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News & Views | 2/17/21

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it. But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal."

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A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during a conference in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 2017. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Facial recognition technology is a threat to civil rights and civil liberties when it works, and when it doesn't."


Junior Ceqara and Alexa Albare share a blanket to keep warm while standing in line to enter Fiesta supermarket on February 16, 2021 in Houston. (Photo: Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"This extreme polar vortex event epitomizes everything climate change is: unprecedented, unrelenting, affecting a population unaccustomed and unprepared. Yes, we have always had winter—but not here, and not like this."


Mohamed Soltan, 32, a U.S. citizen who became a prominent Egyptian political prisoner, at his home on Sunday, May 31, 2020 in Fairfax, Virginia. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Here's some missiles. Please stop abusing human rights, please?"

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President Joe Biden participates in a CNN town hall at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 16, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The case against student loan forgiveness is looking shakier by the day... We can and should do it," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We deserve a government that addresses our basic needs and protects all of us in moments of crisis. Despite the lies you'll hear from Governor Abbott on Fox News , that's truly what the Green New Deal is all about."


New York State Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference on August 6, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We won't let corporate bullies put hardworking New Yorkers in harm's way," said the state attorney general, Letitia James.


Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021) poses for a portrait on July 6th, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Harry Langdon/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If you don't want people to speak ill of you when you die, then live decently," said one critic.


The Trump Plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is pictured 25 May 2007. Gambling has been legal in Atlantic City, one of the few such cities in the United States, since the first casino opened in 1978. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

by Common Dreams staff
The local fire chief said the complex once owned and operated by Trump "will crumble like a deck of cards." Sound familiar?


Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) questions Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If you don’t support raising the minimum wage without racist dogwhistles attached, then you don’t support raising the minimum wage."


A woman moves her belongings into a tent after a snow storm in Houston on February 15, 2021. (Photo: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"This crisis is brought to you by deregulation."

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A water-level view in Glacier National Park, Montana. Regenerative Agriculture, explains Roulac, describes "farming and grazing practices that reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity—resulting in both carbon drawdown and an improved water cycle." (Photo: Cavan Images/via Getty Images)

by John W. Roulac
Building a regenerative food system where bees buzz, dragonflies hover, and fish and frogs thrive will begin when we change the necessary hearts and minds across this nation.


Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) delivers opening arguments in the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on February 9, 2021. (Photo: Washington Post/YouTube screen grab)

by Michael Winship
Big stories reveal the good, the bad and the ugly of humankind—and that includes those who report and comment on the news.


Climate Change activists gathered to participate in a Fire Drill Fridays climate change protest in Washington, D.C. on Friday, December 6, 2019. (Photo: Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Rebecca Long
In her new book, Shalanda Baker, President Biden’s choice for Deputy Director of Energy Justice, emphasizes the need for an urgent and equitable response.


Junior Ceqara and Alexa Albare share a blanket to keep warm while standing in line to enter Fiesta supermarket on February 16, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather, power outages and traffic accidents to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. (Photo by Go Nakamura/Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
The Republican Party does not believe in government. They believe in coddling the very rich.


Over the last four years Trump has repeatedly been denounced for acting as though he were above the law. We can’t allow a supposed need for “unity” to confirm that he was right. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Mitchell Zimmerman
Impunity is a disease that rots the rule of law.


Fast-food workers, cashiers, cooks, delivery people, and their supporters hold a rally outside New York City Hall on May 24, 2017. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by James K. Galbraith
CBO should not have published this report, and no one should rely on it.

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