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Joseph Stiglitz | The Climate Crisis Is Our Third World War. It Needs a Bold Response 
'The war on the climate emergency, if correctly waged, would actually be good for the economy.' (photo: Shutterstock)
Joseph Stiglitz, Guardian UK
Stiglitz writes: "Advocates of the Green New Deal say there is great urgency in dealing with the climate crisis and highlight the scale and scope of what is required to combat it. They are right."
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Joe Biden. (photo: Reuters)
Joe Biden. (photo: Reuters)


Biden Reaffirms Support for Ban on Federal Funds for Abortion
Emily Shugerman and Hanna Trudo, The Daily Beast
Excerpt: "Joe Biden set himself apart from his Democratic competitors Tuesday by affirming his support for the Hyde Amendment, a law barring federal funds for abortion services, except in the cases of rape, incest, or when the mother's life is in danger."
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty)

AOC Assails Manafort's Isolation as 'Torture'
Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News
Stableford writes: "Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, pursuing the progressive agenda of ending solitary confinement in prisons, chose an unlikely symbol for the cause Wednesday: President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort."
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Supreme Court justices. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Supreme Court justices. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)

Why Have a Democracy When You Can Be Ruled by Five Men in Robes?
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "It's June, which means the Supreme Court is in the final stretch of its first term since Justice Anthony Kennedy gave his seat up for President Trump to fill. We will soon know what America looks like under a judiciary that's been remade by a president that is actively lobbying the Supreme Court to permit racist voter suppression."
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Behind much of the world's chocolate is the work of thousands of impoverished children on West African cocoa farms. (photo: Salwan Georges/Washington Post)
Behind much of the world's chocolate is the work of thousands of impoverished children on West African cocoa farms. (photo: Salwan Georges/Washington Post)

Much of the Chocolate You Buy Starts With Child Labor
Peter Whoriskey and Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The world's chocolate companies have missed deadlines to uproot child labor from their cocoa supply chains in 2005, 2008 and 2010. Next year, they face another target date and, industry officials indicate, they probably will miss that, too."
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Protesters burn tires as part of a protest. (photo: AFP)
Protesters burn tires as part of a protest. (photo: AFP)

African Union Suspends Sudan After Army Crackdown on Protests
TeleSUR
Excerpt: "The African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan Thursday from the regional bloc in response to its brutal crackdown by the military on protesters."
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Washington governor Jay Inslee. (photo: Ted S. Warren/AP)
Washington governor Jay Inslee. (photo: Ted S. Warren/AP)

Democratic National Committee to Jay Inslee: No Climate-Focused Debate
Zoya Teirstein, Grist
Teirstein writes: "Washington Governor Jay Inslee wants the Democratic National Committee to host a climate change-themed debate. Apparently, so do nearly a half-dozen of the other 22 Democrats who have thrown their hats into the 2020 race."
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