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News & Views | 12/29/20

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) heads to the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol building on December 20, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It would be unconscionable, especially after the House did the right thing, for the Senate to simply leave Washington without voting on this."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Working families need help now. Not next year, now," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.



A study published last year by Amnesty International found that the U.S.-led bombing campaign on Raqqa, Syria in 2017 killed an estimated 1,600 innocent civilians while leveling the city. (Photo: Amnesty International)</p>

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After nearly a decade of war, the special rapporteur noted, Syrians are living with "extensively damaged houses, medical units, schools, and other facilities."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Officials in two rural counties in Georgia late Monday were ordered by a U.S. District judge to stop invalidating voter registrations due to so-called "unreliable" change of address information, in a ruling that could protect more than 4,000 Georgia residents from voter suppression.


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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen on the House steps of the Capitol on December 4, 2020. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Is this really a good reason to block aid for millions?" the congresswoman asked, after Rep. Kurt Schrader claimed direct payments would provide too much support to people "making six figure incomes."



U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"He cannot pass up that opportunity," said the author of Environment America's report. "We don't have any time to waste."



Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is seen on the House steps of the Capitol during votes on Friday, December 4, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They are changing the culture of endless war and calling for more investment instead in the American people."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This pandemic has been very severe... it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one."


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A union member listens to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden stump in New Alexandria, Pa., on September 30, 2020. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/Afp via Getty Images)

by Mindy Isser
If the Left is to win pro­gres­sive poli­cies (and the next pres­i­den­tial elec­tion), it needs a mil­i­tant labor move­ment.



The point is not to say who is right, but to remind everyone that the Democratic Party is what Ronald Reagan claimed he wanted of the GOP 40 years ago: a big-tent party. (Photo: Olivier Douliery / AFP via Getty Images)

by Mike Lofgren
We’ve already got one: it’s called the Democrats.



The Biden-Harris administration committed to an immediate moratorium on deportations. (Photo: Getty)

by Madhuri Grewal
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our existing system.



U.S. President Donald Trump climbs into golf cart number 45 as he golfs at Trump National Golf Club on December 13, 2020 in Sterling, Virginia. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
As we come to the end of four rotten years, the child king spends his final days throwing an extra ton of trauma-inducing tantrums.



The second truth is one that many people suspected but were too timid to call out: the money-tree is real. (Photo: Stephen McGee/flickr/cc)

by Yanis Varoufakis
This year has resembled a rapidly receding tide, forcing us to confront submerged truths. One lesson we learned in 2020 is that national governments had been choosing not to exercise their enormous powers so that those whom globalization had enriched could exercise their own.



There are many other reasons to reject Haines. (Photo: Columbia World Projects)

by Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd
Haines is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.


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