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News & Views | 6/16/21

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Presiden Biden and Sen. Schumer

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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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."



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."



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."



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."



by Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"Now is the time for action to lower drug prices and improve access to care for millions."



by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

'Urgent' action is needed, atmospheric scientist Markus Rex said.



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."



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.



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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War on drugs

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.



Biden_Putin

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.



climate agenda

by John Feffer

Instead of consigning China to the doghouse, why not create one big Green reconstruction team?



bezos

by Jim Hightower

It's not cynical to call the system corrupt when the corruption is put right under our noses.



unemployment-benefits

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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