by Jake Johnson, staff writer "No matter how many PR statements Big Business puts out, its complicity with the antidemocratic forces that want to make voting harder is clear."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "This victory belongs to the thousands of Arkansans who spoke out against this discriminatory bill, especially the young people, parents, and pediatricians who never stopped fighting this anti-trans attack."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "A high global minimum tax can change the face of globalization—by making its main winners (multinational companies) pay more in taxes, instead of them paying less and less."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer Policies to "take Medicaid coverage away from people who don't comply with stringent work requirements... are deeply harmful."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer The administration's chief medical adviser also urged people not to "declare victory prematurely" against the coronavirus by forgoing public health measures like physical distancing.
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "There is a huge amount to be done... The international community must look to this trend as a source of inspiration to go further."
by Jon Queally, staff writer "With so much work to be done, there's no reason anyone in the richest country in the history of the world should be unemployed, underemployed, or working a job that isn't in the national interest."
by Jon Queally, staff writer "It's clear that Amazon has been violating the law when it tries to silence workers who speak out," said Christy Hofmann, general secretary of UNI Global Union.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Federal officials need to clean up this mess the fertilizer industry has dumped on Florida communities and immediately halt further phosphogypsum production."
by Robert Reich Biden is embarking on a huge and long-overdue repair job on the physical and human underpinnings of the nation while managing to keep most of a bitterly divided country with him.
by Matthew Guariglia "The first decade of the 21st century is characterized by a blank check to grow and expand the infrastructure that props up mass surveillance. Fusion centers are at the very heart of that excess."
by Kathy Mulvey "These six examples illustrate a stunning array of corporate abuse, deception, and misconduct by one of the world's largest and most powerful corporations."
by Malavika Vyawahare "What is happening at the Amazon-Cerrado boundary may be a precursor for feverish tropical forests across the world. Unlike humans, these forests won't have air conditioners or sunscreens to protect them."
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