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2019-12-15: News Headlines

teleSUR (2019-12-15). China Expected to Have Lifted Over 10m out of Poverty in 2019. telesurenglish.net China is expected to have lifted over 10 million people out of poverty in 2019, a senior official said Sunday, as part of a three-year plan to eradicate poverty completely by 2020. | RELATED: | China To Meet Sustainable Development Goals 10yrs Ahead of Schedule | "More than 95 percent of China's poor population is expected to shake off poverty and over 90 percent of poor counties are expected to be removed from the poverty list by the end of this year," the Director of the State Council…

Nikolai Malishevski (2019-12-15). The Pentagon's Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources. globalresearch.ca According to the media, The Afghanistan Papers released in early December 2019 by the Pentagon point to " US dysfunction" 'We did not know what we were doing'? | Nonsensical. They knew what they were doing. The object of US wars …

WSWS (2019-12-14). Southern Poverty Law Center report highlights abusive conditions in US immigration detention centers. wsws.org The report was based on a comprehensive study of four adult immigrant detention facilities in southern Florida.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-12-14). In Final Hours, COP 25 Denounced as 'Utter Failure' as Deal Is Stripped of Ambition and US Refuses to Accept Liability for Climate Crisis. commondreams.org After the COP 25 climate talks on the Paris climate agreement went into overtime Friday night amid a stalled agreement on wealthy countries' contributions to greatly reducing their climate-warming carbon emissions, civil society groups and climate scientists were shocked by the weak language that emerged from the late-night talks on Saturday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1188350031_1.jpg

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2019-12-13). Outrage After South Carolina Gets Trump OK to Attack Medicaid With Work Requirement Policy. commondreams.org Instead of addressing the "alarming increase in the number of uninsured children across the country," the state chose to put up "more barriers to coverage that will worsen this trend." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sc-medicaid.jpg

Mark Gruenberg (2019-12-12). Nurses: Medicare For All means health won't depend on your wealth. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—When a baby in California named Evan became very ill 10 years ago, his single mother lacked the money to take him to the doctor and foot the bill for the needed co-pay. So she called her mother, Evan's grandmother, a registered nurse, for advice. The grandmother listened to the symptoms and told her daughter …

Joshua Cho (2019-12-11). Papers Owned by Oligarchs Unsurprisingly Oppose a Wealth Tax. fair.org When wealth-tax advocates like senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are two of the top three contenders for winning the 2020 Democratic primaries, you can bet that the US ruling class is terrified by the possibility of being slightly less rich (FAIR.org, 4/16/19). Notably, US oligarch Jeff Bezos (who ow…

Staff (2019-12-11). Billionaire Presidential Hopeful Mike Bloomberg Addresses Press at COP25 But Won't Take Questions. democracynow.org Former New York mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg spoke at the U.N. climate summit Tuesday, saying he came to the climate talks because "no one from the White House" was there. The event was billed as a media opportunity, but Bloomberg refused to answer questions from the press. Bloomberg entered the presidential race in November and has since spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money on the race. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman followed Bloomberg through the conference venue, asking how he would address issues of inequality and whether his strategy to win the presidency was to outs…

splcenter (2019-11-12). SPLC Response to Union Petition. splcenter.org On November 7, 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center received a notice from the National Labor Relations Board that the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild seeks to represent certain employees through the formation of a union.

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The Pentagon's Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources
Nikolai Malishevski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
According to the media, The Afghanistan Papers released in early December 2019 by the Pentagon point to " US dysfunction" 'We did not know what we were doing'? | Nonsensical. They knew what they were doing. The object of US wars …
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagon-s-map-of-afghanistan-an-eldorado-of-mineral-wealth-and-natural-resources/32265

China Expected to Have Lifted Over 10m out of Poverty in 2019
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
China is expected to have lifted over 10 million people out of poverty in 2019, a senior official said Sunday, as part of a three-year plan to eradicate poverty completely by 2020. | RELATED: | China To Meet Sustainable Development Goals 10yrs Ahead of Schedule | "More than 95 percent of China's poor population is expected to shake off poverty and over 90 percent of poor counties are expected to be removed from the poverty list by the end of this year," the Director of the State Council…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Expected-to-Have-Lifted-Over-10m-out-of-Poverty-in-2019-20191215-0008.html

Southern Poverty Law Center report highlights abusive conditions in US immigration detention centers
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
The report was based on a comprehensive study of four adult immigrant detention facilities in southern Florida.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/immi-d14.html

In Final Hours, COP 25 Denounced as 'Utter Failure' as Deal Is Stripped of Ambition and US Refuses to Accept Liability for Climate Crisis
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-14
After the COP 25 climate talks on the Paris climate agreement went into overtime Friday night amid a stalled agreement on wealthy countries' contributions to greatly reducing their climate-warming carbon emissions, civil society groups and climate scientists were shocked by the weak language that emerged from the late-night talks on Saturday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1188350031_1.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/12/14/final-hours-cop-25-denounced-utter-failure-deal-stripped-ambition-and-us-refuses?cd-origin=rss

Outrage After South Carolina Gets Trump OK to Attack Medicaid With Work Requirement Policy
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-13
Instead of addressing the "alarming increase in the number of uninsured children across the country," the state chose to put up "more barriers to coverage that will worsen this trend." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/sc-medicaid.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/12/13/outrage-after-south-carolina-gets-trump-ok-attack-medicaid-work-requirement-policy?cd-origin=rss

Nurses: Medicare For All means health won't depend on your wealth
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-12-12
WASHINGTON–When a baby in California named Evan became very ill 10 years ago, his single mother lacked the money to take him to the doctor and foot the bill for the needed co-pay. So she called her mother, Evan's grandmother, a registered nurse, for advice. The grandmother listened to the symptoms and told her daughter …
peoplesworld.org/article/nurses-medicare-for-all-means-health-wont-depend-on-your-wealth/

Papers Owned by Oligarchs Unsurprisingly Oppose a Wealth Tax
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-12-11
When wealth-tax advocates like senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are two of the top three contenders for winning the 2020 Democratic primaries, you can bet that the US ruling class is terrified by the possibility of being slightly less rich (FAIR.org, 4/16/19). Notably, US oligarch Jeff Bezos (who ow…
fair.org/home/papers-owned-by-oligarchs-unsurprisingly-oppose-a-wealth-tax/

Billionaire Presidential Hopeful Mike Bloomberg Addresses Press at COP25 But Won't Take Questions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-11
Former New York mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg spoke at the U.N. climate summit Tuesday, saying he came to the climate talks because "no one from the White House" was there. The event was billed as a media opportunity, but Bloomberg refused to answer questions from the press. Bloomberg entered the presidential race in November and has since spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money on the race. Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman followed Bloomberg through the conference venue, asking how he would address issues of inequality and whether his strategy to win the presidency was to outs…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/11/mike_bloomberg_cop25_amy_goodman