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."
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."
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."
by Julia Conley, staff writer "These citizens were protesting against anti-working class reforms and, for that, they lost their lives," said the congresswoman.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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