Articles by Think Progress
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Trump Moves to Allow Logging in the World’s Largest Intact Temperate Rainforest
Kyla Mandel | Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Sep 2019
28 Aug 2019 – As Brazil’s Amazon burns, Trump is taking aim at one of the largest expanses of temperate rainforest. Yesterday, he instructed the agriculture secretary to allow logging in the 16.7 million acre Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska, the nation’s largest national forest.
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In Most of America, It’s Saturday – in Tennessee, It’s a Day to Honor the KKK’s First Grand Wizard
Ryan Koronowski | Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Jul 2019
13 Jul 2019 – Today is “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day” in Tennessee, according to a proclamation signed by Gov. Bill Lee (R). Forrest, for those who may not know their Civil War history, was a Confederate general who was elected to be the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. He was also a slave trader and perpetrator of the Fort Pillow Massacre of hundreds of black Union troops.
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It’s Cheaper to Replace Most Coal Plants with Renewables than Keep Them Open: Report
E.A. Crunden | Think Progress,
1 Apr 2019
New research finds that replacing 74 percent of coal plants with renewables would immediately reduce costs.
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I Live in Gaza and I Want You to Know Why We’re Protesting
Intimaa Alsdudi | Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
21 May 2018
18 May 2018 – Gaza is the biggest open-air prison on earth. Nearly two million people are denied the basic freedom of movement. Ninety-seven percent of the water here is undrinkable. The unemployment rate is 44 percent. That is why we have been protesting since March 30. Two-thirds of Palestinians in Gaza are refugees from lands stolen by Israel in 1948.
→ read full articleThe 500 Richest People in the World Got $237 Billion Richer in 2016
Alan Pyke | Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
2 Jan 2017
As right-wing politicians around the world gathered power by scapegoating immigrants for the economic struggles of working people, the world’s richest people got nearly a quarter trillion dollars richer in 2016.
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Jack Jenkins | Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
15 Aug 2016
“Rather than help Mayeux, her lawyers say the priest told her simply to move past the abuse, suggesting she ‘sweep it under the floor and get rid of it’” because “too many people would be hurt” if she brought it out into the open.
→ read full articleThis Photo Is Why You Need to Start Paying Attention to Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee – Think Progress,
6 Jun 2016
“I took hold of the forearm of the baby and pulled the light body protectively into my arms at once, as if it were still alive,” Martin, a music therapist by trade and a father of three, said. “It held out its arms with tiny fingers into the air, the sun shone into its bright, friendly but motionless eyes.” Martin added, “I wanted to scream, but I decided to sing instead, in order to calm myself and the baby which should never have died — and to give some kind of expression to this incomprehensible, heartbreaking moment.”
→ read full articleThe Paradox of Congo: How the World’s Wealthiest Country Became Home to the World’s Poorest People
Esther Yu-Hsi Lee – Think Progress,
30 May 2016
In the DRC, the vast majority of people live in extreme poverty, earning only around $400 a year. The country is reeling from instability, hunger, and disease. One in seven children dies before they turn 5 years old. And more than 5.4 million people have died since 1993 because of armed conflict. “Why are we living through hell in paradise?”
→ read full articlePfizer Cuts States Off from Execution Drugs
Bryce Covert – Think Progress,
16 May 2016
14 May 2016 – After pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on Friday [13 May] that it will clamp down on the distribution of its drugs so that they can no longer be used in executions, any state that wants to use lethal injection will now have to resort to getting them on underground markets.
→ read full articlePeruvian Oil Spill Prompts Water Emergency for Thousands
Alejandro Davila Fragoso – Think Progress,
22 Feb 2016
19 Feb 2016 – Thousands of residents in the northern Peruvian jungle are facing a water quality emergency following two pipeline ruptures that spilled crude oil into various waterways — including a tributary of the Amazon River — damaging a vast area known for its ecological value.
→ read full articleDéjà Vu Again: Hot September Drives 2015 to Hottest Year on Record
Joe Romm, Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
13 Oct 2015 – Once again, it’s the hottest year on record by far through last month, NASA reports. We’re running out of headlines for this repetitive monthly warm up, but with the recent death of the legendary Yogi Berra, one of his classic lines comes to mind, “It’s like deja-vu, all over again.”
→ read full articleThis Doctor Moved Her Clinic to the Middle of the Ocean to Help Women Get Safe Abortions
Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
12 Jan 2015
“How could we create a space in which the only permission a woman needs is her own?”
→ read full articleBrazil Has Done More To Stop Climate Change Than Any Other Country, Study Finds
Emily Atkin – Think Progress,
30 Jun 2014
Thanks to its effort to reduce tropical deforestation, Brazil has kept 3.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere since 2004. That’s more than any other country has done to reduce climate change, according to a new study published Thursday [5 Jun 2014].
→ read full articleU.S. Approves Military Aid for Countries with Child Soldiers
Hayes Brown – Think Progress,
7 Oct 2013
The White House on Monday [30 Sep 2013] issued blanket waivers to Yemen, Chad, and South Sudan allowing them to receive military aid despite their ongoing use of child soldiers. Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo received partial waivers as well; this means that they’ll be granted lethal aid only.
→ read full articleWall Street Executives Believe Employees Need to Engage in Illegal Behavior to Succeed
Pat Garofalo – Think Progress,
16 Jul 2012
In a survey of 500 senior executives in the United States and the UK, 26 percent of respondents said they had observed or had firsthand knowledge of wrongdoing in the workplace, while 24 percent said they believed financial services professionals may need to engage in unethical or illegal conduct to be successful. Sixteen percent of respondents said they would commit insider trading if they could get away with it, and 30 percent said their compensation plans created pressure to compromise ethical standards or violate the law.
→ read full articleWhat Everyone Who Uses the Internet Needs To Know About CISPA
Annie-Rose Strasser and Scott Keyes, Think Progress – TRANSCEND Media Service,
30 Apr 2012
CISPA’s broad language will likely give the government access to anyone’s personal information with few privacy protections – It supersedes all other provisions of the law protecting privacy – The bill completely exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act – CISPA gives companies blanket immunity from future lawsuits – Citizens have to trust that companies like Facebook won’t share your personal information.
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