by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Global supply should not be dependent on the purely commercial prerogatives and exclusive rights of pharmaceutical companies holding the technology. There is simply too much at stake."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "While it's great that these executives and their companies oppose the Jim Crow-style laws that GOP lawmakers are pushing across the country, this kind of talk is cheap without action."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Our public lands and waters belong to all of us—not to fossil fuel executives who want to exploit our health and our kids' future to get rich," said Sen. Jeff Merkley.
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "We don't just need a wealth tax, we also need to give the IRS the tools it needs to make sure the ultra-rich finally pay their fair share."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Together our groups represent millions of people across the country all urging the Biden administration to put the health and safety of our communities and our climate before oil and gas profits."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "As the Biden administration considers its next steps, it should build on these foundations, end fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters, and embrace a clean energy future."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "Congress itself is the target," warned one internal threat assessment three days before the deadly attack by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "The in-person dispensing restriction—which the Trump administration fought to keep in place during the pandemic—prioritized ideology over science and endangered the health and well-being of Americans."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Letting this tool of authoritarian control spread throughout the private sector has serious implications for worker organizing rights and heightens the risk of catastrophic biometric data breaches."
by Michael Winship Flailing into oblivion, the frat boy politics of the Republican Party simply may end in its unseemly collapse – or national disaster.
by William Janeway Whether it is called "Build Back Better" or a "Green Industrial Policy" or, indeed, a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of "jobs against climate."
by Nicolas J.S. Davies "I think the United States and its populous, who vote these governments in, need to understand that the children and the people of Iraq are just like the children of the United States."
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