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News & Views | 2/16/21

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We have won $15 in cities and states across the country. And now, it is time to win $15 nationwide."

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A road on United Kingdom's Holderness Coast is collapsing into the sea due to sea level rise. (Photo: Matthew J. Thomas/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"If we continue with large ongoing emissions as we are at present, we will commit the world to meters of sea level rise over coming centuries."



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

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"When will you give us a living wage?" asked one activist with the Poor People's Campaign.



Protesters in Mexico City on May 19, 2018 call for Monsanto to get out of Mexican agriculture. (Photo: Jesus Alvarado/dpa via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We're seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the U.S. government to aggressively push its agenda on the international stage and quash any attempt by people in other countries to take control of their food supply."



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on February 10, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I'm gonna fight as hard as I can, and I believe that we will succeed in including the minimum wage in the reconciliation bill," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.



Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D-Pa.) delivers an introduction for Governor Tom Wolf during an inaugural ceremony on January 15, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Climate change is an existential threat, and we need to transition to clean energy as quickly as possible," says Pennsylvania's lt. governor.



Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) listens as Peter T. Gaynor, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) testifies during a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Capitol Hill July 22, 2020 in Washington DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Donald Trump needs to be held accountable for deliberately inciting and colluding with white supremacists to stage a coup, in his continuing efforts to disenfranchise African-American voters."



Demonstrators march in Port-au-Prince on February 14, 2021 to protest against the government of Jovenel Moise.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Progressive International stands with the people of Haiti, striking across the nation against the dictatorship of Jovenel Moïse."



Deb Haaland, nominee to be Interior Secretary, attends President Joe Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Opposition to fracking and fossil fuel pipelines "are the exact reasons Deb Haaland is the right pick for Interior secretary," said one advocacy group.



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."


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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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