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News & Views | 6/9/21

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Keystone pipeline is dead.

by Jon Queally, staff writer

"Keystone XL is now the most famous fossil fuel project killed by the climate movement,' said one veteran campaigner, "but it won't be the last."

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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"Keystone XL was stopped on the merits of environmental justice and treaty rights; this is no different. We demand President Biden take action now."



by Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"Countless numbers of people have needlessly died while waiting for a breakthrough in these discussions," said one campaigner. "Governments must now clear away these artificial barriers to vaccine production and end this deadly pandemic."



by Julia Conley, staff writer

"The forests of the Pacific Northwest are a world-class natural climate solution. It is time that we started treating them as such."



by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The findings come just ahead of the 50th's anniversary of President Richard Nixon's drug war declaration.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Mitch McConnell and the Koch brothers are not worth setting the planet on fire for," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.



by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"This is groundbreaking and will be heard across the nation."



by Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"The lobbying, campaign contributions, and tax avoidance by these 55 companies is a never-ending cycle in which the companies spend to win tax breaks, then use the money saved from those breaks to try to get more."



by Julia Conley, staff writer

"Women must have the right to decide about their own bodies—that is a human right."



by Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"We have had enough of world leaders sitting and talking whilst the world burns around them, with Covid-19 and climate impacts continuing to wreak havoc," said one campaigner.


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by Mike Lofgren

Some of our top brass denounce socialism, but they run the most socialist organization on earth.



Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Photo via Creative Commons)

by Sonali Kolhatkar

The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global repercussions.



Sheikh Jarrah

by Jalal Abukhater

Palestinians expect more violence and expulsions as fragile eight-party coalition moves right to attract supporters of ousted leader Netanyahu.



Raise the wage

by Jim Hightower

If you treat employees as cheap, then that's what you'll get. But if you view them as valuable assets, then that's what they'll be—and you'll all be better off.



Vote here sign

by Chris Winters

"I think we’re at a key pivotal moment in time, and urgent moment in time for our democracy."



Gaza Child

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.


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