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Your Week in Review
As Activists' Hunger Strike Reaches Day 13, Calls Mount for Biden to End US Complicity in Starvation of Yemen
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"My pain cannot amount to that of Yemenis under siege," said one hunger
striker. "I am starving, but I am not being starved. I am suffering, but
I can choose to end that suffering."
As Amazon Election Spotlights Rigged System, Senate Dems Urged to Nuke Filibuster and Pass PRO Act
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In most states, it is easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to join a
union."
Despite Pledges on Tribal Relations and Climate, Biden Declines to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"If Biden wants to be a climate leader on the world stage, he needs to
start at home."
Six Months to Prevent a Hostile Takeover of Food Systems, and 25 Years to Transform Them
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by Nick Jacobs
A misguided technological revolution is about to sweep through food
systems, but civil society and social movements can stop it in its
tracks.
'Fire Every Board Member Then Fire DeJoy': Lawmaker Fury Grows Over Postal Service Leadership
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Instead of holding DeJoy accountable, the USPS Board of Governors
confirmed what I always suspected was true," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth.
'Deadly and Dangerous': Biden Rebuked for Embrace of Trump's Policy on Landmines
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is the wrong approach," said the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Jayapal, House Dems Propose Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate Personhood
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The Washington Democrat said the proposed amendment "ends corporate
constitutional rights, reverses Citizens United , and ensures that our
democracy is really of the people, by the people—not corporations."
'We Have to Act': Atmospheric CO2 Passes 420 PPM for First Time Ever
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"It is truly groundbreaking," Greta Thunberg said of the growing
concentration of the heat-trapping gas. "And I don't mean that in a good
way."
'Follow the Money': Corporations Gave $50 Million to GOP Lawmakers Behind Voter Suppression Onslaught
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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."
To Halt '30-Year Race to the Bottom,' Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Tax on Corporations
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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."
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