"If we want to avoid catastrophic climate change, the highest priority must be to reduce CO2 pollution to zero at the earliest possible date."

"79% of West Virginia voters support the For the People Act," said Common Cause. "Why doesn't Sen. Joe Manchin?"

"We strongly believe that the reforms outlined in this blueprint will go a long way towards eradicating much of the senseless and counterproductive harm that has been caused," said the director of ACLU's Stop Solitary Campaign.

"The egregious acts by the outgoing Trump Justice Department, and the apparent doubling down on them during the Biden administration, should alarm all Americans, regardless of political persuasion."

"These are not administrative failures, they are a devastating, mass-scale assault on human rights."

"No one anywhere is safe from Covid-19 until everyone is safe everywhere."

But Oxfam International says 2021 "could be a turning point if governments grasp the challenge to create a safer more liveable planet for all."

"We didn't need an op-ed to know you're unwilling to protect our democracy," said Rep. Mark Pocan.

"Israel is on a rampage in Sheikh Jarrah, detaining journalists and prominent Palestinians... all because they won't shut up about being ethnically cleansed from their homes."

"We need to protect all that we have left of the sacred gifts and land."

Republicans have consistently adopted a reactionary orientation on race, ethnicity, and gender issues, and are fervid opponents of majority rule.

Covid-19 infections in most countries have been hugely underestimated—not least because rich countries bought almost all the tests.

A reminder that a late 19th century Speaker of the House, a Republican, successfully quashed the filibuster—for the sake of the nation.

As the Vice President seeks to remedy root causes of migration, she should vow to dismantle neoliberal rules that have been devastating for rural and Indigenous peoples.

Without Manchin, is the For the People Act dead? Probably, unless Biden can convince one Republican senator to join him in supporting it.

Humanity's survival into the twenty-second century and all our hopes for a bright future depend on building new political and economic systems that will simply and genuinely "do what is best for all of us."