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News & Views | 3/18/21

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A woman enters La Colaborativa vaccine clinic in Chelsea, Massachusetts on February 16, 2021. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Additional efforts are needed to achieve equity in vaccination coverage for those who have been most affected by Covid-19."

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Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, answers questions during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on February 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It's no secret why Senate Republicans took aim at Becerra's confirmation: from deep inside the pockets of Big Pharma and with wealthy donors to please, they felt threatened by Becerra's track record and promise to work for the American people."



Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) leaves the Senate Republicans lunch in the Russell Senate Office building on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We know predatory debt collectors are already lining up to try to take a cut of those checks."



Over 300 advocacy groups argue that the CLEAN Future Act's Clean Electricity Standard "should rigorously define clean energy to include proven solutions like wind, solar, storage, and efficiency—and exclude all fossil fuels and other false solutions." (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/daveclarkecb/14655534612">David Clarke</a>/cc/flickr)</p>

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Over 300 groups called the bill a "prime example of the type of half-measure we must avoid."



Demonstrators wearing face masks and holding signs take part in a rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, California, on March 13, 2021. (Photo: Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images)

by Common Dreams staff
"We're out here because people who look like me are being killed. Our Black, brown, and Indigenous siblings are also being killed. This collective power is what we need."



Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) leaves a Capitol security task force briefing in the Capitol Visitor Center on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The fight for at least $15 is a matter of life and death in St. Louis," said Rep. Cori Bush.



Demonstrators stand outside of the Georgia Capitol building to oppose the H.B. 531 on March 3, 2021 in Atlanta.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Surprising advocates, legislators, and voters with a nearly 100-page bill is undemocratic and unacceptable."



Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil's former president, speaks during a press conference on March 10, 2021 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Photo: Cris Faga/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The former Brazilian president suggested that the U.S. vaccine surplus "could be donated to Brazil, or other countries even poorer than Brazil that cannot afford to buy the vaccine."



Demonstrator holding a sign at a protest in Manhattan.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We have to stop subsidizing fossil fuel companies at the expense of our climate."



Environmental justice campaigners across the country have spoken out against the proposed Formosa Plastics Complex in Louisiana. (Photo: Louisiana Bucket Brigade/Twitter)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This disastrous project is an affront to environmental justice and contrary to your goals to reduce pollution in frontline communities."


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The U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

by Caroline Fredrickson
Letting senators block bills in secret is anti-democratic and it needs to end.



A pedestrian wearing a protective mask checks her phone near a Medicare for All bus stop billboard in Washington, DC, on April 22, 2020. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

by Richard Eskow
As a nation, as a society, we've settled instead for half measures. That leaves us with the moral stature of someone who could have saved a drowning person but didn't want to get their shoes wet.



Excessive CEO pay is a problem that affects all of us. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo/imagedepotpro)

by Sarah Anderson
While working families are suffering under the pandemic, corporate boards have bent the rules to protect massive CEO paychecks.



Participants seen spelling out #TaxTheRich at Times Square. As 6 bills will soon be introduced in the legislature to tax wealthy corporations and individuals who haven't been paying their fair share, a coalition of Activists gathered around New York City landmarks to call for the Equitable Taxation of Corporations, demanding legislators to pass the Financial Transaction Tax to generate around 9 billion dollars needed for COVID Recovery, and Essential Services. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty I

by Bob Lord, Chuck Collins
The share of the nation’s wealth pie owned by the richest 0.01 percent has quadrupled over the last 70 years. Their percent of the total tax obligation has stayed the same. What’s wrong with this picture?



Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had his political rights restored in a ruling by a justice of the country's Supreme Court on March 8, 2021. (Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

by Alan MacLeod
Financial media were all too happy to see a far-right authoritarian gain power, as long as he implemented pro-rich policies.



Deb Haaland. (Photo: Deb Haaland for Congress)

by Robert C. Koehler
It's definitely time for an enormous shift in the consciousness of those who see themselves as exceptional and believe they're in charge of the planet.


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