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'Fossil Fuel Exit Strategy' Shows Transition to Renewable Future Totally Doable
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The hurdle is no longer economic nor technical; our biggest challenges
are political. A cleaner future is within reach."
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75% of Foreign Public Confident Biden Will 'Do the Right Thing,' Up From Just 17% Under Trump
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The Pew Research Center survey shows a massive improvement in the
international image of the United States.
Maya Wiley Consolidates Progressive Support in New York City Mayoral Race
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If we don't come together as a movement, we will get a New York City
built by and for billionaires," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
among the latest to endorse the civil rights attorney's campaign.
'Shameful Failure': Biden's OSHA Excludes Most Workers From Covid Protections
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"We've learned over decades that employers, especially in low wage
industries, rarely choose to prioritize their workers' safety; we need
government to mandate actions that safeguard lives and well-being," said
Oxfam America.
New Campaign to Fight Amazon's Push for World 'Dominated by Total Corporate Surveillance'
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Amazon's surveillance-driven police state is fundamentally incompatible
with racial justice, civil rights, and democracy," said Fight for the
Future's Evan Greer.
'Unequivocally Deadly': Cop Flips Over Car of Pregnant Woman Who Didn't Pull Over Fast Enough
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Not only is what she did not wrong," said one observer, "it's what
you're supposed to do: turning on hazards to indicate you're complying
and pulling over at the next safe place."
'The Truth Can't Be Hidden': Omar Hits Back at Dems Upset by Critique of US-Israel Atrocities
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all
victims of crimes against humanity."
As European Parliament Endorses Vaccine Patent Waiver, EU Urged to Stop Putting Pharma Profits Over Human Life
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The E.U. has helped the Big Pharma billionaires long enough, now we
need to help the billions. It is time to break the vaccine monopolies
and put people before profit."
Biden Plan to Donate 500 Million Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Called 'Drop in the Bucket' in Face of Acute Global Need
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Billions of people awaiting a path out of the pandemic desperately need
President Biden and other world leaders to find far greater ambition."
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Views...
Consumerism, Another Inheritance From the Slavery System
by Jorge Majfud
The new 'help' from Washington would end up imposing a new wave of
dictatorships and the carrot of consumerism would impose itself upon
every other dimension of human life as an act of faith, an
incontrovertible dogma.
A True Biden Withdrawal From Afghanistan? Don't Bet on It
by Walden Bello
Biden has promised an end to the endless wars. But such promises are not
easy to keep.
Are Crazed Commies Running American Corporations?
by Carl Rhodes
If we agree that economic justice is a defining issue for socialism,
then complaining that CEOs and business owners have made an abrupt
left-turn is patently ludicrous.
Biden Must Lift Trump's Harsh Restrictions on Cuba Now
by Medea Benjamin
The dire food and medicine shortages caused by the pandemic and the U.S.
blockade must be addressed.
Protecting Borders, Not Life
by Robert C. Koehler
The point of the Space Force has nothing to do with protecting the
planet's future. Its point is to extend the planet's random borders
beyond the stratosphere.
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Newswire...
House Panel Takes Valuable Step Toward Reversing Catastrophic Methane Rule
US PIRG
EPA Takes Important Step Toward Science-based Policy, Environmental Justice
Earthjustice
Groups to Biden: Halt New Oil Drilling, Cancel Trump Leases on Public Lands
Western Watersheds Project
Court Halts Drilling on 630 Square Miles of Federal Oil Leases in Key Sage-grouse Habitat
Center for Biological Diversity
CAIR Condemns Increasing Death Threats Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
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