09 November 17 PM
Bill Moyers and Bill McKibben: Time Is Running Out for the Planet
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Moyers writes: "Bill McKibben's calling has been a footrace of its own, not to report to Athenians the victory of Greek warriors over the Spartans, but to wake up Americans to the once creeping, now billowing threat of global warming. For 30 years now climate change has been his beat - first as a journalist, then as an environmentalist and now as the leading activist in mobilizing a worldwide movement to win a race against time."
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Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Moyers writes: "Bill McKibben's calling has been a footrace of its own, not to report to Athenians the victory of Greek warriors over the Spartans, but to wake up Americans to the once creeping, now billowing threat of global warming. For 30 years now climate change has been his beat - first as a journalist, then as an environmentalist and now as the leading activist in mobilizing a worldwide movement to win a race against time."
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White House Pressured Acting DHS Secretary to Expel Thousands of Hondurans, Officials Say
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Miroff writes: "On Monday, as the Department of Homeland Security prepared to extend the residency permits of tens of thousands of Honduran immigrants living in the United States, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly called Acting Secretary Elaine Duke to pressure her to expel them, according to current and former administration officials."
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Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Miroff writes: "On Monday, as the Department of Homeland Security prepared to extend the residency permits of tens of thousands of Honduran immigrants living in the United States, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly called Acting Secretary Elaine Duke to pressure her to expel them, according to current and former administration officials."
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David Sirota | Socialist Who Won Pivotal Swing District Says Democrats Must Confront Corporate Interests
David Sirota, International Business Times
Excerpt: "Should Democrats present a moderate corporate-friendly agenda to try to win suburban swing voters, or should they instead embrace the populist politics of Bernie Sanders? Lee Carter, the self-described socialist who won a pivotal election in Virginia this week, says the latter path is the only way forward."
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David Sirota, International Business Times
Excerpt: "Should Democrats present a moderate corporate-friendly agenda to try to win suburban swing voters, or should they instead embrace the populist politics of Bernie Sanders? Lee Carter, the self-described socialist who won a pivotal election in Virginia this week, says the latter path is the only way forward."
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Chicago Police Skirt Punishment as Disciplinary System Fails Yet Again
Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
Excerpt: "Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police officials have worked in various ways to regain public trust since the video of an officer shooting teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times was made public two years ago, revealing inconsistencies in the official account of the shooting."
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Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
Excerpt: "Mayor Rahm Emanuel and police officials have worked in various ways to regain public trust since the video of an officer shooting teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times was made public two years ago, revealing inconsistencies in the official account of the shooting."
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Dems: Paul Ryan's District in Wisconsin Is Now a Battleground
Gideon Resnick, The Daily Beast
Resnick writes: "Following a successful night for the Democratic Party on Tuesday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a new memo Thursday adding 11 additional Republican-held districts they now deem to be battlegrounds for 2018's midterm elections."
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Gideon Resnick, The Daily Beast
Resnick writes: "Following a successful night for the Democratic Party on Tuesday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a new memo Thursday adding 11 additional Republican-held districts they now deem to be battlegrounds for 2018's midterm elections."
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Anti-Trump US Coalition Tells UN Climate Talks: 'We're Still In'
Alister Doyle, Reuters
Doyle writes: "A coalition of U.S. cities, companies and other groups said on Thursday that many in the United States remained committed to the 2015 Paris climate agreement despite plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out."
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Alister Doyle, Reuters
Doyle writes: "A coalition of U.S. cities, companies and other groups said on Thursday that many in the United States remained committed to the 2015 Paris climate agreement despite plans by U.S. President Donald Trump to pull out."
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Hundreds of Whales and Dolphins Slaughtered in Annual Faroe Islands Hunt
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "Over the course of ten weeks from this July to early September, the volunteers documented nine separate grindadrap events (what these yearly hunts are called in Faroese). According to the group, 198 Atlantic white-sided dolphins and 436 pilot whales were killed."
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Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "Over the course of ten weeks from this July to early September, the volunteers documented nine separate grindadrap events (what these yearly hunts are called in Faroese). According to the group, 198 Atlantic white-sided dolphins and 436 pilot whales were killed."
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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