How to Wear a Mask & When to Wear Two to Reduce COVID Transmission & Increase Vaccine Effectiveness & "Not Doing This Is a Choice": Biden Drags His Feet on Canceling Student Debt Despite Campaign Pledge & More
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Failed State: Texas Power Grid Collapse Impacts Millions. Black & Brown Communities Are Worst Hit ([link removed])
Millions of people in Texas were plunged into freezing cold and darkness as a major winter storm overwhelmed the state's power grid. More than 12 ... Read More → ([link removed])
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How to Wear a Mask & When to Wear Two to Reduce COVID Transmission & Increase Vaccine Effectiveness ([link removed])
While COVID-19 infection rates and hospitalizations appear to be waning, the United States has a long way to go before people can safely return to everyday life ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Not Doing This Is a Choice": Biden Drags His Feet on Canceling Student Debt Despite Campaign Pledge ([link removed])
Students, campaigners and top Democrats have been pushing President Joe Biden to use executive authority to cancel at least $50,000 in student loan debt per ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"No Hate! No Fear!" Democracy Now! Co-Host Nermeen Shaikh Celebrates 10 Years Covering War & Peace ([link removed])
As Democracy Now! prepares to mark 25 years on air, we celebrate Nermeen Shaikh's 10th anniversary as a Democracy Now! co-host and feature a report she filed ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Texans Face Deadly Winter Storm with Ongoing Power Outages, Water Shortages ([link removed])

U.S. Life Expectancy Falls by 1 Year in 2020, Drops Nearly 3 Years for Black Americans ([link removed])

Florida Gov. DeSantis Prioritizes Vaccines for Rich White Residents, Then Threatens Critics ([link removed])

Mexico Denounces Vaccine Hoarding as U.N. Warns 130 Nations Have Yet to Receive Any Vaccines ([link removed])

Top Executives at Vaccine Manufacturers Sold $500 Million in Stocks Last Year ([link removed])

FBI Probes Cuomo over Nursing Home COVID Deaths; Cuomo Threatens to “Destroy” Critic ([link removed])

White House Unveils Immigration Bill with 8-Year Path to Citizenship ([link removed])

Burmese Anti-Coup Protests Continue Two Weeks After Military Takeover ([link removed])

Bolivia Returns $350 Million Loan to IMF, Taken Out After 2019 Coup ([link removed])

Biden Speaks to Israeli PM Netanyahu; U.S. to “Recalibrate” Saudi Relations ([link removed])

Dubai Princess Says She Is Being Held Hostage by Her Family in New Video ([link removed])

U.S. Approves $200 Million in Arms Sales to Egypt Amid Human Rights Concerns ([link removed])

Gunmen Kidnap 42 at Nigerian School ([link removed])

South Carolina Passes Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions ([link removed])

Biden Supports Slavery Reparations Study ([link removed])

HUD Faulted for Failing to Protect Residents from Lead Poisoning ([link removed])

Rush Limbaugh Is Dead ([link removed])

Atlantic City Demolishes Trump Casino ([link removed])


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Alone Star State: Global Heating Plunges Texas into a Deadly Deep Freeze ([link removed])


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Judas and the Black Messiah Director Shaka King on Fred Hampton, the Black Panthers & COINTELPRO ([link removed])


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We Can't Just "Move On": AOC & Rashida Tlaib Demand Accountability for Deadly Capitol Attack ([link removed])

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