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News & Views | 12/16/20

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has been unafraid to criticize members of her own party when she feels they have failed to serve working-class Americans. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The congresswoman attributed the rise of Trump partly to "extreme disdain for this moneyed political establishment that rules Washington."

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Climate activists gathered outside the CNN studios in New York, where a Town Hall on Climate Policy was held on September 4, 2019.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The president-elect "must take bold action the moment he steps into the Oval Office, without punting to a dysfunctional Congress."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I will not vote for a Covid package that doesn't include survival payments and unemployment relief for the American people. It's a red line," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said the coroner's report must mark "a turning point so that other families do not have to suffer the same heartbreak."

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Protesters in a Black Lives Matter march in Washington, D.C. on June 3, 2020. (Photo: Tasos Katopidis/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"We need an attorney general... committed to ending discrimination; addressing white supremacy and hate violence; and advancing racial, gender, disability, ethnic, religious, immigrant, and LGBTQ justice."


U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton awaits the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill September 24, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Section 1504 of Dodd-Frank requires fossil fuel companies to disclose payments to foreign governments, but outgoing SEC chairman Jay Clayton just weakened the anti-corruption rule.


"Shrouding his calendar in secrecy likely violates the letter of the law, and certainly violates its spirit," said Austin Evers, executive director of American Oversight.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Haul Louis DeJoy in front of a criminal grand jury for his postal sabotage and subversion of our elections," said Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr.


A yacht belonging to British billionaire Joe Lewis, pictured in Butler's Wharf on July 3, 2018 in London. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Major tax cuts for the rich since the 1980s have increased income inequality, with all the problems that brings, without any offsetting gains in economic performance."


Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before House Education and Labor Committee December 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
One House Democrat said he can't wait for January 20, "when this disgrace is pushed out the door and her bags are dropped at the curb."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Your historic election with record turnout represents a national mandate to make meaningful progress in reforming our unjust and inhumane criminal legal system," wrote the lawmakers to Biden.


A police officer stands by as a campaigner against a third runway at Heathrow Airport holds a placard in front of paint thrown by another protester at the Supreme Court in London on December 16, 2020 after the verdict on a legal challenge to the proposed runway. (Photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It's time to take our demand straight to the government—it can still change its plans for Heathrow expansion," says Friends of the Earth.

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The most comprehensive and economically efficient solution for the abuses of the for-profit system and safety net programs is, of course, expanded Medicare-For-All.(Photo by Ronen Tivony/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Maggie Mills
Medicare and Medicaid are rife with complicated formulas for exclusions, exceptions, and limitations. The cruelty that is imposed by the constraints of these programs cannot be overstated.


Trump stoked anti-immigrant sentiment in the name of fighting crime, and his claims were baseless and false. The lie should end with his presidency. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jill Richardson
New data confirms what’s been true all along: Trump built his brand selling fear-mongering lies about immigrants and crime.


News organizations have big megaphones, and in 2020 we used them well to help steer our societies through a terrible pandemic. (Photo: Takver/flickr/cc)

by Mark Hertsgaard
Let 2021 be the year that we declare, in accordance with science, that humanity is facing a climate emergency—an emergency we promise to illuminate and, we hope, help humanity overcome.


Supporters of President Trump listen to the National Anthem at a "Stop the Steal" rally in Phoenix, Arizona on November 7, 2020. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

by Will Bunch
America has two political parties. When one no longer believes in counting the votes, it’s not a democracy.


Medical workers hug outside NYU Langone Health hospital as people applaud to show their gratitude to medical staff and essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic on May 7, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 270,000 lives with over 3.9 million infections reported. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

by Jim Hightower
We progressives have far more potential than generally realized to build our majority in politics, the workplace, legislation and social programs. We ought to be ardently appealing to the public's innate preference for a society that's equitable and cooperative.


Plastic packaging materials like the ones being used by Amazon often end up as litter, in landfills, or worse, in oceans, contributing to pollution. (Photo by Reinhard Dirscherl\ullstein bild via Getty Images)

by Matt Littlejohn
Amazon’s apparent embrace of plastic packaging is hindering its commitment to help the fight against climate change.

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