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'Great News': Biden Backs 2002 AUMF Repeal as Schumer Announces Senate Vote
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This marks the first time in memory that a president has called for the
repeal of a war authorization, a significant step towards ending the
forever wars."
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Biden Urged to Embrace Top Democrat's Call to End Deadly US Sanctions Against Venezuela
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The terrible suffering and death that Venezuela has experienced in
recent years is overwhelmingly a result of economic collapse and
deprivation caused by U.S. sanctions."
Record Heat and Flimsy Power Grid Across US Illustrates Urgent Need for Green Infrastructure
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Texas' grid shutting down in both cold and heat," said one Democratic
lawmaker, "underscores the facts we need to invest in clean and
renewable energy infrastructure. Immediately."
Nina Turner Kicks Off '$27 Dollar Donation Challenge' After Hillary Clinton Endorses Establishment Candidate in Ohio
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"While the establishment is doing everything they can to stop our
movement," the progressive candidate said, "we will continue elevating
the issues."
Progressives Push for High-Speed Rail Funding in Infrastructure Deal
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This is part of our overall goal to create millions of union jobs in
the United States of America building climate infrastructure to bring
down our carbon emissions, save our future, and improve our quality of
life."
Unions Demand Pelosi and Schumer Include Lower Medicare Age, Drug Pricing Reform in Infrastructure Plan
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Now is the time for action to lower drug prices and improve access to
care for millions."
Scientist Who Spent Year at 'Epicenter' of Climate Crisis Warns World May Already Have Hit Arctic 'Tipping Point'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
'Urgent' action is needed, atmospheric scientist Markus Rex said.
Watchdog Demands FDA Chief Resign Over 'Reckless' Approval of Biogen Alzheimer's Drug
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is legitimately one of the most irresponsible and egregious
decisions in the history of the FDA. It needs to be a nationwide
scandal."
GOP Attack on Education Continues as Texas Bans Teaching of 'Critical Race Theory' in Schools
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
As GOP tries to stop students from learning about nation's history of
racism, thousands of teachers across the U.S. have signed a pledge
refusing "to lie to young people" about the past—or the present.
Wealth Hoarding by 'Silver Spoon Oligarchs' Is Endangering US Democracy: Report
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The five wealthiest dynastic families in the U.S. have seen their
wealth increase by a median 2,484% from 1983 to 2020."
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It's Time to End the War on Drugs Once and For All
by Ellen Glover
Nixon's War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden
should end it once and for all.
The Biden-Putin Summit Is an Opportunity to Ban Nuclear Weapons
by Beatrice Fihn
As Putin and Biden meet in beautiful Geneva, they should remember the
destruction and horror in Hiroshima and Nagasaki over 75 years ago, and
commit to working to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons before such a
tragedy happens again.
Building a Global Green New Deal
by John Feffer
Instead of consigning China to the doghouse, why not create one big
Green reconstruction team?
Who Pays More Taxes: Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, or You?
by Jim Hightower
It's not cynical to call the system corrupt when the corruption is put
right under our noses.
Generous Unemployment Benefits Are Not the Problem—Poverty Wages are
by John Buell
Business interests maintain their goal is merely to fill the slots with
qualified candidates, but in fact they aim to fashion a cadre of workers
who will accept, even actively seek, any job, no matter how demeaning or
dangerous.
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Newswire...
Legal Academics Call on Justice Breyer to Retire
Demand Justice
Court Cites Debunked, Industry-Backed Study to Block Biden’s Oil and Gas Leasing Pause
Accountable.US
Biden Should Agree to Request from Rep. Jim McGovern, of House Leadership, to End Deadly US Sanctions Against Venezuela
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
Injunction Reversing Biden’s Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Pause is 'Legally Wrong'
Earthjustice
'Say on Climate' Wins Shareholder Majority Vote at Booking
As You Sow
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