by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Oh look, another billionaire is mad that he might have to pay more taxes while children in America go hungry and veterans sleep on the street."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "Malley should be celebrated for his ability to understand how adversaries see problems and find common ground, for this is the art of diplomacy."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Victims of environmental pollution, land grabbing, or exploitation now have a better chance to win a legal battle against the companies involved."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "The wealthiest in this country are paying less in taxes than everyone else," said the Democratic senator. "If they added a two-cent wealth tax, they'd still be paying less than most of the people in this entire nation."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "It's a life with constant fear," one of the petitioners said. "You're always afraid to leave the village because you think you might be mistaken and targeted."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "If we don't take action now, Cruz and his band of conspiracy theorists will still maintain power in an office they dishonored and don't deserve to hold."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "It's just wrong that big business is deciding who gets vaccinated, with zero transparency. We must scrap patents and massively scale up production globally."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Hateful conspiracy theories and suggestions that our children's violent deaths never happened have no place in our society, much less the United States Congress."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Unless he pledges to implement significant safeguards for scientists, Tom Vilsack should not be confirmed. The days in which federal agencies function as scientific gulags should be behind us."
by Dean Baker In a normal flu season, close to 2 million shots are given every day, without any heroic efforts by the government. Given the urgency of getting the pandemic under control, it is hard to understand why we could not have administered shots at this pace, if not considerably faster.
by Tina Gerhardt Indigenous groups and environmental activists are also calling on President Biden to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3.
by Sunnivie Brydum We may be bruised; we may have even believed that we are broken. But we made it out. We still face vast uncertainty, and desperately need deep, systemic change if we are going to survive the years ahead.
by Steven Hill The recent attack on the US Capitol reveals the danger of digital media platforms. Here’s what we must do to transform Silicon Valley’s corruption of the media infrastructure.
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