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"Plants underpin all life on Earth, they provide the oxygen we breathe and the food we eat, as well as making up the backbone of the world's ecosystems."

With his 10-point proposal to overhaul the nation's schools, the presidential hopeful said he aims to "guarantee every person in our country a quality education as a fundamental human right."

"A dream come true for fossil fuel companies, but a nightmare for the American people."

"The fight for the web is one of the most important causes of our time."

The senator and 2020 presidential candidate called the 90-day deal a win for workers "who are sick and tired of seeing their standard of living decline as a result of corporate greed."

"That a network insider has blown the whistle on how all this works, and how MSNBC and NBC have become Ground Zero for these political pathologies of militarism and servitude to security state agencies, while not surprising, is nonetheless momentous

Florida's referendum approving the grant of voting rights to 1.4 million returning citizens is the single largest expansion of the franchise since passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

Trump says that he is abandoning the INF treaty, basically confirms a renewed arms race, and absolves himself from any responsibility to lead efforts to reduce nuclear tensions around the globe.

Israel's use of the technology to kill Palestinians, says the families' attorney, raises "many questions concerning human judgment, ethics, and compliance with international humanitarian law."

On the anniversary of George Jackson's death, prisoners launched a multi-day national strike. The action was taken after an April riot at a prison where guards watched while seven inmates were killed. Strikers are demanding basic human rights.