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News & Views | 3/25/21

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A cardboard cutout of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, dressed up as the QAnon Shaman on Thursday, March 25, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Tech CEOs want to talk about their content policies and moderation efforts—because they know their core business models are indefensible."

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Demonstrators hold a sit-in inside of the Georgia state Capitol building in opposition to a voters suppression bill on March 8, 2021 in Atlanta.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The most radical fringes of the Republican Party sitting in the state legislature will be able to wipe out boards of elections... This is Jim Crow 2.0."



U.S. lawmakers are signing on to a new pledge that promotes investing $10 trillion over the next 10 years in creating millions of union jobs that address climate change, economic inequality, and systemic racism. (Image: Sunrise Movement)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The climate crisis poses an existential threat to our planet, but it also brings massive opportunity to redress historic injustices and build a better future for all."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"President Biden can't stand for this any longer. He must protect Social Security beneficiaries by firing Saul and Black immediately."



A man carries a handgun in a concealed holster. (Photo: Ibro Palic/Flickr/c

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"This is much-needed good news following recent high-profile gun massacres in Atlanta and Boulder," said Kris Brown, president of the gun control group Brady: United Against Gun Violence.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"At the end of the day, we need massive tax reform in this country, so that we end the tax loopholes and the giveaways to the wealthy and large corporations."



Supporters of the People's Climate Case gathered outside the European Union's top court on Thursday. (Photo: Morris Kemp)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We will keep fighting for justice and for the protection of fundamental rights that are threatened by the unequal and diverse impacts of climate change."



Theresa Velasco, a union member of SEIU 721, participates in a rally on March 22, 2021 in downtown Los Angeles in support of Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama who are trying to unionize. (Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images).

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"I am proud to stand in solidarity with Amazon workers in Alabama who are fighting for better wages and better working conditions."



Volunteers from City harvest distribute food in Harlem on March 28, 2020 in New York City.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump's biggest regulatory attack on SNAP is officially dead and buried."



Digital rights advocates are once again warning against repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Of course Facebook wants to see changes to Section 230. Because they know it will simply serve to solidify their monopoly power and crush competition from smaller and more decentralized platforms."


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"The wealth defense industry thrives on the creation of complex trusts, opaque transactions, and volumes of paperwork that justify their highly paid services. Complexity is their bread and butter," writes Collins. "The Sanders team, however, is undaunted." (Photo: iStock/Getty Images)

by Chuck Collins
The Vermont senator and former presidential candidate takes shot across the bow of the wealth defense industry.


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