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News & Views | 3/17/21
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'Everyone In, Nobody Out': Jayapal, Dingell Introduce Medicare for All Act With 112 Co-Sponsors
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"A system that prioritizes profits over patients and ties coverage to
employment was no match for a global pandemic and will never meet the
needs of our people."
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After Introduction of For the People Act, Senate Dems Told to 'End the Filibuster and Pass' It
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Too much is at stake to delay a vote on this critical legislation or to
allow archaic Senate rules to kill the bill."
Warnock Says Filibuster Must Not Hinder Fight Against 'Jim Crow in New Clothes'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This issue is bigger than the filibuster," says Georgia Democrat in
first-ever Senate floor speech.
MONARCH Act Introduced to Ensure 'Beloved Pollinator' Is Around for Future Generations
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"In only a few decades, a migration of millions has been reduced to less
than two thousand butterflies."
Backing Push for Public Ownership, Tlaib Will Join Virtual Rally to Reclaim Nestlé's Troubled Waters
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Communities across the continent are now calling for Nestlé's existing
contracts to end, and for local stewardship over the groundwater."
Sanders Bill Would Hike Taxes on Big Corporations That Pay CEOs Over 50 Times More Than Median Worker
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Walmart, which pays its CEO nearly 1,000 times more than its average
worker, would pay up to $855 million more in taxes."
'Democracy Is Having a Hard Time Functioning': Biden Endorses Return to Talking Filibuster
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"That's what it was supposed to be."
WATCH: Sanders-Led Budget Committee Holds Hearing on 'Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis'
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We will never eliminate poverty as long as so much of our nation's
resources are flowing to the top."
Activists Demand Georgia-Based Corporations Like Coca-Cola End Complicity in GOP Assault on Voting
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is a dangerous thing for the business community to be silent."
'Unspeakable Tragedy': Anti-Asian Hate Crime Feared as Gunman Kills 8 in Georgia
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"My heart is broken tonight after the tragic violence in Atlanta that
took eight lives. Once again we see that hate is deadly," said Sen.
Raphael Warnock.
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Rise and Shine: Medicare for All Saves Us All
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by Donna Smith
Stand tall and with the power of our shared commitment and let's teach
more people to be active constituents who push their own Congressional
members to co-sponsor the Medicare for All Act of 2021.
Starve the Pentagon, Feed the People
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by Tristan Guyette
It's time we stop prioritizing weapons before citizens and re-evaluate
our funding of nuclear weapons.
Can We Protect the Very Thing That Sustains Life?
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by Robin Broad, John Cavanagh
Americans will have to fight hard to protect their water from corporate
greed. They can learn a lot from El Salvador.
The Burning Urgency of Passing the "For the People Act"
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by Jeff Milchen
Our chance to preempt voter suppression could expire at any moment.
Robots Are Coming for Millions of Blue-Collar Jobs
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by Jim Hightower
CEOs urgently need euphemisms to soften the image of their constant hunt
for ways to kill jobs and funnel more money to themselves and top
investors.
The American Rescue Plan Does Not Fix Our Fundamentally Flawed Healthcare System. We Need Medicare for All.
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by Ed Weisbart
Despite its life-saving importance, the American Rescue Plan continues
to protect bloated corporations with our public dollars and does nothing
to make healthcare more affordable for the nation.
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People’s Action Statement on Anti-Asian and Gender-Based Violence
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Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival Statement on the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
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Repair Our Democracy Urges Senate Dems to Pass For the People Act Without Breaking Bill Up
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Georgia Shooting Yet Another Cry for U.S. Government Action to End Gun Violence, Confront Misogyny, and Denounce Anti-AAPI Hate
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Public Citizen Congratulates Katherine Tai on Her Confirmation as U.S. Trade Representative
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