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Global Justice Now and The People’s Vaccine projection campaigning for global vaccine equality in London on March 8, 2021.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The continued calls come amid India's "tsunami" of Covid-19 cases.


People hold placards during a protest in support of Amazon workers in Union Square, New York on February 20, 2021.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The fight for the PRO Act is a fight for a future of dignity for all workers," said Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York.


Construction championed by then-President Donald Trump continued on a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border on January 12, 2021 in Sasabe, Arizona. (Photo: Micah Garen/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Now they must commit to restoring protected public lands and sacred sites, and tearing down sections of wall."


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."



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


The sky over San Francisco and much of northern California turned orange on September 9, 2020 due to numerous climate-driven wildfires burning in the region. (Photo: Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"We need to reinvent our relationship with planet Earth. The future of all life on this planet—humans and our societies included—requires us to become effective stewards of the global commons."


The THRIVE Act plans to create nine million jobs by upgrading infrastructure for clean water, affordable public transit, and a reliable electric grid and expanding access to wind and solar power, electric vehicles, and healthy buildings. (Photo: aydinmutlu/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The bill aims to ensure "an intersectional response" to the climate crisis, coronavirus pandemic, economic inequity, and racial injustice "that is proportionate to the scope of the problems we face."


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives before President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol April 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We must take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, lower drug prices, and use the savings to expand Medicare."


President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House on April 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Taxes have become almost optional for the super-rich. President Biden's plan is a welcome first step in reversing wealth hoarding and tax avoidance."


A sign shows the location of the Pasterze Glacier—the longest remaining one in Austria—in 1970, with its current position seen far in the distance. (Photo: Robert Wallis/Corbis via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"A doubling of the thinning rates in 20 years for glaciers outside Greenland and Antarctica tells us we need to change the way we live," the study's lead author said.

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