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Minimum Wage Would Be $44 Today If It Had Increased at Same Rate as Wall St. Bonuses: Analysis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Since 1985, the average Wall Street bonus has increased 1,217%, from
$13,970 to $184,000 in 2020."
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'Revolutionary Moment': Biden White House Announces Major Boost for Offshore Wind
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"As our country faces the interlocking challenges of a global pandemic,
economic downturn, racial injustice, and the climate crisis, we must
transition to a brighter future for everyone."
'Just Look at the Torture Video,' Says George Floyd's Family Lawyer as Chauvin Trial Begins
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"America, the whole world is watching. Do we really have equality and
justice for all?"
'Getting Nervous'? Bezos Told Amazon Execs to Hit Back at Critics Amid Historic Union Drive
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"He's afraid that if Amazon workers in Alabama vote to unionize, it'll
give workers all over America the courage to take on his greed and win
economic justice."
CDC Director Warns of 'Impending Doom' as Covid Cases Rise Across US
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of
where we are and so much reason for hope, but right now I'm scared."
Georgia Hit With Pair of Lawsuits Over Sweeping Voter Suppression Law
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The Georgia NAACP will continue to fight until every voter is able to
freely and confidently participate in democracy," vowed the state
president.
Bowman Blames Decades of US Capitalism, Imperialism for Flow of Asylum-Seekers
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by Jenna McGuire, staff writer
"The best we can do is implement a 21st century Marshall Plan and help
to rebuild Central America in the same ways that we have destroyed it."
Now 'Do It,' Progressives Demand as Biden Weighs Support for Lifting Covid Vaccine Patents
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Vaccines must be treated as public goods available at affordable
prices, available for all," said South African President Cyril
Ramaphosa.
'Vraie Loi Climat!': Tens of Thousands March in France to Demand Much Stronger Climate Law
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
French President Emannuel Macron, said one demonstrator, "is going
backwards—he's performing a moonwalk, he's an artist who pretends to go
forward but in fact he's only going backwards."
Birx Says Most Covid Deaths in US Were Preventable, So Ted Lieu Asks: Why Didn't You Challenge Trump?
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The malicious incompetence that resulted in hundreds of thousands of
unnecessary deaths starts at the top, with the former President and his
enablers."
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President Biden Must Fire Andrew Saul and David Black Immediately for Sabotaging Social Security
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by Alex Lawson
Just because a new president is in the White House doesn't mean these
two holdovers have stopped acting as Donald Trump's agents.
Neoliberalism Is a Killer
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by John Buell
Biden's recent characterization of Putin applies to this dominant
ideology as well.
America's Long Wars Are Losers: No Bang, No Whimper, No Victory
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by Andrew Bacevich
The siege of ancient Troy, which lasted a decade, inspired Homer to
write the Iliad . Although the American war in Afghanistan has now gone
on almost twice as long, don't expect it to be memorialized in an epic
poem.
Republicans Fabricate "Crisis" of Violent Immigrants Crossing the Border
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by Robert Reich
The "surge" has been fabricated by Republicans in order to stoke
fear—and, not incidentally, to justify changes in laws they say are
necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting.
Prelude to Tax Day
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by H. Patricia Hynes
The biggest Tax Day elephant in the room resides in the 5-sided military
mansion, the Pentagon, with its criminally large budget—nearly a
trillion dollars each year siphoned from our tax dollars.
Austerity Makes Covid-19 Deadlier
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by Servaas Storm
Mortality and economic data show how constraints to government spending
and a skepticism of redistributive policies have made the pandemic far
worse.
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Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Derek Chauvin’s Defense Attempting to Use Drugs as Justification for George Floyd’s Death
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Center for Popular Democracy’s Statement on the Extension of Eviction Moratorium
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Biden Administration Announces Plan to Boost Offshore Wind Development
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350.org on Biden’s Plan to Expand East Coast Wind Farms
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Oceana Applauds President Biden Offshore Wind Plan as ‘Game-Changing’
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