by Jon Queally, staff writer "Whether humanity has the collective wisdom to navigate the Anthropocene to sustain a livable biosphere for people and civilizations, as well as for the rest of life with which we share the planet, is the most formidable challenge facing humanity."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Depending on how the nation acts now in response to the ongoing pandemic, "another avoidable surge" in cases could be around the corner, said CDC chief Rochelle Walensky.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "For more than 200 years, my hundreds of thousands of neighbors in this city and I have been mere spectators to our democracy."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "Sport needs to up its game and adopt policies that reject high-carbon sponsors. Clubs, competitions, and institutions need to take their climate commitments seriously."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "If you paid $14.99 a month for a Zoom Pro membership, you paid more to Zoom than it paid in federal income taxes even as it made $660 million in profits last year."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "It's long past time for Congress to end statutory Paygo permanently. The austerity politics of the last several decades have been an unmitigated failure."
by Paul Buchheit Robbing the rest of us blind, wealthy Americans benefit from a wide array of tax breaks and government subsidies that are hidden behind the constant Republican blather about entitlements for the poor.
by Jamal Holtz Make my generation the last to be denied equal representation in Congress. Make sure my future children won’t grow up in the shadows of democracy.
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