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Pay a Living Wage or 'Flip Your Own Damn Burgers': Progressives Blast Right-Wing Narrative on Jobs
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"If one in four recipients are making more off unemployment than they
did working, that's not an indictment of $300 a week in UI benefits.
It's an indictment of corporations paying starvation wages."
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'We Cannot Go Backwards': Sanders, Dems Lead Push for Free School Meals Bill
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Every child deserves a quality education free of hunger," Sen. Bernie
Sanders said. "A universal approach to school meals works."
As Hiring Undershoots Expectations, Biden Urged to Go Big With $10 Trillion Jobs Plan
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Millions of people are out of work, and the unemployment rate is
rising. The real risk isn't doing too much—it's doing too little."
Tens of Millions of Displaced People Excluded From Vaccine Programs
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"No one is safe until everyone is safe, and that is absolutely the same
for vaccination programs."
GOP-Led Texas House Passes 'Straight-Up Assault on Voting Rights' in Dead of Night
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Every day the Republican Party is working to strip Americans of their
right to vote."
Ocasio-Cortez Expresses Solidarity With Colombia's Working Class Facing Off Against Right-Wing Government
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"These citizens were protesting against anti-working class reforms and,
for that, they lost their lives," said the congresswoman.
Big Pharma Stocks Rebound After Germany's Merkel Speaks Out Against Vaccine Patent Waiver
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"By blocking wider vaccine production globally, the E.U., U.K., and a
few other laggards are boosting pharma companies' profits while people
are suffering and dying."
After Bill Gates' Opposition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Says 'Yes' to 'Narrow' Patent Waivers
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"No barriers should stand in the way of equitable access to vaccines,
including intellectual property, which is why we are supportive of a
narrow waiver during the pandemic."
Four Minneapolis Cops Charged With Federal Civil Rights Crimes in George Floyd Case
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
A federal grand jury indicted Derek Chauvin, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane, and
J. Alexander Kueng of willfully depriving the unarmed Black man of his
constitutional rights.
Watchdog Demands Records on DeSantis' Voter Suppression 'Publicity Stunt' on Fox News
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Depriving people of their voting rights is a deeply vile attack on
civil rights, and DeSantis turned it into a sleazy publicity grab," said
Ben Jealous.
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Crucial Next Steps for a Successful People's Vaccine
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by Jayati Ghosh
The world desperately needs the TRIPS waiver and stronger measures to
ensure the transfer of knowledge and technology to produce Covid-19
vaccines.
Big Pharma Greed Will Prolong Pandemic—If We Don't Fight Back
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by Joseph Stiglitz, Lori Wallach
The Covid-19 vaccines have been developed by scientists from all over
the world, thanks to basic science supported by numerous governments. We
must not let drug companies put profits ahead of lives.
Fascism's Global Spread Is as Real as the Pandemic's
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by Walden Bello
In the world's largest democracies, far-right movements that embrace
violence, reject democracy, and target the vulnerable are on the rise.
The Deep Work to Humanize the People Killed by Police
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by Robert P. Alvarez
The standard, often unreliable reporting on police killings dehumanizes
victims—a fact my own family knows too well.
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Newswire...
Patriotic Millionaires Blast Chamber of Commerce on Call to End Expanded Unemployment Benefits
Patriotic Millionaires
Global Protests Target Banks Funding Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
Stop the Money Pipeline
Sudan Debt Relief Moves Forward
Jubilee USA Network
Idaho Governor Little Signs Wolf Extermination Bill Into Law
WildEarth Guardians
Statement on Alexei Navalny’s status as Prisoner of Conscience
Amnesty International - USA
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