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Robert Reich | Fears of Terror and Economic Insecurity Are Fueling the Rise of Right-Wing Populism
Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "Two fears are feeding the rise of right-wing populism in Europe and in the United States: economic insecurity and terrorism. They're contributing to Donald Trump's rise here, Victor Orban in Hungary, Marine Le Pen in France, and right-wing groups like Golden Dawn in Greece and the Freedom Party in Austria, both with neo-Nazi roots."
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Sanders: Paris Climate Pact 'Goes Nowhere Near Far Enough'
Timothy Cama, The Hill
Cama writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is slamming the climate pact that nearly 200 countries are likely to agree on Saturday in Paris, saying it's far too weak for the task at hand."
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Tyson Foods' Secret Recipe for Carving Up Workers' Comp
Michael Grabell, ProPublica
Grabell: "About five years ago, one of the nation's largest corporations, Tyson Foods, drew a bullseye on the official who oversaw Iowa's system for compensating injured workers."
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Daniel Holtzclaw Trial: Black Women See Guilty Verdict as a Milestone in Long History of Injustice
Aaron Morrison, International Business Times
Morrison writes: "Oklahoma City native T. Sheri Dickerson sat alone in quiet reflection Friday, just outside the county courtroom where jurors affirmed what she and many others knew for months. A local police officer had sewn fear and distrust in the community by preying on seemingly vulnerable black women and raping them."
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Charting Trump's Rise in the Decline of the Middle Class
Dan Balz, The Washington Post
Balz writes: "For anyone trying to understand the emergence of Donald Trump as a force in this pre-election year, the Pew Research Center this past week provided some valuable insight. There's little doubt that what has happened to America's middle class has helped to create the climate that has fueled Trump's sudden rise."
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'Emergency' Measures Passed After Paris Attack in France May Become Permanent
Martin Untersinger, The Intercept
Untersinger writes: "Just hours into a terrorist attack that started on the evening of Nov. 13, and would eventually claim 130 lives, Francois Hollande announced that France was reestablishing border controls, and used a 1955 law to proclaim a state of emergency."
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Most Climate Change Damage Will Happen Before the Two-Degrees Warming Threshold
Zoe Schlanger, Newsweek
Schlanger writes: "Most discourse regarding climate change is based around a simple premise: The more the Earth warms, the greater the damage done to the planet. But in new paper published in Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers found that presupposition is fundamentally flawed. The reality, they write, is more ominous."
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