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News & Views | 4/22/21
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Greta Thunberg Says Humanity Must Not Be Fooled by 'Bullsh*t' Climate Targets of World Leaders
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The Swedish campaigner says insufficient goals and empty rhetoric
represent the "biggest elephant there's even been in any room."
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On Earth Day, Climate Justice Alliance Calls on US to Embrace 'Real Solutions' to Planetary Emergency
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The environmental justice collective says the focus on "promoting
market-based approaches and unproven techno-fixes" will only cause more
harm.
Pressure Campaign Kicks Off in US to Force Big Pharma and Biden to End Vaccine Apartheid
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The absence of a WTO patent waiver, say public health advocates, "means
we won't end the pandemic, millions of people will die, and the global
economy will suffer."
'Existential Moment for Our Country': Cori Bush Leads 90+ Dems in Calling for Abolition of Senate Filibuster
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot let a procedural tool that can be abolished stand in the way
of justice, prosperity, and equity. We simply cannot afford such a
catastrophic compromise."
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Voting Rights Advocates Demand Senate Pass DC Statehood Bill After Historic House Vote
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
When the House voted on the issue in 1993, a majority of Democrats
joined the Republicans in rejecting the bill.
Justice Advocates Blast 'Dishonest and Barbaric' Majority Opinion by Kavanaugh in Juvenile Life Sentence Case
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Sotomayor said the troubling majority opinion was "fooling no one" in a
dissent characterized as "extremely powerful."
'No Hiding Behind COVAX Anymore': Critics Say Delivery Shortfall Shows Dire Need for Vaccine Patent Waiver
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Rich countries need to support an intellectual property waiver for
Covid-19 vaccines and force Big Pharma to share their vaccine blueprints
with the world."
To Push for 'Big and Bold' Agenda, Bowman to Deliver Progressive Response to Biden's Congressional Address
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"It's important for us as progressives to continue to push and continue
to organize," said the New York congressman.
Big Pharma's 'Appalling' $26 Billion in Shareholder Payouts Could Fund Vaccines for All of Africa: Report
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Instead of creating new vaccine billionaires, we need to be vaccinating
billions in developing countries."
'Blood of Innocents on Its Hands': Modi Government Blamed as India Faces Horrific Covid Surge
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Once the first wave subsided, the government almost declared victory
over Covid-19. The country's been caught unprepared."
WATCH LIVE: Biden White House Hosts Earth Day Summit on Climate Emergency
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by Common Dreams staff
"Our clean energy plan will create millions of good-paying union jobs,
ensure our economic competitiveness, and improve the health and security
of communities across America," Biden said in a declaration ahead of the
40-nation online gathering.
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We Must Call Out Our Naked Emperors on the Climate Emergency
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by Greta Thunberg
Why nobody should be fooled by the gaps between pledges and real action.
Biden's Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
For a president who promised a new era of American diplomacy, this has
been a dreadful start.
Big Banks Are Fueling the Climate Emergency
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by Joe Sanberg
"The only 'green' the big banks are interested in is your hard earned
money," writes @JosephNSanberg on #EarthDay #StoptheMoneyPipeline
It's Not Too Late to Reverse Course on the Climate Crisis
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by Frances Moore Lappé
We can act now with proven tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions and
store vastly more carbon in plants and the earth.
John Boehner: The Man of the House Never Did Man Up
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by Mike Lofgren
Beneath his blustering pretense of candor, the former Republican House
Speaker is as craven and self-serving as ever.
The Great Forgetting: Why We Forget Epidemics and Why This One Must Be Remembered
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by Nina Burleigh
This is the first pandemic in which the Internet enabled us to bear
witness not only to the panic, illness, and deaths around us, but to the
suffering of our entire species in every part of the globe in real time.
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Patriotic Millionaires Celebrate Biden Plans to Raise Capital Gains Tax Rate for Top Earners
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Senate Passes COVID-19 Hate Crimes Bill Amid Wave of Violence Against Asian Communities
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