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A U.S. Air Force pilot flies the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet during a public display at Luke Air Force Base near Phoenix on March 17, 2018. (Photo: Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war and Pentagon waste, or put our resources toward efforts that will actually make the world safer for all of us."

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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing on the For the People Act on March 24, 2021 in Washington, D.C

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"How depraved do you have to be to insist that more people voting is somehow a power grab?"



A child walks by a mural showing a U.S. drone in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The United States is failing to investigate credible allegations of violations, to hold individuals responsible for violations accountable, and to provide prompt and adequate reparation."



A sign in a San Francisco Starbucks coffee shop warns customers that coffee and baked goods sold at the shop and elsewhere contain acrylamide, a chemical known to cause cancer and reproductive toxicity. The proposition is a California law passed by voters in 1986.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The damage to communities nationwide from PFOA-contaminated drinking water and exposure through everyday consumer products is almost unimaginable, but California's action underscores the urgency of addressing the crisis."



Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks to reporters following the weekly Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Historian of the 20th century South here. I dispute Mitch's statement. The filibuster has a ton of 'racial history.'"



Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) speaks during a news conference on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A one-time survival check isn't enough to get people through this crisis."



A Yemeni boy kisses the forehead of a killed child following a reported mortar shell attack on the country's third city of Taiz on February 20, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Children continue to be killed and injured on a near-daily basis," said Xavier Joubert of Save the Children.



Silhouette of a man is seen in front of Amazon and Apple logos on September 5, 2018.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's more important than ever for lawmakers to show their independence and bring these companies to heel."



North Rhine-Westphalia, Jackerath: Mining machines stand in the Garzweiler opencast lignite coal mine. (Photo: Federico Gambarini/picture alliance via Getty Images)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"By bankrolling the expansion of oil and gas, the top banks of the world have blood on their hands."



An Amazon delivery driver carries boxes on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Rank authoritarianism disguised as corporate efficiency for consumer satisfaction."


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Even if you don’t live in Georgia, these unprecedented assaults on voting rights are most likely happening in your state, too. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Phyllis Richardson
Most Americans want to make voting easier, not harder. We need to pass the For the People Act.



In 2019, nearly 30 million people didn’t have health insurance. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Phil Ateto
My insurance says my cancer drugs aren't "medically necessary." No one should have to fight for care like this.



A girl holds a placard reading 'There's no planet B'. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Sabrina Ahmed
Adopting a vegan diet could be the biggest individual contribution to preventing climate breakdown—but we also need systemic change.



Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian President Narendra Modi before a meeting in New Delhi last year. (Photo: Mandal Ngan / Getty Images)

by Basav Sen
As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.



The 10 biggest "Pandemic Profiteers" saw the greatest percentage increase in their wealth—at least 300 percent.(Photo: Getty/Stock Photo/Anton Petrus)

by Chuck Collins
One year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, U.S. billionaires have made out like gangbusters at the expense of workers.



Police horses are deployed as they hold back people outside Bridewell Police Station as they take part in a 'Kill the Bill' protest in Bristol, demonstrating against the Government's controversial Police and Crime Bill. Picture date: Sunday March 21, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)

by Jonathan Cook
What the UK's Police and Crime Bill does, like similar legislation in the US and Europe, is to declare some protests as legitimate and others as not.


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