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'Biggest Tax Story of the Year, If Not the Decade': Analysis Shows Just How Little Richest .001% Pay in Taxes
by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The personal federal tax bill for the top 25 in 2018: $1.9 billion. The
bill for the wage earners: $143 billion."
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Corporate Ad Giant WPP Targeted for Helping Big Oil Greenwash Its 'Net Zero' Hogwash
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The climate impact of an advertising agency is the work it does in the
world, not the lightbulbs it has in its offices."
Ro Khanna Introduces Bill Allowing States to Carve Path Toward Medicare for All
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Single-payer systems at the state-level, said one advocate of the new
bill, would "demonstrate just how much better they are than our
fragmented for-profit healthcare system."
'Manchin Is Only Moved by Corporate Donors,' Says Bowman as Koch-Backed Group Lobbies Against Voting Rights Bill
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The provisions in the For the People Act are widely popular, among
Democrats and Republicans. It's just not popular among billionaire
donors."
Schumer Blasts McConnell for Treating Equal Pay for Women as 'Radical'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is a fundamental issue of fairness," said the Democratic Senate
Majority Leader.
'We Are Coming': Poor People's Campaign to March Against Manchin Obstructionism in West Virginia
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Manchin's positions are wrong, constitutionally inconsistent,
historically inaccurate, morally indefensible, economically insane, and
politically unacceptable," said the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
Critics Decry 'Preventable Mass Death' in Africa as Rich Nations 'Just Sit Back and Watch'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Our priority is clear," said a top WHO official. "it's crucial that we
swiftly get vaccines into the arms of Africans at high risk of falling
seriously ill and dying of Covid-19."
'No Evidence Whatsoever': Left Refutes Right-Wing Candidate's Election Fraud Claims in Peru
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The allegations of fraud from a former dictator's daughter came as
voting results showed her leftist rival with a narrow lead.
Health Campaigners Rage Against EU Effort to Undermine WTO Patent Waiver on Covid Vaccines
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The E.U. 'plan' is to urge current vaccine makers to produce more, an
approach that already has failed spectacularly and now imperils the
world."
Progressives Warn of More GOP Whitewashing of History as Abbott Launches '1836 Project'
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Of course, if they actually did talk about the reasons Texas declared
independence from Mexico, it would be a very radical course," said one
critic.
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Arms Sales: What We Know About Bombs Being Dropped in Our Name
by Danaka Katovich
In this day and age where videos of U.S. allies committing war crimes
are readily available on Twitter or Instagram, no one can claim that
they don't know what U.S.-made weapons are used for around the world.
Are We Ready to Emerge From Covid-19? Revisiting the Pandemic as a Portal
by Judy Rohrer
Instead of rushing to emerge, we would do well now to slow down, take
stock of the luggage we are carrying and the carcasses we are still
dragging.
Is the White Working-Class Turning to the Right?
by Les Leopold
The hunt for reliable data and the entanglement of race-class
demographics in the era of Trump.
Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised to Write a New Chapter in Peru's History
by Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores
On the foreign policy front, Castillo's victory will represent a huge
blow to U.S. interests in the region and an important step towards
reactivating Latin American integration.
Those Peddling Inflation Fears Should Not Be Heeded
by Joseph Stiglitz
Far from signaling the return of significant inflation, temporary price
increases are exactly what one would expect in a recovery following an
economic shutdown.
Neoliberalism in Their Hearts, Proto-Fascism in Their Heads: The Political Identity of Today's GOP
by C.J. Polychroniou
Republicans have consistently adopted a reactionary orientation on race,
ethnicity, and gender issues, and are fervid opponents of majority rule.
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Newswire...
#WelcomeWithDignity Campaign Responds to Today’s Family Reunification Report
Amnesty International - USA
IRS Records Show Rampant Tax Avoidance by America's Wealthiest Billionaires
Patriotic Millionaires
Ultra-wealthy Rig Their Own Tax System
Institute for Policy Studies
Demand for Accountability Grows As Over 200,000 People Urge the Department of Justice to Create a Special Task Force to Investigate President Trump
Free Speech for People
200 Continue to Occupy Enbridge Matting Near the Mississippi Headwaters Over Night Exercising Treaty Rights
Indigenous Environmental Network
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