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News & Views | 12/9/20

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Dozens of protesters gather in front of Jeff Bezos' residency on 5th Avenue in Manhattan on August 9, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"America's billionaires could pay for a major Covid relief bill and still not lose a dime of their pre-virus riches."

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at Facebook's F8 Developer Conference on April 18, 2017 at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Good," said Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.



Former Cleveland city councilwoman and Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner served as national co-chair for the 2020 Bernie Sanders presidential campaign. (Photo: Nikolas Liepens/Flickr/cc)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"I'm a public servant through and through, but I'm just going to leave it there for now," the former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair coyly replied when asked if she will run.



Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democratic and Republican members of Congress on December 1, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Extending emergency paid leave at the height of a pandemic is not only something we can afford, it's something we can't afford not to do."



Donald Trump

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Don't you wish you knew who visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago?"




by Julia Conley, staff writer
The declining rate of hospitalizations as ICUs fill up "suggests that there's some rationing and stricter triage criteria about who gets admitted," said Dr. Thomas Tsai.



Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks during a press conference on July 7, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is unconscionable to pass a Pentagon budget that continues to fund unnecessary projects and endless wars during a time of widespread suffering across our country."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
New York is the first U.S. state to release a fossil fuel divestment plan.



"No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount of money in their pocket," said Anna Marriott, Oxfam's health policy manager. (Photo: Alissa Everett/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Unless something changes dramatically, billions of people around the world will not receive a safe and effective vaccine for Covid-19 for years to come."



A protestor wearing a face mask displays a placard reading 'Save The Earth' during the climate crisis protest in Seoul. (Photo: Simon Shin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We need profound shifts in how we live, travel, eat, and generate electricity: for ourselves, our societies, and economies."


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Climate justice can only be achieved if developed nations compensate the developing nations for loss and damage and provide them with the necessary financial means to adapt to a changing climate. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Pelenise Alofa, Tasneem Essop
As we prepare to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, governments trying to mitigate the effect of COVID-19 are digging us deeper into the climate crisis.



Then-General Lloyd Austin III, commander of the US Central Command, speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee March 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

by Sarah Lazare
Industry ties were simply taken for granted in Biden’s defense secretary sweepstakes.



Most of the weight is in concrete. (Photo: Lijphoto / shutterstock)

by Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams
The science-fiction scenario of an engineered planet is already here.



The blame lies not only with the goons and racists on the right, the corporatists who pillage the country and the corrupt ruling elite that does their bidding, but a feckless liberal class that found standing up for its beliefs too costly. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

by Chris Hedges
No one should take them seriously. They stand for nothing. They fight for nothing.



A  medic loads a sick nursing home resident with Covid-19 symptoms into an ambulance on August 5, 2020 in Austin, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

by Bill Quigley
At least 106,000 nursing home residents and staff died from COVID as of early December, around 39% of the overall deaths reported.



The United States is the world’s leader in solitary confinement, with tens of thousands of men, women, and children locked in isolation on any given day. (Photo: Derek Goulet/cc/flickr)

by Udi Ofer, Jeffery Robinson
Biden and Harris have a mandate from the electorate to fight against mass incarceration, and it's past time to tackle this crisis.


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