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Young environment activists hold placards with climate change-related messages directed toward the Ugandan government and other world leaders at Kampala International University as part of the Fridays for Future global climate strike under the motto "No More Empty Promises" on March 19, 2021. (Photo: Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Returning to the streets a year into the coronavirus pandemic, youth campaigners are calling for "no more empty promises."

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki looks on during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 18, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Biden administration should not be in the business of trading Mexican lives for those of other Central and South Americans, for whom migration to the U.S. is often life-saving."



A coalition of health justice advocates gathered outside Pfizer's headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021 to call on the Biden administration to push pharmaceutical companies to commit to equitable global vaccine distribution and help end the pandemic everywhere by supporting the waiver of the World Trade Organization's monopoly protections for Big Pharma. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"As this shifts from pandemic to endemic, we think there's an opportunity here for us," said Pfizer's Chief Financial Officer Frank D'Amelio.



Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, flanked by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Organizing works. We can't stop now," said The Debt Collective.



The Loretto Hospital is seen in Chicago, on December 15, 2020. (

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The city should investigate the actions at the Loretto Hospital, but the community shouldn't be cut off during the pandemic."



Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) conducts a news conference as the Senate debates a coronavirus relief package on March 5, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Change the filibuster rules so we can watch Lindsey Graham fall over."



Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Pew's survey shows both Democrats and Republicans see prosecutions as at least somewhat important.



Postmaster General Louis DeJoy departs a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on February 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The board has remained silent in the face of catastrophic and unacceptable failures at a moment when the American people are relying on the Postal Service the most."



Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The tide is turning, and now it is the responsibility of business leaders to speak up and stand together on the right side of history."



Child advocates are alarmed by the possibility of an Instagram for children under age 13. (Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Social media companies have a responsibility to protect children and young people online, but building a separate version of their platforms is not the answer."


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Let’s transform school food so that it nourishes kids’ health and creates new opportunities for farmers and a better climate future. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo: Javier Zayas Photography)

by Kari Hamerschlag, Christopher D. Cook
With public health being paramount, we must prioritize the nourishment and long-term health of all children.



Nasariyah residents protest 15 April, 2003 the presence of US troops in Iraq. The rally of around 20,000 mostly Shiite Muslims, unthinkable just a week ago under Saddam's Sunni Muslim regime, chanted: "Yes to freedom ... Yes to Islam ... No to America, No to Saddam." (Photo: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jared Keyel
Americans owe a debt to the people of Iraq that can never be repaid in full. However, it is incumbent and imperative that we try.



Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) speaks during a press conference advocating for the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in the House of Representatives. The PRO Act would amend the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and is backed by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) unions. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

by Eve Tahmincioglu
The PRO Act would expand collective bargaining rights for workers. It would not force any worker to give up their gig or freelance work.



 President John Kennedy gives a speech in Florida circa 1961. (Photo: Flip Schulke/Getty Images)

by Martin Halpern
Returning to the themes of Kennedy's American University speech could lead Biden to make lasting contributions to world peace.



Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is seen during the Poor Peoples Moral Action Congress forum for presidential candidates at Trinity Washington University on Monday, June 17, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

by Paul Shannon
April 15, 2021: A tax day like no other.



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Jim Goodman
Those who struggle to retain their hold on political power rely on racism, classism, hypocrisy and outright lies.


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