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Biden Jr. (D-Del.), ranking Democrat on Senate Foreign Relations, during a February 2003 interview in his office about the possibility of war with Iraq.](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "Biden claiming to have been against the Iraq War from the start is arguably the most outlandish lie any Democrat has told this campaign." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Voting Rights Advocates Celebrate 'Huge Win for Democracy' as NC State Court Strikes Down GOP's Gerrymandered District Map](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs by Julia Conley, staff writer State officials have two weeks to redraw North Carolina's district map following a unanimous ruling by a state court, which found that Republicans in the state were guilty of partisan gerrymandering. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Watch Dying Activist Ady Barkan's "Heartfelt" and "Moving" Conversation With Bernie Sanders on the Fight for Medicare for All](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "You have been an integral part of the struggle to make clear that healthcare is a human right," Sanders told Barkan --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Endemic Impunity': UN Report on Yemen Says United States, France, and Britain May Be Complicit in War Crimes](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) 1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Five years into the conflict, violations against Yemeni civilians continue unabated, with total disregard for the plight of the people and a lack of international action to hold parties to the conflict accountable." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Not Enough': Critics Say Walmart Must Go Beyond Corporate PR and Half-Measures on Guns](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs by Julia Conley, staff writer Leading gun control groups praised Walmart Tuesday after the company announced its stores would no longer sell certain firearm ammunition and would reduce its gun sales, citing recent mass shootings in Texas and Ohio—but the applause came with keen awareness that small steps by corporations won't stop gun violence and that lawmakers must take responsibility for the epidemic. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Naked Attack on the Free Press': Trump Allies Reportedly Raising $2 Million for Campaign to Discredit Journalists](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Intimidating reporters to influence coverage is a tactic of dictators and has no place here," said Sen. Jeff Merkley --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) [] [] Views... [] [Bill McKibben: This Climate Strike Is Part of the Disruption We Need](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) [Because we burn so much coal and gas and oil, the atmosphere of our world is changing rapidly, and that atmospheric change is producing record heat. (Photo: YES! illustration by Jennifer Luxton)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) by Bill McKibben "It can’t just be young people. It needs to be all of us." --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Climate Crisis Thrashes Planet, Never a Leader So Divorced From Reality as Trump](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) [The Trump administration has quietly proposed rolling back emissions standards for coal- and oil-generated power plants in a move that could alter how and whether the government monitors and controls air and water pollution. (Photo: Dreamstime/TNS)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) by Jesse Jackson President Donald Trump not only denies the threat posed by manmade climate change, he consciously, purposefully and perversely works to accelerate it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Rise and Rise of the Global Climate Movement](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) [When Greta told the UN that “real power belongs to the people”, she couldn’t have known the extent to which that sentiment would define the next year of climate activism. (Photo: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) by Sophie Yeo Climate activism isn’t new, but the last year has seen a resurgence in attention devoted to the subject. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Addressing Those Who Have Been Fooled All of the Time](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) ["The goal must be to address head on the anger, disappointment, alienation, and loss of control of those who feel left out of the national discussion," writes Zogby. "What is needed is a message that speaks to voters across the spectrum, telling them that they are being heard and their needs will be addressed by proposals for economic and social progress that will include and benefit everyone." (Photo: Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) by James Zogby What don't we understand about Trump supporters? How have the political experts continuously been so wrong about this president and those who believe in him? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Please Shut Up, Mr. President, and Read Some Books](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) 1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs by Michael Winship EB White and James Thurber could teach Trump—and us—a thing or two. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Inside Bill Gates’ Hubris: Propaganda to Make America Neoliberal Again](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) [You want to decode Bill’s brain? Look at his family’s wealth. Look at his upbringing. Look at his medical records. (Credit: flickr / cc / world economic forum)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) by Steven Singer New Gates documentary is a cry for oligarchy in an age of idiocracy; a love letter to neoliberalism in a time of neofascism. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A45sRF8VQs) [] [] Newswire... 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