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Demonstrators hold a rally to "Free the Vaccine," calling on the U.S. to commit to a global coronavirus vaccination plan that includes sharing vaccine formulas with the world to help ensure that every nation has access to a vaccine, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2021. Shortly after the rally kicked off, the Biden administration announced its support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, and said it will negotiate the terms at the World Trade Organization. (Ph

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This has a real potential to help save lives, strengthen the economy, improve international relations and eventually end this awful pandemic."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The rule would have made it harder for workers at companies like Uber and Lyft to argue that they should be recognized as employees.



The Indian Point nuclear power plant is seen from Tomkins Cove, New York on April 22 2021. Indian Point ceased operations on April 30.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"A nuclear bailout is wrong for taxpayers, wrong for ratepayers, and wrong for the climate," said one expert.



Three Gentoo penguins on top of an iceberg at Yellow Point Beach on January 1, 2020 in King George Island, Antarctica.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Once you put enough heat into the climate system, you are going to lose those ice shelves, and once that is set in motion you can't reverse it."



Protesters rally in the Colombian capital Bogotá on May 5, 2021, the eighth day of a national strike that has been brutally repressed by state security forces. (Photo: Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The people of Colombia are being executed at the altar of austerity by a government that has lost its legitimacy in their eyes," said Progressive International.



Tenant rights activists hold a demonstration to protest what they claim to be inadequate legislative relief for renters during the Covid-19 pandemic and to call for the cancellation of rent on February 28, 2021 in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Housing rights advocates urged the Biden administration to appeal the ruling and "continue to vigorously defend and enforce the moratorium."



A crowd gathers at the U.S. embassy in Mexico City on November 15, 2019 to protest the coup d'etat in Bolivia and to denounce U.S. interference in Latin America. (Photo: Cristian Leyva/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Nearly half of respondents in 53 countries surveyed are worried about U.S. foreign policy, and almost two-thirds say economic inequality threatens democracy.



Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, testifies at a House hearing on April 15, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
One observer called Fauci's characterization of the patent waiver issue "extremely misleading."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"If you replace one combustion fuel for another combustion fuel, that is not a pathway to get you to a healthy energy system."



Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on January 29, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Imagine what we could do for people with $7 trillion. That's infrastructure, child care, paid leave, free college, climate action, and other investments in our communities."


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A Palestinian boy sits on a chair with a national flag as Israeli authorities demolish a school site in the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron on July 11, 2018. (Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images)

by Phyllis Bennis
The report reflects the power of decades of work in defense of Palestinian rights.



 Poverty, insecurity, systemic racism, massive economic inequalities, and social decomposition are not natural phenomena. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by C.J. Polychroniou
As long as the barbarism of neoliberal capitalism defines the present, the future can only belong to the left.



America has always depended on immigrants and undocumented workers. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by John Feffer
For countries facing a demographic crisis, immigrants are the answer.



The Great Lakes constitute one-fifth of the world’s fresh water. (Photo: Creative Commons)

by Tina Gerhardt
The Canadian oil company is feeling the heat as Indigenous groups, environmental organizations, and other activists are demanding that the President pull the plug.



Protesters march against U.S. military intervention and spending. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/Flickr/cc)

by Sonja Scherndl, Adam Parsons
Imagine what could be achieved if just a portion of the money spent on military expenditures were pooled into a global fund, and redirected towards ending hunger and massively investing in public health systems.



This cold war isn't something that could develop sometime in the future. It's already here. (Photo: CodePink)

by Richard Eskow
The US is waging an economic, propaganda, and military cold war against China, heightening tensions and increasing the risk of future confrontations. And it's getting worse.


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