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The country simply cannot wait until Inauguration Day, January 21, 2021. (Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

by Ralph Nader
The citizenry must quickly mount irresistible pressure for Trump and Pence to step aside.

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With our country dealing with a pandemic, an economic recession, and structural racism, she's spied an opening to exploit this crisis to resuscitate her failed agenda."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The amount of money the government is throwing at companies is unprecedented. Normally when you write bigger checks, you should have more leverage, not less leverage."



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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Now is the moment to reflect on the world as it is and consider a better alternative for the future," the groups say in the letter.


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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Even if the technology were accurate, it cannot be dissociated from the racist policies that are embedded in policing."



The President of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, Francesco Rocca, speaks during a press conference on Greece-Turkey border near Kastanies, on the Greek side on March 5, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The remarks from International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies president Francesco Rocca for lawmakers to heed science came as Trump said the coronavirus is "going to sort of just disappear."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"After nearly 19 years, over 147,000 casualties and total costs over a trillion dollars, it's long past time to bring troops home and invest in political, diplomatic, and development tools."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Fair housing advocates applauded Wednesday evening as the U.S. House, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, pushed through the repeal of the Faircloth Amendment, a 22-year-old provision which blocks the construction of new public housing units.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"These reckless statements are false—and coming from the president, they are dangerous."



Police officers in Buffalo, New York walk by the motionless body of 75-year-old Martin Gugino as he bleeds from his ear after being attack attacked by officers during a protest on June 5, 2020. (Photo: Screengrab/WBFO)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If we want to change the culture of police violence against Black and Brown Americans," Markey explained, "then we need to start holding accountable the officers who abuse their positions of trust and responsibility in our communities."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
A Cuban asylum-seeker on Thursday described a pepper spray attack he and about two dozen other people faced in May at a private prison where ICE is holding immigrants.


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"There's a reason for Facebook's failure that even industry pundits might understand," explains Karr. "Facebook has long been aware that its ad-driven business model was amplifying hateful and divisive posts over users' friendlier fare. But it chose to bury an internal report warning against the use of its engagement algorithms in this way." (Image: Stop Hate for Profit)

by Tim Karr
To stop profiting from hate—and align the company more closely with its mission—Facebook would have to rewire the technology that drives its multi-billion-dollar advertising enterprise.



The public sees the urgency and actually wants more climate news. (Photo: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle Pope
Ahead of the 2020 US elections, the public sees the urgency of the climate crisis and wants more media coverage now.



Activists from "Ende Gelände" have invaded the Garzweiler open-cast mine and occupied a lignite excavator. A banner with the inscription "System relevant? Mumpitz!" was attached to the excavator. The activists are behind it. (Photo: David Young/picture alliance via Getty Images)

by Tina Gerhardt
"If ever there was a state of emergency, climate change would be it."



Since illegally occupying the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in Palestine and the Golan Heights in Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War, over 200 Jews-only settler colonies have been built in the West Bank. (Photo: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins
Prominent international critics have called the ongoing Zionist colonization of Palestine an act of ethnic cleansing and the exclusively Jewish settlements a form of apartheid.



EARN IT would give the Trump Administration a sledge hammer to dismantle free digital speech and privacy as we know it, while endangering countless LGBTQ+ humans. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

by Jared Trujillo
The EARN IT Act, which the Senate could advance tomorrow, is dangerous.



Not only are statues of Confederate generals finally coming down, but Christopher Columbus—colonialist conqueror extraordinaire—apparently has also had his day, with his statues coming down all over the place. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

by Robert C. Koehler
Change seems to be coming from multiple directions, both outside and within the corridors of political and economic power, as our ignorance shatters and we wake up.


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