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News & Views | 2/12/21
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'Your Republican Party Everybody': GOP Senators Accused of Violating Oaths by Meeting With Trump Lawyers During Trial
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Given the "extraordinarily good job" by Democratic impeachment managers
the past few days, said Sen. Dick Durbin, "I'd imagine they're pretty
desperate to come up with a good defense strategy."
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'History Is Watching and So Is The Nation': As Impeachment Trial Wraps Up, Senate Urged to Convict Trump
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by Common Dreams staff
"It is time for every member of the Senate to do their duty, to put our
country first, and safeguard our democracy not only from the former
president but from any future autocrat who would trample on our
Constitution."
'End... This Human Rights Atrocity,' Says Amnesty After Biden Admin Signals Goal to Close Gitmo
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Asked whether the president will shutter the prison, White House Press
Secretary Jen Psaki said, "That certainly is our goal and our
intention."
'Yet Another Cry for Help': UN Report Warns Millions of Yemeni Children Face Acute Malnutrition
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The increasing number of children going hungry in Yemen should shock us
all into action. More children will die with every day that passes
without action."
'Beyond Outrageous': Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The tax code is so rigged for the rich that even when they kill people
they get a tax break."
'We Won't Be Intimidated,' Says NY AG After Amazon Files Preemptive Suit Over Covid-19 Worker Safety
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This action by Amazon is nothing more than a sad attempt to distract
from the facts and shirk accountability for its failures to protect
hardworking employees from a deadly virus."
Ignoring Pleas of Press Freedom Defenders, Biden DOJ Files Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Assange case represents the gravest threat to press freedom in a
generation."
500+ Scientists Demand Stop to Tree Burning as Climate Solution
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Companies are shifting fossil energy use to wood, which increases
warming, as a substitute for shifting to solar and wind, which would
truly decrease warming."
'It Is Not a Budget Item,' Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Falsely Says as She Joins Joe Manchin in Opposing $15 Wage
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"She is incorrect. It has a budgetary impact, and it was verified by
CBO. Let's get it done now."
Applause as Biden Plans to Rescind Medicaid Work Requirements, Targeting One of Most 'Cruel' Policies of Trump Era
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We celebrate this win—this win that we made happen—even while mourning
the loss of every person who relied on Medicaid and didn't survive the
calamity of Trump's disastrous administration."
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Biden Should Stop Payment on U.S. Funds To Sisi's Egypt
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by Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
Sisi's reign of power has caused vast human rights abuses and a
large-scale breakdown of civil society.
The Guardian Reveals Its True Face by Sacking Progressive Columnist Nathan Robinson for Criticizing US Military Aid To Israel
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by Jonathan Cook
We need to understand that old corporate media like the Guardian are not
an ally to the left, they are the enemy.
Karen Lewis Lit the Spark That Inspired a Generation of Teachers and Union Organizers
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by Labor Notes Editorial Staff
When you see fire in educators who are standing with students and
community to demand justice, look in those flames for her unwavering
determination—and her wide smile.
After Threatening Strike, Chicago Teachers Set "New Standard" With Safer School Reopening Plan
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by Jeff Schuhrke
Hard-fought negotiations and a strike threat led to Chicago teachers
reaching the "most comprehensive agreement for reopening schools" in the
country, potentially setting a model for other districts nationwide.
Jeep Ad Featuring Bruce Springsteen Emblematic of Lazy Obsession With the Mythical Political "Center"
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by Elliot Gilfix
Sorry, but there is no "seeking the middle ground" with the GOP. It has
gone way off the deep end.
It’s Time To Resurrect a Global Anti-Fascist Consensus To Name, Shame, and Throw These Guys Out of the Game
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by John Feffer
Beating back the far right globally.
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Common Cause Calls on Senators to Convict Donald Trump
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President Biden Must Close Guantánamo Bay Detention Center, End Twenty Years of Human Rights Abuses
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Thousands of Activists Push Biden to End Fossil Fuel Era
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Muslim Advocates Files Brief on Trump’s Anti-Muslim Motives in Detaining Guantanamo Prisoner
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New House Bill Reaffirms Strong Congressional Support for Trillions in Special Drawing Rights as Part of Global COVID Response from Washington
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