From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, October 30, 2020byCommon Dreams'This Is Trump's Failure': US Reports Record 90,400+ Covid Cases in Just 24 Hours—Equivalent to One New Infection Every Second "Another record day of Covid cases. Not because of testing—but because President Trump has given up on controlling the virus and his administration … [Read more...] about 'This Is Trump's Failure': US Reports Record 90,400+ Covid Cases in Just 24 Hours—Equivalent to One New Infection Every Second
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Donald Trump’s Failed State
From CommonDreamsThese past few months, it’s grown ever harder to recognize life in America. Thanks to Covid-19, basic day-to-day existence has changed in complicated, often confusing ways. Just putting food on the table has become a challenge for many. Getting doctors’ appointments and medical care can take months. Many schools are offering on-line only … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Failed State
Indigenous Women Speak Out Against the U.S. Administration’s Decision to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest To Logging and Further Development
From CommonDreamsWASHINGTON - Days before the Presidential election, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) finalized plans to repeal environmental protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the United States' single most important national forest for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. On Wednesday, the … [Read more...] about Indigenous Women Speak Out Against the U.S. Administration’s Decision to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest To Logging and Further Development
Why Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg Are So Adamant About the Imperative of Defeating Trump
From CommonDreamsPublished on Thursday, October 29, 2020 by Common DreamsWhy Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg Are So Adamant About the Imperative of Defeating Trump Defeating Trump is a crucial—and certainly insufficient—precondition for making possible the kind of changes in government policies that are desperately required for social decency.byNorman … [Read more...] about Why Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg Are So Adamant About the Imperative of Defeating Trump
Japanese Banks Funding Global Biodiversity Destruction
From Shingetsu News Agency CD (Portland) — The world’s largest banks, including three Japanese banks, provided more than US$2.6 trillion in loans and underwriting to economic sectors last year that were linked to the global biodiversity crisis, doing little to monitor, let alone curb, damage to life-sustaining ecosystems. Bankrolling Extinction, a new … [Read more...] about Japanese Banks Funding Global Biodiversity Destruction