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News & Views | 4/16/21

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A refugee camp near Mytilene, Greece on September 20, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden is turning his back on tens of thousands of refugees around the world who have been approved to come to the United States."

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A bumble bee (Bombus) collects pollen on a lavender plant. (Photo: Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

by Jenna McGuire, staff writer
Researchers found that one of the herbicide formulations killed 96% of the bees within 24 hours.



The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on November 24, 2020 in New York City. As investor's fear of an election crisis eases, the DowJones Industrial Average passed the 30,000 milestone for the first time on Tuesday morning. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Year in and year out, this torrent of money gives Wall Street an outsized role in how we are governed."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Ending this isn't just about consequences for who pulls the trigger. It's about admitting to and confronting an entire system that exists to protect, defend, and cover up state violence."



Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday, April 15, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Republicans' insistence that the most profitable companies in the world shouldn't contribute a single penny to investments in roads, schools, and our clean-energy future is simply not acceptable."



Since the 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the war has cost trillions of dollars and nearly a quarter-million lives. (Photo: Veronique de Viguerie/Edit by Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Ending the war as soon as possible is the only rational and humane thing to do," said a co-director of the Costs of War Project.



Northwestern Greenland in the Arctic Circle is visible from a satellite on August 12, 2019. (Photo: Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2019/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We want this to be very visceral and real for people, and a ray of hope that there's actually a lot we can do."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Letter urges president to "prioritize people over pharmaceutical company profits."



People take part in a demonstration as part of the campaign "Stop Killer Robots" organized by German NGO "Facing Finance" to ban what they call killer robots on March 21, 2019 in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The biggest threats are the 'modernization' of nuclear weapons and the new 'revolution' of weapons," says Peace Prize winner Jody Williams.



Demonstrators at a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Miami, Florida on June 6, 2020. (Photo: LightRocket/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"This bill is a disgrace to our state."


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A coalition of healthcare advocacy organizations gathered outside Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Mary Robinson
Intellectual property rules are not sacrosanct; this is, after all, an unprecedented crisis.



Micaela Iron Shell has painted red hands over their mouth to show solidarity for missing and murdered indigenous, black and migrant women and children during a rally with Climate activist Greta Thunberg at Civic Center Park on October 11, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

by Osprey Orielle Lake, Katherine Quaid
"The fossil fuel industry, and their financiers, are leading us further down the path of irreparable climate disaster, and we need to understand who is being harmed first and worst by their actions."



Map of countries with projected austerity cuts in 2021-2022, in terms of GDP, based on IMF fiscal projections. (Photo: I. Ortiz and M. Cummins, 2021)

by Isabel Ortiz, Matthew Cummins
It is imperative to watch out for austerity measures with negative social outcomes. After COVID-19’s devastating impacts, austerity will only cause more unnecessary suffering and hardship.



Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. seen close from the rear, speaking to 25,000 civil rights marchers in front of the Alabama state capital building, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery march, Montgomery, Alabama, March 25, 1965. (Photo: Stephen Somerstein/Getty Images)

by Bernice A. King , Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Our deepest moral and constitutional traditions point us toward the possibility of a more perfect union when we respect the basic democratic principle of one person, one vote.



A spoiled ballot in Ecuador's recent presidential elections. (Photo by @AlinaDuarte_)

by Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores
Given all the strikes against Arauz, it is remarkable the progressive presidential candidate Andrés Arauz did so well.



Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) attends a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on April 15, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19. (Photo: Amr Alfiky-Pool/Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
The attitude of people like Jordan is why we are heading for 600,000 dead in the pandemic.


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