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News & Views | 12/30/20
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'This Is Warp Speed?' At Current Pace, US Will Take 10 Years to Adequately Vaccinate the Public Against Covid-19, Analysis Warns
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We should have been prepared to start inoculating millions of people
the day a vaccine was approved. This is a massive policy failure."
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'A Matter of Life and Death': Sanders Urges Americans to Call Their Senators and Demand Vote on $2,000 Checks
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need $2,000 stimulus checks, not $740,000,000,000 for the Pentagon
and private 'defense' contractors," said advocacy group CodePink.
Lame-Duck Trump's "Middle East Arms Bonanza" Continues With Approval of $290 Million Weapons Sale to Saudi Regime
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Additional arms deals this week include $4 billion in helicopters to
Kuwait, $169 million in military equipment to Egypt, and $65 million in
drones and fighter jets to UAE.
UN Experts Condemn Trump's Pardon of Blackwater Contractors as 'Affront to Justice'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A group of United Nations experts on the use of mercenaries said
Wednesday that President Donald Trump committed an "affront to justice"
earlier this month when he pardoned four former Blackwater security
contractors for the war crimes they were convicted of in 2015.
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Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima Reactor Will Have 'Huge Impact' on Shutdown, Regulators Warn
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The radiation levels reported around shield plugs at two reactors are
high enough to kill a worker exposed for even an hour.
Faced With Concurrent Crises, UNICEF Warns Millions of Children Threatened by 'Looming Famine'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"For countries reeling from the consequences of conflicts, disasters,
and climate change, Covid-19 has turned a nutrition crisis into an
imminent catastrophe."
'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is a victory for the women's movement in Argentina, which has been
fighting for its rights for decades."
'Cynical Gambit': McConnell Condemned for Pushing Poison Pills in Bid to Tank $2,000 Checks
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans are going to try every conceivable way to try to
kill the $2,000 checks."
Attempting to Cement 'Mythology' of Stolen Election, Hawley Announces He Will Contest Electoral College Results
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley was accused of attempting to "overthrow
democracy" and catering to his own political ambitions on Wednesday
after he announced he plans to contest the Electoral College vote on
January 6, when the U.S. Congress convenes to certify the election
results.
Advocates Call for Medical Parole to Avoid 'Unintentional Death Sentences' as Covid-19 Ravages US Prisons
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The bottom line is, there are still thousands of people who are at very
high risk of death trapped in a prison system where there's no way that
they can avoid the virus."
'Hypocrisy and Horror': Outrage After Trump DOJ Clears Cleveland Cop Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The Rice family has been cheated of a fair process yet again," said
family attorney Subodh Chandra.
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Should You Be Worried About the New COVID Strains?
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by Gleb Tsipursky
These new strains should make you very worried indeed: they're much more
infectious.
For the First Time, the Progressive Caucus Will Have Real Power
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by Joel Bleifuss
New rules will help Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) turn the caucus into
a force to be reckoned with.
How Past Economic Policies Influenced Racism of Today
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by Sarah Lahm
Though the 2020 murder of George Floyd inspired a global racial
reckoning, the injustices he faced date back to his childhood in the
1980s.
'Lord of the Flies,' Revisited
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by Jim Hightower
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman documents that Golding had no knowledge
of behavioral science and was hardly an impartial judge of children's
propensities.
Execution Will Mark MLK’s Birthday
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by Barbara Koeppel
Trump's benevolence has yet to reach two Black men who've been on death
row since the 1990s and are slated to be killed in mid-January at the
federal government's maximum security prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Bright Spots on Climate to End a Dark Year
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by Ken Kimmell
In a year in which virtually every trendline was in the wrong direction,
this change in direction was a welcomed gift.
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McConnell’s Sham Election Commission Addition to Pandemic Relief Is Disgraceful
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Looking Ahead: Environment America’s 2021 Federal and State Priorities
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