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News & Views | 12/17/20

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Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks at a press conference at the Longworth Office Building on September 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We can make real progress on stopping climate change and ensure sovereignty and dignity for all native people and justice for all."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Given that this conversion only came after 'Kelly and David got hammered,' no one should be fooled—or let him get away with it."


President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly tapped Michael Regan, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to be EPA Administrator.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Regan and the rest of the Biden-Harris administration need to pair their lofty rhetoric on environmental justice with consistent action."


Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff (L), a signatory to the Business Roundtable's 2019 statement on corporate purpose and a proponent of so-called "stakeholder capitalism," continued to prioritize the interests of shareholders in 2020—laying off 1,000 workers despite a 28% increase in revenue compared to last year—even after vowing not to do so during the pandemic's early stages. (Photo: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"This is a global crisis but the big companies are not treating it as one—they haven't skipped a beat."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"While we at People's Action believe that Senator Bernie Sanders is an example of the type of person ready to transform the landscape for working people in solidarity with the movement, we're ready to welcome any labor secretary ready to do the same."


Empty streets are a sign of the times throughout Gaza, which is living under a government-imposed coronavirus curfew. (Photo: Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Israel has the legal, moral, and humanitarian responsibility to vaccinate the Palestinian population, which lives in distress under its control," wrote the editors of one leading Tel-Aviv paper.


Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks during a news conference following the weekly meeting with the Senate Republican caucus at the U.S. Capitol on December 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Funny enough, they never take issue with doubling down on corporate bailouts and tax cuts for the wealthy."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
A coalition of environmental, racial, and economic justice groups launched a campaign Thursday calling on President-elect Joe Biden to go beyond his pledge to "build back better" as the U.S. recovers from the coronavirus pandemic and its corresponding recession.


Climate campaigners gathered outside the global headquarters of Lloyd's of London on September 1, 2020. (Photo: Insure Our Future Global/Twitter)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"An Insure Our Future welcomed the step but also said that "Lloyd's 2030 deadline is not justified by climate science and the urgent need for action."


Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) removes her mask to speak during a press conference on August 5, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's really quite shameful that we find ourselves negotiating a deal with such a small amount of money."


Climate campaigners rally outside BlackRock headquarters in New York City on August 11, 2020. (Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"People across party lines want an administration that is run by people who care about the public interest—not by corporate executives, lobbyists, and consultants."

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Part of what’s making policy change possible is power-building among those whose voices have traditionally been sidelined. (USDA Photo by Preston Kere)

by J. Mijin Cha
A broad, progressive coalition came together in the 1930s to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. It can be done again in the face of COVID and climate change.


Nothing in Joe Biden’s history suggests that he or any of the people he's already appointed to his national security team have the slightest inclination to destabilize that Democratic-Republican imperial pact. (Photo: Ron Adar / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

by Rebecca Gordon
After two decades, can wefinally ask whether trying to prop up a dying empire actually makes us—or indeed the world—any safer.


We must also take collective action as a state and country to stand up for those that have been left behind in this pandemic. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images)

by Sarah Piepenburg
When you purchase gifts through small, local retailers, you are helping to sustain the livelihoods of real people in your community.


We’re going to have to con­fis­cate the rest of your mon­ey when the rev­o­lu­tion comes any­how. Might as well set your kar­ma right before then. (Photo: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic via Getty Images)

by Hamilton Nolan
Unionize Amazon.


If left-wing Democrats such as Ocasio-Cortez want to plot a new direction for the party, they don’t have much time left to build the power it will take to replace Pelosi with one of their own. (Photo by Lars Niki/Getty Images for The Athena Film Festival)

by Sarah Jones
Under Pelosi and Schumer, the party has catered to conservative and moderate members while alienating its rising progressive flank, and Ocasio-Cortez’s specific criticisms of Pelosi are certainly informed by ideology.


As awareness of the "rights of nature" grows across global humanity, I have no doubt that the wisdom of this awareness will start infiltrating our judicial, social and economic infrastructure as well, and begin undoing the short-term, dangerous thinking behind it. (Photo: Peter Lesseur / EyeEm/ iStock)

by Robert C. Koehler
In this country, as well as much of our divided world, short-term gain is often all that matters and nothing else exists. This flawed thinking is at the core of our social infrastructure.

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