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News & Views | 5/20/21
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As Covid Ravages Poor Nations, Pharma Vaccine Profiteering Has Created 9 New Billionaires
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"These billionaires are the human face of the huge profits many
pharmaceutical corporations are making from the monopoly they hold on
these vaccines."
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'January 6 Was Not Due to a Lack of Police Funding': Squad Members Reject Capital Hill Security Bill
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Reps. Cori Bush, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley refused to vote for
"more money for a broken system that has long upheld and protected the
white supremacist violence we saw on display that day."
Conservationists Celebrate Federal Introduction of 'Extinction Prevention Act'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The emergency funding provided in this legislation is a desperately
needed first step towards stemming the global extinction crisis."
WHO Calls for 'Humanitarian Pause' to Provide Gaza With Much-Needed Assistance
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The severity of injuries is straining an already overwhelmed health
system that is facing critical shortages of essential medicines and
supplies while also battling the Covid-19 pandemic."
Amnesty Calls on Biden to End 'Outrageous' US Weapons Sales to Colombia Amid Police Repression
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The United States government has been an agonizing party to the
killing, disappearances, sexual violence, and other torture and
horrendous repression of dozens of mostly peaceful demonstrations."
As Climate Crisis and Violence Converge, Internal Displacement Hit Global Record High of 55 Million in 2020: Report
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We are failing to protect the world's most vulnerable people from
conflict and disasters," said the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
'Tortured to Death': Video Showing Fatal Louisiana Arrest of Unarmed Black Man Sparks Outrage
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
A doctor who examined Ronald Greene's body after the deadly May 2019
encounter said the Louisiana State Police claim that he died in a car
crash "doesn't add up."
'US-Made Bombs Are Devastating Gaza': Sanders Resolution Aims to Block $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We cannot simply let another huge arms sale go through without even a
congressional debate."
Ahead of Biden Order on Climate Financial Risk, Coalition Says Wall Street Must Finally Be Held to Account
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Plans to make plans in no way matches the urgency of the climate
crisis; we need action from regulators now to stop the money pipeline to
climate chaos."
Targeted By AIPAC Ads Over Support for Palestinian Rights, Omar Vows 'No Level of Harassment Will Silence Me'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The rights of Palestinians and all people yearning for freedom and
self-determination will not be ignored."
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Why Israel Blows Up Media Offices and Targets Journalists
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by Norman Solomon
The Israeli government is now exerting deadly force on a large scale to
underscore an assertion of impunity—in effect, wielding power to
subjugate Palestinian people with methodical disregard for their basic
human rights.
State Terrorism as Public Relations
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by Robert C. Koehler
This is the mainstream definition of self-defense: provoking the
nobodies, then pounding them back into submission.
Koch's Americans for Prosperity Continues Its Assault on Medicaid During Covid
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by Don Wiener, Alex Kotch
In the states that have not expanded Medicaid, residents have to weigh
the costs of health insurance and medical care against other essential
needs, such as housing, food, and transportation to work.
The Post-Petroleum Resource Race and What to Make of It
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by Michael T. Klare
Lithium, cobalt, and rare earths.
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Newswire...
Sanders to Introduce the Addressing the Shortage of Doctors Act
Senator Bernie Sanders
One Year After George Floyd’s Murder: The Fight for Racial Justice Continues
The Sentencing Project
Food & Water Watch Sues EPA to Protect Waterways from Factory Farm Pollution
Food & Water Watch
The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act Signals Accountability for Violence Against Asian and Other Communities of Color
Amnesty International - USA
Signing of Hate Crimes Act Strengthens Fight Against Hate
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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