17 November 18
Bill McKibben | How Extreme Weather Is Shrinking the Planet
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
McKibben writes: "Thirty years ago, this magazine published 'The End of Nature,' a long article about what we then called the greenhouse effect. I was in my twenties when I wrote it, and out on an intellectual limb: climate science was still young."
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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
McKibben writes: "Thirty years ago, this magazine published 'The End of Nature,' a long article about what we then called the greenhouse effect. I was in my twenties when I wrote it, and out on an intellectual limb: climate science was still young."
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Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)
Bernie Sanders Targets Walmart and Takes Aim at Low Wages and CEO Pay
Adam Gabbatt, Guardian UK
Gabbatt writes: "Bernie Sanders and California congressman Ro Khanna launched the Stop Walmart Act on Thursday - a campaign that would force Walmart and other large corporations to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour."
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Adam Gabbatt, Guardian UK
Gabbatt writes: "Bernie Sanders and California congressman Ro Khanna launched the Stop Walmart Act on Thursday - a campaign that would force Walmart and other large corporations to raise their minimum wage to $15 an hour."
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Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)
The Number of Undocumented Children in US Custody Surpasses 14,000
David Boddiger, Splinter News
Boddiger writes: "The Trump administration has reached another shameful milestone in its immigration policy, with the number of unaccompanied immigrant minors in U.S. custody reaching a record number of 14,056."
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David Boddiger, Splinter News
Boddiger writes: "The Trump administration has reached another shameful milestone in its immigration policy, with the number of unaccompanied immigrant minors in U.S. custody reaching a record number of 14,056."
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Stacey Abrams. (photo: Kevin D. Liles/Getty Images)
Stacey Abrams Says 'Democracy Failed' Georgia as She Ends Bid for Governor
Gregory Krieg, CNN
Krieg writes: "Democrat Stacey Abrams on Friday acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp will become the next governor of Georgia, ending her bid to become the first African American woman elected to lead a state."
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Gregory Krieg, CNN
Krieg writes: "Democrat Stacey Abrams on Friday acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp will become the next governor of Georgia, ending her bid to become the first African American woman elected to lead a state."
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Law enforcement officials recovered high-powered guns, several pounds of meth and fentanyl, a rocket launcher and at least two pipe bombs. (photo: WFTS)
39 Domestic Terrorists Arrested in White Supremacist Gang Sting
Michael Harriot, The Root
Harriot writes: "In an effort to clean up the white community, federal and state authorities in Florida have arrested 39 members of white supremacist gangs and confiscated guns, explosives and even a rocket launcher in what may stand as one of the biggest racist thug gang's mass arrests until the end of the Robert Mueller investigation."
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Michael Harriot, The Root
Harriot writes: "In an effort to clean up the white community, federal and state authorities in Florida have arrested 39 members of white supremacist gangs and confiscated guns, explosives and even a rocket launcher in what may stand as one of the biggest racist thug gang's mass arrests until the end of the Robert Mueller investigation."
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Supporters hold up signs for the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (photo: Ozan Kose/Getty)
CIA Concludes Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Jamal Khashoggi's Death, Sources Say
Elise Labott, Veronica Stracqualursi and Jeremy Herb, CNN
Excerpt: "The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the Saudi government's denials that the de facto ruler was involved, according to a senior US official and a source familiar with the matter."
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Elise Labott, Veronica Stracqualursi and Jeremy Herb, CNN
Excerpt: "The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the Saudi government's denials that the de facto ruler was involved, according to a senior US official and a source familiar with the matter."
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Offshore drilling platform. (photo: iStock)
US Starts Process to Open Arctic to Offshore Drilling, Despite Federal Lawsuit
Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News
Shankman writes: "The Trump administration has begun the process to open a large area of federal waters off Alaska to oil and gas drilling, taking comments on a plan for drilling that is already being challenged in court."
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Sabrina Shankman, InsideClimate News
Shankman writes: "The Trump administration has begun the process to open a large area of federal waters off Alaska to oil and gas drilling, taking comments on a plan for drilling that is already being challenged in court."
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