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News & Views | 2/19/21
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In Contrast to 'Useless Republican Leaders,' AOC Helps Raise $2 Million in Direct Relief for Texans in Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"AOC helped raise $1 million for Texas relief as Ted Cruz made his way
back home from Cancún."
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Sherrod Brown Demands Biden Immediately Remove Two 'Key Agents' of Trump Agenda to Destroy Social Security
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"No one has been safe from their path of destruction."
After Series of Democratic Victories, Rights Advocates Blast Georgia GOP for 'Brazenly Trying to Silence Voters'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This bill is Jim Crow with a suit and tie," warns one local critic.
'Dirty and Dangerous': New Data Show Higher Rates of Contamination in Pork Plants Using New Slaughter System
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Plants adopting the Trump-approved New Swine Inspection System had, on
average, nearly double the rate of fecal and digestive matter
contamination of other facilities.
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Fossil Fuel Exec Brags of 'Hitting the Jackpot' as Natural Gas Prices Surge Amid Deadly Crisis in Texas
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The GOP is erroneously blaming frozen wind turbines for power outages
because the Green New Deal is "the biggest legislative threat against
the corrupt powers responsible for (and benefiting from) the suffering
unfolding now," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
'A Clear Back-Track': Rights Groups Warn New Biden Guidelines Not Enough to Curb ICE Abuses
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The organizations said the guidelines flew in the face of promises "to
fully break from the harmful deportation policies of both the Trump and
Obama presidencies."
By 17-Point Margin, Voters Want Biden to Cancel $50k in Student Debt: Poll
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It's almost like the American people want government to meet the scale
of the crisis," said New York Congressman Mondaire Jones.
'Landmark' Victory as UK Supreme Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Workers Entitled to Minimum Wage, Benefits
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This has been a grueling four-year legal battle for our members—but
it's ended in a historic win."
New Economic Study 'Demolishes' Myth About Student Debt Parroted by Joe Biden
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The vast majority of borrowers that benefit from forgiveness hail from
low- and lower-income communities," the study's authors affirmed.
'Congress Must End This National Embarrassment,' Says Sanders After CBO Reveals High Drug Prices for Medicare Part D
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"There is no rational reason why Medicare pays nearly three times more
than Medicaid and about twice as much as the VA for the same exact
medicine."
UN Head Decries 'Senseless and Suicidal' Destruction of Nature as New Report Urges Systemic Solutions
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Human well-being lies in protecting the health of the planet," said
Secretary-General António Guterres. "It's time to reevaluate and reset
our relationship with nature."
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Transforming to an Ecological Civilization: The Alternative Is Unthinkable
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by Jeremy Lent
A society based on natural ecology might seem like a far-off utopia—yet
communities everywhere are already creating it. We need to forge a new
era for humanity—one that is defined, at its deepest level, by a
transformation in the way we make sense of the world, and a concomitant
revolution in our...
President Biden Needs to Step Up Efforts to Stop the War in Yemen by Ending All Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
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by Abdi Nor Iftin
Mothers are helplessly lowering their toddlers to graves next to the
remnants of American-made bombs used by Saudi Arabian forces.
American Social and Medical Disorder: The 'Pre-Existing Condition' That Doomed the U.S. Covid Response?
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by Sam Pizzigati
The answer from a blue-ribbon medical commission on the Trump years:
decades of rising inequality.
Toward a Shared Liberation: Our Interconnected Struggles Are Built on Asian and Black Solidarity
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by Debra Gore-Mann
We must train our eyes on the true enemy: white supremacy in all its
forms.
Smithfield Claims To Be 'Sustainable' While Remaining One of the Biggest Industrial Polluters in the US
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by Tyler Lobdell
Smithfield is pushing a massive greenwashing campaign to dupe consumers
into thinking its products are environmentally friendly.
Stop Manchin and Sinema From Imitating Jim Crow Dixiecrats and Letting the Filibuster Block Civil Rights and Voting Rights
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by Miles Mogulescu
Sinema's and Manchin's decisions may well determine whether America
remains a democracy or whether it's indefinitely distorted by minority
rule.
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Over 90 Grassroots Health Care and Labor Groups Urge Senate to Immediately Confirm Xavier Becerra to HHS
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G7 Discusses Vaccines, Debt Relief, Tax Plans and Climate Change
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