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Critics Smell 'Economic Sabotage' as McConnell Unveils Covid Plan With $0 for Unemployment Boost, Direct Payments
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell is making it pretty clear that if Dems don't win the Georgia
Senate races, he will cripple the American economy, hoping it will let
the GOP win the midterm."
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UN Chief Pleads for Stronger Climate Policies to End 'Suicidal' Addiction to Fossil Fuels
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"It's time to imagine, and plan for, a better future."
After $1.5 Trillion Tax Cut for Rich, Trump Backs GOP Pay Freeze for Federal Workers as Pandemic Rages
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Unions representing federal workers have denounced the proposed pay
freeze as "insulting" and a "cruel slap in the face."
'An Acknowledgment of the Next Generation': New Zealand Declares Climate Emergency
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"It is up to us to make sure we demonstrate a plan for action, and a
reason for hope," said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
New Data Show Income of Top 0.1% Soared 345% While That of Bottom 90% Stagnated Over Past 40 Years
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"It's all a matter of political choices," progressive economist Thomas
Piketty said in a recent interview. "You can have economic justice
together with economic prosperity."
ACLU Sues to Find Out How and Why Federal Agencies Are Accessing Americans' Cell Phone Location Data
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We're suing to bring some much-needed transparency to these disturbing
practices," explained one ACLU staff attorney.
'Bye-Bye, Betsy DeVos. You Won't Be Missed,' Says Sanders as Billionaire Education Secretary Attacks Push for Tuition-Free College
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"What do you call a billionaire who registered a $40 million, 164-foot
yacht in the Cayman Islands to avoid $2.4 million in U.S. taxes, while
undermining public schools? The worst Education Secretary in the history
of America."
Hitting Back at Manchin, AOC Rejects Notion That Only 'Begging Corporate CEOs for Money' Counts as 'Serious' Politics
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I find it amusing when politicians try to diminish the seriousness of
our policy work, movement organizing, and grassroots fundraising to 'she
just tweets.'"
As Nonprofit Sector Suffers, Coalition Calls on Congress to Force Wealthy Foundations to Ramp Up Charitable Giving
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Increased funding could be immediately absorbed by food banks,
healthcare providers, educational institutions, and organizations
addressing issues like poverty alleviation, economic development, safe
and secure voting, and social justice."
Advocates Applaud 'Historic' Moment as MORE Act Advances to First-Ever Marijuana Legalization Vote on House Floor
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Advocates for marijuana legalization on Wednesday urged members of the
U.S. Congress to support the MORE Act when it reaches the House floor
later this week, after the bill passed in the House Rules Committee.
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Eisenhower's Ghost Haunts Biden's Foreign Policy Team
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by Nicolas J.S. Davies
Biden's officials have spent their careers in a hall of mirrors and
revolving doors that conflates and confuses defense with corrupt,
self-serving militarism, but our future now depends on rescuing our
country from that deal with the devil.
Slow and Steady Just Won't Do: Why Biden Must Move Fast—and Go Big—on Climate
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by Amanda Levin, Sophia Ptacek
Time for ambitious climate action in the United States and abroad is
now.
We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights
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by Janie Grice
Walmart's owners are seeing their wealth surge while my former coworkers
there go without hazard pay. That has to change.
The King’s Man: Blinken’s Appointment Reassures Israel that Little Will Change Under Biden
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by Ramzy Baroud
Biden's foreign policy is likely to be a continuation of Trump's 'Deal
of the Century', though under a different designation. It is baffling
that the Palestinian leadership is unable to see this, focusing instead,
on steering the US back to a failed status quo, where Washington blindly
supported...
How American Racism Has a Cost for Everyone
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by Bill Moyers
An interview with author, policy expert, and progressive leader Heather
McGhee.
The Best Climate Change Solutions Benefit Humanity and Nature
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by Jonathan Jennings, Dr. Kinari Webb
We trusted the people of Borneo's wisdom, and they quite naturally
designed an approach that linked their health, household economy,
occupation, and rainforest.
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Minnesota Health Professionals Implore Gov. Walz to Delay Pending Line 3 Construction in the Face of COVID-19 Crisis
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Amicus Brief in US v. Flynn Challenges Trump’s Pardon of Flynn as Corrupt and Unconstitutional
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Historic: Bill To End Marijuana Prohibition Clears Final Committee Ahead of Floor Consideration
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NIAC Statement on Iranian Parliament Mandating Nuclear Program Escalation
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NRDC 8th Annual Energy Report: Slow & Steady Won’t Win the Climate Race
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