Americans for Tax Fairness policy consultant Will Rice: Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Federal Debt Ceiling Extortion

Food & Water Watch Legal Director Tarah Heinzen: Supreme Court Weakens EPA Enforcement of Clean Water Act Endangering Wetlands

Atomic veteran Hank Bolden, Golden Rule Captain Kiko Johnston-Kitazawa and crew member Bill Good: Historic Cold War-Era Peace Boat Sails Again to Demand Nuclear Abolition

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary:

• United Nations: Rohingya refugees in ‘state of desperation’
• Remarkable successes for Minnesota progressives
• Demands for shakeup at United Food and Commercial Workers Union

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