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News & Views | 2/15/21

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Participant holding a sign at a climate justice march in New York City on September 20, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"If Democrats don't deliver in this moment, future Presidents Days will recognize Trump's second term."

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Former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, gives a speech on July 11, 2019 in New York City.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It is past time for the harm to stop."



Demonstrators participate in a protest outside of McDonald's corporate headquarters on January 15, 2021 in Chicago.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
With the White House and legislative branch under their control, says Warren Gunnels, Democrats "must win" fight on behalf of working people.



Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press after the Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump, in the U.S .Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2021. Trump was acquitted by the Senate on Saturday of inciting the deadly January 6 attack. A two-thirds majority of the 100 senators was needed at Trump's impeachment trial for conviction, but it fell short in a 57-43 vote. (Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"To protect our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission," said House Speaker.



Gift of the Givers distribute food parcels on January 27, 2021 in Touws River, South Africa. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown restrictions, a reported 93% of the local population is unemployed. (Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We need to look at how we as human beings manage the planet," says Agnes Kalibata, who is leading efforts to convene a food systems summit.



Protesters show signs asking to send the current president of the United States, Donald Trump, to jail at Portland's National March for Impeachment on January 20, 2018, in downtown Portland, OR. Following Trump's acquittal in the U.S. Senate in his historic second impeachment trial on Saturday, February 13, 2021, many legal experts on calling for a federal prosecution of the former president for his role in last month's attack on the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo: Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Trump incited an insurrection to overthrow the elected government of the United States. 43 senators stood with him. It does not end here."



Activists belonging to various human rights organizations hold placards as they stage a demonstration against the arrest of the activist Disha Ravi by Delhi Police for her alleged involvement in the instigation of violence during the farmers' protest in Bangalore, India on February 15, 2021. (Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Ravi's arrest "is an unprecedented attack on democracy," said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. "Supporting our farmers is not a crime."



Supporters of then-President Donald Trump occupy the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Over three-quarters believe senators voted based on partisan politics, compared with 23% who think they voted based on the facts.



A group of protestors hold a demonstration in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's home in Greensboro, North Carolina on August 16, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden should fire the governors of the USPS who appointed DeJoy, install new ones, and have them fire DeJoy. He should not be allowed to continue destroying the Postal Service."



Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) departs after the second day of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial before the Senate on Capitol Hill February 10, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Dear centrist Democrats, you couldn't even get 10 GOP votes to convict the guy who sent a mob to kill you all. You think you can get them to vote on issues like immigration/climate? Come on," said one progressive activist.


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So much is hanging in the balance, for the people of Iran suffering and dying under the impact of U.S. sanctions. (Photo: CODEPINK)

by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
American neocons and hawks, including those inside his own administration, appear to be flexing their muscles to kill Biden’s commitment to diplomacy at birth, and his own hawkish foreign policy views make him dangerously susceptible to their arguments.



Education needs not only to be made fully equitable, but also to be re-imagined. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Zoe Weil
Change the goal of schooling and watch the good unfold.



Howard University Hospital staff members received Covid-19 vaccination doses on December 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

by Stephen Cockburn
To stop the global pandemic, rich countries need to stop hoarding vaccines.



Chefiatou Tokou chants during a Labor Day march in Boston on Sep. 4, 2017. (Photo: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

by Ken Jacobs
Beyond the working families who will get a raise, every single American taxpayer has a stake in raising the minimum wage.



Former President Donald Trump is greeted by his ideological precursor President Ronald Reagan at a 1987 White House reception. (Photo: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, cc)

by Robert Reich
Ronald Reagan convinced the nation that big government was the problem. It was rubbish.



 Singer Jennifer Lopez performs during the inauguration ceremony on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today's inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

by Ariel Dorfman
A journey into the heart of a language we need now more than ever.


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