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News & Views | 5/25/21
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Republicans Accused of Economic 'Sabotage' as Florida Becomes 23rd GOP-Led State to Slash Jobless Benefits
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"No one should face financial ruin for living in states run by
Republicans."
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'There Needs to Be a Global Outcry': Palestinians and Allies Decry Israeli Mass Arrests
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The more that Palestinians stand up for their rights," warned one
rights campaigner, "the more they will be crushed."
'Auchincloss Is a Shill': Democrat Excoriated for Siding With Big Pharma Against Lower Drug Prices
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"There's nothing 'moderate' or 'bipartisan' about blocking plans to
lower drug prices," said one organizer.
Health Systems of Dozens of Countries Near 'Total Collapse' Due to Oxygen Shortages
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"If oxygen capacity is there for mining companies to extract, the
capacity must be there for the health system to save lives."
Israel's Assault on Gaza Left 400,000 Without Regular Access to Clean Water: Oxfam
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We stay up all night looking for water to fill plastic buckets," said
one mother in northern Gaza.
IG Report Shows Top Trump Officials at EPA Hid Threats of Toxic Dicamba Herbicide
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Now that the EPA's highly politicized, anti-science approach to
fast-tracking use of this harmful pesticide has been fully exposed, the
agency should cancel dicamba's recent approval," said one critic.
'This Took Courage': 500+ Former Biden Campaign Staffers Urge President to Denounce Israeli Violence
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Open letter calls on the president to "work to end the underlying
conditions of occupation, blockade, and settlement expansion that led to
this exceptionally destructive period."
Study Shows 91% of People Killed or Injured by Explosives in Global Cities Were Civilians
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In its new report, Action on Armed Violence urges states and others to
"commit politically to stop using explosive weapons with wide area
effects in populated areas."
100+ AP Staffers Condemn News Agency for 'Sacrifice' of Emily Wilder After Right-Wing Smear Campaign
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Wilder's firing has left AP employees "wondering how we treat our own,
what culture we embrace and what values we truly espouse as a company."
Warren Bill Would Nearly Triple IRS Budget to 'Go After Wealthy Tax Cheats'
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"For too long, the wealthiest Americans and big corporations have been
able to use lawyers, accountants, and lobbyists to avoid paying their
fair share."
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Biden, Blinken, and the Emperor's New Rules
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
The newly-touted "rules-based order" by the U.S. is its latest
smokescreen for a foreign policy based on illegal threats and uses of
force and a doctrine of "might makes right."
One Hundred Years Later, the Mark of History Still Scars Tulsa Today
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by Jesse Jackson
No one has been held responsible for the Tulsa massacre that left
hundreds of Black people dead and their prosperous community in ruins.
The Pratasevich Case Is an Urgent Reminder That Europe Fails to Protect Exiles
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by Thomas Rowley
The operation to detain Raman Pratasevich is a call to action to protect
journalists, dissidents and people seeking protection in Europe—at all
costs.
Biden Should Stop Placating Republicans on Jan. 6 Commission, Look to Chile on the Costs of Compromise
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by Sidney Tarrow
The compromises made by the center-left parties in Chile not only
squandered their chance to reform the economy, but left the government
largely unaccountable to an electorate that had long rejected the
country's neo-liberal model of development.
The Connection Between Black Lives Matter and the Palestinian Solidarity Movement
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by Sharmeen Ziauddin
On the anniversary of George Floyd's murder, it is hard not to draw
comparisons between Black Lives Matter and growing international
solidarity with the Palestinians.
When It Comes to the Tools of Death and Destruction, No One Tops the US
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by William Hartung
America dominates arms sales again and again.
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Newswire...
ACLU Clients and Government Agree to Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s International Criminal Court Sanctions Regime
ACLU
Historic Day, Historic Nominee: Kristen Clarke Becomes the First Woman Confirmed to Lead the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Groups Call Out Facebook's Litany of Abuses at Tech Giant’'s Federal Lobbying HQ
Public Citizen
Senate Confirms Kristen Clarke as First Woman—and First Black Woman—to Lead the Civil Rights Division
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
New York State Teachers Pension Fund Increases Coal Investments to Over $300 Million
350.org
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