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News & Views | 6/22/21

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Rep. Mondaire Jones said Sinema is effectively arguing that "we should let Republicans destroy democracy now because at some indeterminate time in the future they may try again."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The global community deserves true partnership from the U.S., but the threat that this destructive policy could reemerge undermines relationships and harms people around the globe."



by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
An analysis for Friends of the Earth finds the social cost of CO2 calculates to at least 15 times the Biden administration's current figure, which is set to be finalized by early next year.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As citizens of the world, we cannot sit and watch a repeat of the horror during the AIDS pandemic, when millions of people died while countries and companies refused to share life-saving antiretrovirals."


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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"They did not conquer us; we are still here resisting," the group said following their seven-week trans-Atlantic voyage marking the 500th anniversary of the conquest of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
"In this moment of racial reckoning, in the midst of a burgeoning movement to protect the fundamental right to vote, it should not escape notice that the nation's worst violation of civil rights falls heaviest on Black women."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said the president has "been AWOL on voting rights and ending the filibuster, which are critical to everything else America must achieve."



by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Findings, says lead researcher, shows "that this vital global resource must not be taken for granted."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Not only is this decision a stunning rejection of our constitutional values and protesters' First Amendment rights, but it effectively places federal officials above the law."



by Jenna McGuire, staff writer
"The recommendation from UNESCO is clear and unequivocal that the Australian government is not doing enough to protect our greatest natural asset."


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by John Nichols
The work of putting the Department of Justice fully and firmly on the side of press freedom is far from finished.



by Laura Carlsen
The Biden administration says it wants to counter the corruption that’s driving displacement. Does that apply to U.S. allies in Honduras?



by Annemarie Gibson
Why every member of Congress should support the Lower Drug Costs Now Act for affordable medicine.



by Zoe Weil
One of the challenges with teaching young people about the problems in the world, and motivating them to work on solving them, is the discouragement (or worse) that so many feel about the possibilities for lasting positive change.



by Rev Dr Liz Theoharis
Are these stirrings really the sound of a Third Reconstruction in the United States?



by Marisol B. Girela, Miriam Camero
When asylum-seekers—who, like refugees, are fleeing serious threats to their life or freedom—enter the U.S., we do all we can to ensure they fail.


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