Thursday, November 9, 2017

November 9 News Update


The COP23 climate change summit in Bonn and why it matters
How Chaco Canyon is endangered by drilling
In India, Air So Dirty Your Head Hurts *
Steep Rise in Deaths in Puerto Rico, but Few Are Officially Attributed to Hurricane *
Disregarding Climate Change While Preparing for Disaster *
Europe Calls for Cutting Car Emissions by a Third. Not Enough, Critics Say. *

Illustration by Sebastien Thibault
The desperate inequality behind global tax dodging
Tax rogues like Bono are harming the world’s poorest people
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett are richer than poorest half of US
Top US universities use offshore funds to grow their huge endowments
Paradise Papers: Oxford and Cambridge invested tens of millions offshore
Cartoon supporting recertification
Iowa workers choose to stay union

Confronting Zero Tolerance
'Some kids are not orphans because of this'
DFL Beats Socialist Jentzen In 3rd Round of Mpls Ward 3 Vote
Constitutional convention: Landslide defeat shows labor union strength
Queens supermarket workers fight a lockout
How capitalism uses gender oppression to rule
Sweden’s Potato Revolution
Review of China Mieville’s The story of the Russian Revolution
US politician who mocked Women’s March defeated by woman
Corbyn aide David Prescott suspended over harassment claims
NHS chief takes high-risk punt by pointing out May's miserliness
The Private School Tax Break in the Middle-Class Tax Bill *

Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

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