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News & Views | 12/28/20

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Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) talks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after leaving the Senate Floor at the U.S. Capitol on December 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The House must pass this legislation tomorrow and the Senate must quickly follow suit. Let's get this done—NOW!"

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Progressives in both chambers of Congress are pressuring the GOP majority leader to urgently hold a vote on the Covid-19 legislation.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Shortly after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an extension of his eviction moratorium via executive order, the state legislature offered additional protection to renters, passing a bill that Democratic lawmakers called the strongest in the country.


Formerly an open pit copper mine, the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana is now part of the largest Superfund site in the United States. (Photo: Janie Osborne/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More broadly, campaigners are calling on the incoming president to deliver on the environmental justice promises he made as a candidate.

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Before climbing a tripod in front of a tar sands pipe yard, Emma Harrison said, "I'm part of the Line 3 resistance movement because this pipeline embodies everything I believe is wrong with the world." (Photo: Honor the Earth/Twitter)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Profits for a few are being privileged over the well-being of all communities near and far, present and future."


Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) and David Perdue (R-Ga.) wave to the crowd at a campaign event on December 21, 2020 in Milton, Georgia.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Loeffler and Perdue still won't support direct $2,000 checks to Georgia working families."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
With more than a year to go until Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces a potential primary challenge for the seat he's held for nearly two decades in New York, the state's Democratic leadership is already expressing concern that progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will run against Schumer.


Sarah Gattiker stores the 24,200th species of seed in the vault at Kew's Millennium Seed Bank, which now holds 10% of the world's wild plant species, on October 15, 2009 in Sussex, England. (Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Empty shelves during the pandemic made clear, allowing huge corporations to 'own' seeds is a very bad idea!"


Saudi human rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was sentenced on Monday to nearly six years in prison under the kingdom's counterterrorism laws. (Photo: Lina al-Hathloul/Twitter)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We stand with the al-Hathloul family and their friends who have not given up, and continue to call on the Saudi government to free Loujain," said Ariel Gold of CodePink.


Volunteers load boxes of food assistance into cars at a food distribution event sponsored by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Faith Neighborhood Center, and WESH 2 at Hope International Church on December 9, 2020 in Groveland, Florida.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Caused needless anguish and financial distress for tens of millions of jobless living on the brink."


Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on December 22, 2020. (Photo: Patrick Semansky/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Our darkest days in the battle against Covid-19 are ahead of us, not behind us," the nation's top infectious disease expert predicted.

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A participant holding a sign at the climate march. A coalition of climate, Indigenous and racial justice groups gathered at Columbus Circle to kick off Climate Week with the Climate Justice Through Racial Justice march.

by Varshini Prakash, Andrés Jimenez
We need him to take urgent action to curb the global climate crisis and to restore justice for communities impacted by air, water and land polluters.


Antony Blinken (R), President-elect Joe Biden's pick for secretary of state, is a staunch supporter of U.S. militarism.

by Norman Solomon
What's so moderate about being on the take from rich beneficiaries of corporate America while opposing proposals that would curb their profits in order to reduce income inequality and advance social justice?


President Trump speaks at the Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit on December 8, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

by Dean Baker
We should have been prepared to start inoculating millions of people the day a vaccine was approved. This is a massive policy failure.


Activists and relief groups in New York City join a national day of action protesting against law enforcement who forcibly remove people from homes on September 1, 2020.

by Marisa Endicott
Without giving renters the option to buy their homes, this crisis could be even worse than the Great Recession.



by Toby Freeman, Fran Baum
By focusing more on battling inequality, new research shows, the United States could significantly improve American life expectancy.


Nurses hold signs at a Vigil for Nurses Who've Died From Covid-19 at the U.S. Capital on July 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Hamilton Nolan
Disasters, missed opportunities, and a few bright spots in 2020.

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