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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden has pledged to cut carbon emissions 50% and decarbonize our electricity sector, but this proposal won't even come close."

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South American immigrants arriving illegally from Mexico disembark from an inflatable boat on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande river at the border city of Roma on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The New York Democrat also explained how the U.S. carceral system and foreign policy relate to the nation's immigration system.



solar panels and wind turbines

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Cleaner and lower-cost wind and solar, coupled with battery storage, will drive fossil fuels out of the market."



Demonstrators rallied outside New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office in Manhattan calling for the Democrat to support the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act on June 16, 2019. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
One advocate said the law is "rooted in racial and economic justice, in an effort to repair harms while also setting a new standard for anti-racist, class-conscious, and gender-expansive policymaking."



Nominee for EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, speaks at the Queen theater on December 19, 2020 in Wilmington, DE. President-elect Joe Biden announced his climate and energy team that will advance an ambitious agenda to address the issues of climate change. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The move, said Administrator Michael Regan, "will ensure the agency receives the best possible scientific insight to support our work to protect human health and the environment."



A nurse comforts a woman who was distraught seeing her husband on a ventilator due to Covid-19.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The American model of health reform—throwing money at private insurers—cannot solve it."



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), listens during a press conference introducing the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021 on March 18, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"This is not nearly enough," the New York Democrat said of Biden's $2.26 trillion proposal.



Aerial view of a burning area of Amazon rainforest reserve south of Novo Progresso in Para state on August 16, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As in past years, commodity-driven deforestation was the leading cause of tree cover loss."



Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the House Triangle on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Democratic moderates are holding climate policy hostage to get a tax cut for the rich."


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US President Joe Biden holds a pen as he prepares to sign a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

by Mark Schlosberg
Troubling signs that the White House won’t go big enough in the fight against climate chaos.



Since 1985, the average Wall Street bonus has increased 1,217 percent, from $13,970 to $184,000 in 2020. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo)

by Sarah Anderson
The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs paying $15 per hour for a year.



Sure, there can be too much debt, but the USA is a resource-rich, sovereign nation, not a fly-by-night corporate huckster. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo)

by Jim Hightower
The only debt problem our government has in this time of immense national need (and extremely low borrowing cost) is that we're not incurring enough of it—for the right purposes.



Dr. Natalia Echeverri, (L) asks Karen Rosales if she is in need of a COVID-19 test or anything else as she checks on the homeless on April 17, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

by Stephanie Porta
The pandemic exacerbated an already dire housing situation, with millions struggling to find and keep shelter.



Republicans are intent on holding on to power at all costs, like the Afrikaners in apartheid South Africa. (Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by David A. Love
Republicans who failed to overturn the 2020 presidential election are now trying to prevent future electoral defeats through voter suppression.



Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters on September 27, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jim Naureckas
What Myers does with this deceptive summary of U.S. policy is what I find most striking.


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