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By Julia Conley / Common Dreams The senator is asking supporters to sign on to the proposal as “citizen co-sponsors.”

President Trump with Sen. Tom Cotton, R- Ark., left, and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., at the White House on Wednesday, unveiling proposed legislation to place new limits on legal immigration. (Evan Vucci / AP) President Trump on Wednesday endorsed a new GOP Senate bill that would slash legal immigration levels over a decade, apparently aimed at dramatically reducing legal immigration overall. The bill is a modified version of legislation proposed in April, which would have cut immigration in half... Читать дальше...

In their ongoing watch over the legality of the president’s actions, constitutional experts are revisiting this tricky question.

A closeup of work in a molecular DNA lab. (University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability / CC 2.0) A team of U.S. and South Korean scientists have successfully “edited” human DNA, opening the door to future life-saving medical treatments as well as ethical questions. According to the BBC, the scientists “successfully freed embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes deadly heart disease to run in families,” a process that “opens the door to preventing 10,000 disorders that... Читать дальше...

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch He will do whatever it takes to prolong the fuels’ reign, including sabotaging efforts to curb emissions and promoting global consumption of U.S. products.

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“All the checks and balances—from press to public interest groups to criminal prosecutors—are slowly being cut back,”  journalist Russell Mokhiber tells Chris Hedges in a discussion about corporate crime.

“The Yeltsin period is looked back on as a disaster by most Russians,” says the director, “where American [advisors] helped open up the store to oligarchs.”

Here are 10 ways to relax during these trying times.

VinothChandar (CC BY 2.0) According to a new study from Lund University in Sweden, having fewer children is among the top way to reduce climate change. NPR helpfully breaks down the Lund researchers’ results: The study concludes that four high-impact ways to reduce CO2 gas emissions include having fewer children, living without a car, avoiding airplane travel and eating a vegetarian diet. By the numbers, any of these lifestyle changes drastically reduces carbon emissions compared to more common practices like recycling... Читать дальше...

By Glen Ford / Black Agenda Report Donald Trump’s presidency has been six months of pain and confusion, but he has kept his campaign pledge to curtail Washington’s urge for regime change.