by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Today's bombshell report from the International Energy Agency is easy to translate," said Bill McKibben. "Anyone who continues to engage or invest in fossil fuel development is wrecking the climate."
by Julia Conley, staff writer "Today, the people of Palestine are once again going on strike for their liberation—and calling on the world to join them."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "President Biden cannot have true credibility advocating for other countries to respect human rights if he does not prioritize closing Guantánamo."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "It was bad enough when Palestinians in Gaza weren't able to get vaccinated, but now to reportedly lose their only coronavirus testing lab is... beyond words."
by Jenna McGuire, staff writer "Transitioning away from the take-make-waste model of single-use plastics will take more than corporate leadership and 'enlightened' capital markets; it will require immense political will."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "When it comes to putting people before profits, Facebook has forfeited the benefit of the doubt, and we strongly urge Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids."
by Ramzy Baroud We must save Sheikh Jarrah, but we must also save Gaza; we must demand an end to the Israeli military occupation of Palestine and, with it, the system of racial discrimination and apartheid.
by Kelly Trout This is huge. An agency that has consistently boosted new oil and gas development in its flagship annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) is now backing up the global call to stop the expansion of fossil fuel extraction.
by Jonathan Cook Not only have some journalists become more influential than the papers they write for, but others have abandoned the employee-servant model completely.
by Robert Reich Unless the stepped-up basis loophole is closed, we will soon have a large class of hugely rich people who have never worked a day in their lives.
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