Deregulation in Shadow of Fatal Chemical Fire](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky by Jake Johnson, staff writer "It's no surprise that Trump is once again taking an action championed by climate deniers and fossil fuel companies." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Call Your Freakin Reps': Pressure on Congress to Restore Net Neutrality or Face Public Wrath](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Despite ISP giants like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T spending hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying, they've failed to fool the public and efforts to restore net neutrality are moving forward." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) [] [] Views... 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Movements are rising to shut that aid off. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Libya’s Incoming Strongman Haftar Will Send the Oil Out to Europe—and Keep Its Migrants In](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) [General Khalifa Haftar attends the Conference for Libya at Villa Igiea on November 12, 2018 in Palermo, Italy. (Photo: Tullio Puglia/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) by Vijay Prashad European values are fairly clear: they want oil to travel northward, not people. Haftar, at the cost of the Libyans themselves, will make that happen. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AFG9Kj1sky) [] [] Newswire... 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