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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [] News & Views | 5/21/19 [] Feature... [] ['The Dam Is Breaking': Progressives Say Pelosi 'Running Out of Excuses' Not to Impeach Trump](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The drum is beating," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, "and it is getting louder." [] [] News... [] [Over 1,351 Climate Strikes in 110 Countries Planned for Friday as Global Revolt Escalates](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Julia Conley, staff writer Two months after what was reportedly the largest international climate demonstration in history, young people around the world are expected to make history again on Friday with a second global climate strike. --------------------------------------------------------------- [No War With Iran, Say 62 Groups in Letter to Congress](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton, at the White House on Thursday, April 11, 2019.](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "Trump and his National Security Advisor John Bolton are taking this country to the brink of a completely avoidable military confrontation." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['It's a Sure Winner—Except for the Profiteers': 200+ Economists Send Letter to Congress Endorsing Medicare for All](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The time is now to create a universal, single-payer, Medicare for All healthcare system in the United States," the economists wrote --------------------------------------------------------------- [Global Sea Level May Rise Faster Than Previously Projected, With 'Profound Consequences for Humanity'](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [greenland](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A new study warning that rapidly melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica may push global sea level rise beyond 7.8 feet by 2100 has elicited alarm about the "profound consequences for humanity" and cast doubt on past projections. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['This Is Not A Drill': Amid GOP Attack, Pro-Choice #StopTheBans Rallies Take Place Nationwide](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Julia Conley, staff writer A week after the Alabama legislature sparked outrage that spread across the country with its approval of a near-total ban on abortion care in the state, reproductive rights advocates across the country are holding "Stop the Bans" rallies on Tuesday to demand that state Republican lawmakers end their attacks on abortion rights. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Labor Leader Sara Nelson Says Workers of Disrupted Industries Must Be Engaged in Green New Deal Solutions](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [Labor should be involved in the conversation around the climate crisis, union leader Sara Nelson told Common Dreams in an exclusive interview Tuesday. ](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "We have to be engaged in the conversation." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [] [] Views... [] [Trump Owns This Attack on American Women](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Leana Wen This is now a fight we can and will win, if Americans are ready to act on their convictions and make women's health a priority. And by doing so, we will not only protect women's health care and rights for this generation and generations to come, but we will also shine a spotlight on Trump's... --------------------------------------------------------------- [This Is How Republics Die](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Thom Hartmann And no, the nation will not just "bounce back" once Trump is gone --------------------------------------------------------------- [Beware Trump's Sneak Attack on Social Security](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Nancy J. Altman "Chained CPI" might sound technical and boring, but anyone who has closely followed the Social Security debate knows better. It has long been proposed as a deceptive, hard-to-understand way to cut our earned Social Security benefits. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The United States of... American Exceptionalism and Overseas Meddling](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Tom Engelhardt On living in a nation of political narcissists --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bernie Sanders Is Bringing Back the Most Underrated Education Policy](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) 1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW by Ryan Cooper School integration has been outside the main political discussion for a long time, and it's long since time we started talking about it again. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Extremist Laws Will Make It Harder for Poor Women to End Pregnancies](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [Melissa Simpson holds up her arm with "My Body My Choice" written on it during a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building, on May 21, 2019 in Atlanta, United States. The bill would ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The Alabama abortion law, signed by Gov. Kay Ivey last week, includes no exceptions for cases of rape and incest, outlawing all abortions except when necessary to prevent serious health problems for the woman. Though women are exempt ](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) by Jesse Jackson Passing laws that outlaw abortions won't end abortions. They will simply make them less safe, putting more lives at risk. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AmGuzy40nW) [] [] Newswire... 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