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RSN: William Boardman | Climate Crisis Goes Unabated, Nations Most Responsible Still Anti-Future 
The COP24 gathering in Katowice, Poland. (photo: BBVA)
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Some people say that I should study to become a climate scientist so that I can 'solve' the climate crisis. But the climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts and solutions."
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Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock)
Hands typing on a computer keyboard. (photo: hamburg_berlin/Shutterstock)

Facebook Suspends Accounts for Misleading Tactics in Alabama Special Election
Tony Romm and Craig Timberg, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Facebook has suspended the account of Jonathon Morgan, the chief executive of a top social media research firm, after reports that he and others engaged in an operation to spread disinformation during the special election in Alabama last year."
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an arrest. (photo: Soluciones Magazine)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents making an arrest. (photo: Soluciones Magazine)

ICE Is Using Driver's License Applications to Arrest Immigrants
Debbie Nathan, The Appeal
Nathan writes: "One day in June 2017, Gladys Diaz got an unusual call from a stranger. At the time, Diaz and her partner, Baltazar Aburto Gutierrez, were living in Ocean Park, a town of about 1,800 people on the Pacific coast of Washington State."
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'Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty Images)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. (photo: Getty Images)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gets It
Ryan Cooper, The Week
Cooper writes: "Over the next decade at most, if the United States is going to do its part in the international effort to combat the existential risk posed by climate change, it must conduct an all-out crash decarbonization program."
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'We have a lot of nurses that are leaving because with the [company's] proposal there is no way that they can work plus pay for the cost of healthcare benefits,' said Lisa Traister. (photo: Alamy)
'We have a lot of nurses that are leaving because with the [company's] proposal there is no way that they can work plus pay for the cost of healthcare benefits,' said Lisa Traister. (photo: Alamy)

Pennsylvania Nurses Inspired by Teachers' Strikes to 'Fight the Same Fight'
Mike Elk, Guardian UK
Elk writes: "Deep in the heart of Trump country, Indiana, Pennsylvania, the hometown of Jimmy Stewart served as the inspiration for Bedford Falls in the hit holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life."
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Jakelin's grandfather says he doesn't want any other family to go through what his has been through. (photo: Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera)
Jakelin's grandfather says he doesn't want any other family to go through what his has been through. (photo: Jeff Abbott/Al Jazeera)

Guatemalan Family Mourns Jakelin Caal, 7, Who Died in US Custody
Jeff Abbott, Al Jazeera
Abbott writes: "Nine-year-old Audel Caal carries a small bouquet of artificial white flowers as he runs down the dirt path leading to his grandfather's home in the rural Guatemalan village of San Antonio Secortez."
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Workers installing an oil pipeline. (photo: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg)
Workers installing an oil pipeline. (photo: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg)

After a Year of Strong Resistance, Future Looks Uncertain for 2 Controversial Pipelines
Mark Hand, ThinkProgress
Hand writes: "Two natural gas pipelines that would travel from West Virginia into Virginia - the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) - have been facing resistance from environmental groups and local residents for almost five years. And that opposition is not expected to stop in 2019."
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