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."
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."
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "The emergency funding provided in this legislation is a desperately needed first step towards stemming the global extinction crisis."
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."
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."
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.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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