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News & Views | 4/30/21

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Supporters and opponents of then-nominee Amy Coney Barrett gathered outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the Senate is expected to confirm her on October 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Warning that a reversal of the 1973 ruling is the ultimate target, experts note that 2021 is on track to be "the most damaging anti-abortion state legislative session in a decade—and perhaps ever."

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Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) celebrates before President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress on at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2021. (Photo: Melina Mara/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It's almost insane to think that we would have to fight for these obvious steps," says Sanders. "But we must."



"Why the hell do we need robot police dogs?" Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) asked earlier this month. (Photo: YouTube screen grab via FNTV)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A spokesperson for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who called the Boston Dynamics device "creepy" and "alienating," said he was "glad the Digidog was put down."



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his wife Jane Sanders greet supporters at a May 3, 2016 rally in Big Four Lawn Park in Louisville, Kentucky ahead of the state's May 17 primary. Sanders lost the primary by half a percentage point to eventual Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. (Photo: John Sommers II/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Everyone expects progressives to lose in 2022," Sanders' team said, "but if we fight early, we're going to shock them all."


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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Simply put, S.B. 90 is undemocratic to its core," said the ACLU of Florida.




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"I won't accept piecemeal bills that exclude and criminalize my own community members," said organizer Hector Morales. "We need permanent protection for all."



"In a few days, at the WTO meeting, all eyes will be on America," said Medicare for All advocate Ady Barkan on April 29, 2021. (Photo: Twitter screengrab via More Perfect Union)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Millions of lives around the world are at stake."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"This is what happens when you opt for investing in working people over trickle-down economics."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A project which can only be insured secretly has lost its social license to operate," said one Trans Mountain opponent.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's a new day for nurses and patients across Maine."



A climate activist with Stop the Money Pipeline holds a sign during a rally in midtown Manhattan on April 17, 2021.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The climate crisis is a clear and present threat for both current and future generations," said Dyson Chee of the Hawaii Youth Climate Coalition.


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New Yorkers with Sunrise Movement take action In Brooklyn for an economic recovery and infrastructure package prioritizing climate, care, jobs, and justice, calling on Congress to pass the THRIVE Act on April 7, 2021. (Photo: Noam Galai via Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

by Ben Manski, Peter Knowlton
"By 2030 we will be on our way to a global economy that provides a good life for all on a living planet," states the Declaration of the 2020's. "Or we will be on an irreversible path to global misery through ecological collapse."



Activists hold signs as they take part in a rally in support of D.C. statehood near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2021. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
Making D.C. a state finally would end the denial of voting representation to more than 700,000 Americans, a majority of whom are Black or Brown.



President Joe Biden discusses his administration's American Jobs Plan in Pittsburgh on March 31, 2021. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Medea Benjamin
That's why many anti-war organizations and activists will continue to push the administration to improve its foreign policy record in the next 100 days, while also urging Congress to reject Biden’s increased military budget.



Migrant farm workers, Lake Forest, California (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Rebekah Entralgo
How the migrant women farmworkers who put food on our tables are organizing for a better life after the pandemic.



US President Joe Biden holds a pen as he prepares to sign a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

by Sam Pizzigati
A little history can help us with the answer.


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