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News & Views | 2/22/21

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People wait in line for Fiesta Mart to open after the store lost electricity in Austin, Texas on February 17, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The people of Texas should not have to pay these outrageous bills. Exorbitant costs should not be passed on to consumers who are not responsible for poor planning by state officials."

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Then-President Donald Trump removed his mask on October 5, 2020, upon return to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized after contracting Covid-19. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Covid-19 has killed nearly half a million people in the United States.


Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), testifies during a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 10, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
One advocacy group urged Biden to instead "nominate someone who will put the public interest ahead of corporate interests."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Texans are living through the collapse of a 40-year experiment in free-market fundamentalism, one that has also stood in the way of effective climate action. Fortunately, there's a way out."

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) thanked donors and volunteers for their "collective action when people need it most" on Sunday, February 21, 2021. (Photo: Twitter screengrab from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Charity can't replace policy," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged, "but solidarity is how we'll face climate change and build a better world."


Derick Lane (L) and his son Desmond of Richmond, Virginia protest against capital punishment outside the Greensville Correctional Center November 10, 2009 near Jarratt, Virginia.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Thankfully, the repeal of the death penalty by its leading practitioner gives hope that work for justice is not in vain."


The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied former President Donald Trump's effort to block the release of his tax returns to a grand jury. (Photo: <a class="owner-name truncate" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/alecperkins/">Alec Perkins/Flickr/cc)</a></p>

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This decisive defeat once again shows that no one—including Donald Trump—is above the law."


A gas flare from the Shell Chemical LP petroleum refinery illuminates the sky on August 21, 2019 in Norco, Louisiana. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
337,000 pounds of benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide were flared, as well as an indeterminate amount of methane.


Sister Dianna Ortiz, torture survivor turned human rights champion, died Friday February 19, 2021. (Photo: AP/YouTube screen grab)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Dianna walked through the very worst of hell and came out with love... Her legacy is a witness to nonviolence and to love in the face of evil and to redemption. That's her legacy, to teach us that that's possible."


People embrace during a "Love Our People, Heal Our Communities" rally in San Francisco on February 14, 2021. (Photo: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The ideas that fuel anti-Asian prejudice really come from our nation's white supremacist history and can't be separated from that history."


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) heads for the Senate Chamber to vote on the confirmation of Denis McDonough at the U.S. Capitol on February 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not incidental to the federal budget and is permissible under the rules," the independent senator from Vermont said Saturday.

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Rep. Debra Haaland (D-NM). (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Wenonah Hauter
If Haaland follows through on the actions the oil and gas industry and their allies in Congress are worried about, she will be the most effective Interior Secretary in recent memory.


Allowing the most powerful media conglomerates to negotiate payments from the most powerful tech conglomerates is an attempt to rebalance the equation. (Photo: Wikimotive)

by Timothy Karr
We need strong public-media laws that prioritize a free press, civic-minded news production and the interests of the communities news outlets are supposed to serve.


House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks back to his office from the Senate floor on U.S. Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, February 4, 2021. (Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Christopher Brauchli
Sycophantic antics of Republican members who opposed Trump's impeachment.


The facts and numbers from numerous sources reflect the reality of deprivation in America, and help to confirm what has been called the "sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s." (Photo: Getty/ Stock Photo/Darrin Willoughby / EyeEm)

by Paul Buchheit
We need Guaranteed Jobs. President Biden's proposed Civilian Climate Corps is a positive step in this direction.


Donald Trump. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

by Jordan Libowitz, Caitlin Moniz
When Trump failed to separate himself from his businesses—and in fact used the presidency to increase his business earnings—he made it clear that his top priority was his personal profits.


A kid sits in front of her computer as she does homeschooling at her home as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 27, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)

by Paul J. Ramsey
Remote learning surely is saving some lives—of students' elderly family members and vulnerable teachers—which, in a pandemic, should take priority over political—even economic—concerns.

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