AOC After Jeffrey Epstein Found Dead: 'We Need Answers. Lots of Them.' | Your Week In Review

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(Photo: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) by Jon Queally, staff writer In the immediate wake of news from New York City officials that disgraced billionaire and high-profile political donor Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide in his Manhattan jail cell overnight, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez indicated it will be up to lawmakers and others to demand a full accounting of what happened to the man accused of operating a sophisticated sex trafficking ring that catered to the nation's rich and powerful. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Gold Over Life, Literally': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) [A salmon leaping rapids in Alaska. (Photo: arctic-tern/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) by Jon Queally, staff writer "I was dumbfounded," said one EPA insider after Trump officials reversed the agency's opposition to the copper and gold mining project in Bristol Bay that scientists warn will devastate the salmon and the overall ecosystem. "We were basically told we weren't going to examine anything. We were told to get out of the way and just make it happen." --------------------------------------------------------------- [UN Report Calls for Transforming Land Practices to Battle Hunger and 'Suffocating Blanket of Climate Emergency'](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) [amazon fire](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A landmark United Nations report released Thursday warns that land worldwide is under mounting pressure from humans—both exacerbated by and contributing to the climate crisis—which underscores the need to urgently enact more sustainable land practices and curb greenhouse gas emissions from all sources to keep the global population fed and ensure a habitable planet in the future. --------------------------------------------------------------- ["Don't Look Away": Videos and Images of Weeping Children and Loved Ones Spread as ICE Arrests 680 in Mississippi](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Children finished their first day of school with no parents to go home to tonight. Babies and toddlers remained at daycare with no guardian to pick them up. A child vainly searched a workplace parking lot for missing parents." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Alarming' Explosion of Toxic Pesticide Use Causing Insect Apocalypse in United States: Study](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Insect abundance has declined 45 percent. This is a global crisis—we must ban neonics to save the bees!" --------------------------------------------------------------- [Health and Labor Groups Sue Trump EPA for Refusal to Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) [child eats corn](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A coalition of health and labor organizations sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over the Environmental Protection Agency's refusal last month to ban chlorpyrifos , a pesticide tied to brain damage in children. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['This Is Us': In Wake of El Paso, Eddie Glaude Delivers 'Incredibly Powerful' Statement on US History of Racism and Violence—And You Can't Just Blame Trump](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) [Eddie Glaude, a Princeton University professor and MSNBC contributor, said Monday night that while Trump's own racism cannot be ignored, the fact of the matter is that the president is "a manifestation of the ugliness" that pervades the nation. (Photo: Screenshot/MSNBC)](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) by Jon Queally, staff writer "And if we're gonna get past this, we can't blame it on [Trump]. He's a manifestation of the ugliness that's in us." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Another Nail in the Coffin' of Democracy and Journalism as US Newspaper Giants Gannett and GateHouse Announce $1.4 Billion Merger](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) 1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Hundreds of communities and ultimately our democracy will pay the price for this deal. Less journalism and less deep-dive investigative reporting will only lead to less informed citizens." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Youth and Workers Uniting Behind This Crisis': German Labor Union Urges 2 Million Members to Join Global Climate Strike](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) 1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "This is leadership. Who will follow? The world is watching," said 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg --------------------------------------------------------------- [Democratic Voters Rank Bernie Sanders as 'Most Qualified' 2020 Candidate to Solve US Healthcare Crisis](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) 1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Bernie Sanders's fight to guarantee healthcare to all Americans through a Medicare for All system is not only a moral necessity—polls show it is also the most compelling healthcare message to mobilize voters." --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Share this newsletter with a friend](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) [] [Donate](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rate us on Google](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) | [Follow us on Facebook](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) | [Follow us on Twitter](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A35LK7isOs) Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. 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