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News & Views | 11/27/20
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Progressive Coalition Stages Worldwide Black Friday Protests to 'Make Amazon Pay'
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The corporation is trying to pacify workers with holiday bonuses of $150
to $300, even though "Jeff Bezos could pay a $105,000 bonus to every
Amazon worker and still be as rich as he was at the start of the
pandemic."
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'Bleak Milestone': More Than 100,000 Nursing Home Residents and Staff Killed by Pandemic
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Forty percent of all Covid-19 deaths in the United States have occurred
in long-term care facilities.
Under Cover of Thanksgiving, Trump Administration Pushes to Relax Rules Protecting Birds
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The proposal—which the administration admits would likely lead to more
avian deaths—would let energy and other companies off the hook for
"incidentally" killing birds.
As US Hospitalizations Hit New Record, Fauci Warns Pandemic Not Expected to Ease for Holidays
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As travelers ignored warnings, Thanksgiving marked the 24th consecutive
day of more than 100,000 new daily Covid-19 cases in the United States.
An 'Implicit Approval If There Ever Was One': Trump Retweets Post Calling Assassination of Iranian Scientist a 'Major' Blow
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the U.S. was involved with this assassination, it will be further
evidence on top of the already heaping pile that Trump, Pompeo, and the
other war hawks will do everything in their power to prevent the Biden
administration from succeeding at diplomacy with Iran."
'Intended to... Set the Stage for War'? Questions and Warnings Follow Assassination of Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This cowardice—with serious indications of Israeli role—shows desperate
warmongering of perpetrators," said Iran's top diplomat.
'Cruel Slap in the Face': Senate GOP Quietly Pushing Pay Freeze for Federal Workers Amid Deadly Pandemic
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We call on lawmakers to reject this insulting maneuver," said the
president of the largest union of federal employees.
'Good But It's Not Up to Him Anyway': Trump Says He Will Leave White House If Electoral College Votes for Biden
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Constitutional law professor says it doesn't matter what Trump says if
the Electoral College votes for Biden."
Amid Public Health and Employment Crises, New Survey Shows Poor Americans Agree on Policy Solutions
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
With over 262,000 Americans killed by Covid-19, millions jobless and at
risk of soon losing unemployment aid, and families and friends warned
against spending Thanksgiving together because of the dangers of the
ongoing coronavirus pandemic, new polling results revealed Thursday that
people with low incomes agree upon a range of policy solutions to
poverty and hunger.
'We Have Won Over the Occupation': Israel Frees Maher Al-Akhras After 103-Day Hunger Strike
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The Palestinian father of six was released after refusing all food and
drink to protest Israel's administrative detention policy.
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As Gwich'in, We Will Never Stop Fighting for Our Land
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by Bernadette Demientieff
We are mothers and grandmothers. And we are not asking for anything but
the ability to live and thrive off the land that the Creator blessed us
with.
Hyper-Patriarchal Saudi Arabia Equates Mild Feminism With Terrorism, as Sen. Murphy Calls on Biden To Review Ties With Kingdom
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by Juan Cole
There is nothing in Islam that forbids women to drive, and all the 900
million Muslim women have all along driven except in Saudi Arabia.
Black and Latinx Voters Helped Deliver the Nation To Joe Biden—Now, He Owes Them.
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by Luis Feliz Leon
The stage is set for a power struggle over what direction the incoming
Biden Administration should take, between the party's left flank seeking
a transformative agenda and moderates pining for a "return to normal"
after Trump.
How Mitch McConnell's Do Nothing Republicans Are Killing You
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by Robert Reich
To them I ask: How much death and suffering must the American people
endure before you act?
NPR’s Shameful Comparison of Stacey Abrams to Donald Trump
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by Ari Paul
NPR, in this instance, trivialized the outcry against not just this
instance of voter suppression, but the context of historic voter
disenfranchisement in the South.
The Rich Are Cheering Wall Street's Latest Records. Americans of Modest Means Are Draining 401(k)s.
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by Sam Pizzigati
The nation's woefully inadequate response to the pandemic is
jeopardizing millions of retirement futures.
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Newswire...
(Un)Happy Holiday: Trump Administration Gifts Big Oil as it Guts Migratory Bird Treaty Act
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NIAC Statement on the Attempted Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientist
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Biden Should Call for Emergency G20 Leaders Meeting, Says Religious Development Group
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