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News & Views | 6/23/21
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'We're Not Going Away!' Nonviolent Protest Over Voting Rights Ends With Arrests in DC
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're saying across this country, it's time for people... to march on
these Senate offices," declared Rev. William Barber.
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Lawmakers Tell Biden US Has 'Moral Obligation' to Ban Landmines
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If the United States takes these steps it will be welcomed around the
world."
Report on ICE Reveals 'Cruelty and Coercion' Against Hunger Strikers
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The U.S. agency's systemic response of "coercion and violence," said an
ACLU attorney, "speaks to the inherently abusive and inhumane nature of
immigration detention."
Proposed New Oil Field in Scotland Ahead of Glasgow Climate Talks Decried as 'Obscenity'
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"If ministers are serious about facing up to the climate crisis they
must end their support for climate wrecking fossil fuels at home and
abroad."
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Leaked IPCC Draft Climate Report 'Reads Like a 4,000-Page Indictment' of Humanity's Failure
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is a warning of existential risk. Of survival. Of collapse," said
Extinction Rebellion.
US Navy Detonates 40,000-Pound Bomb Off Florida Coast
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
In addition to concerns about harm to sea life, progressives said the
money would be better spent on healthcare and other human needs.
Documents Show Saudi Operatives Who Murdered Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in US
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"America training death squads will come as a huge shock to anyone who's
never heard of the past 245 years of U.S. history."
'Disturbing': US Military Document Puts Socialists in Same Category as Neo-Nazis
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The Navy's new counterterrorism training guide says that socialists are
"political terrorists," just like neo-nazis.
'We Are the Workers': Socialist India Walton Declares Victory in Buffalo Mayoral Race
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"We do the work," the Democrat said after her primary win. "And we
deserve a government that works with and for us."
Sanders Rips GOP for Remaining 'Loyal to the Big Lie,' Says Filibuster Must Be Abolished
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Not a single Republican in the United States Senate has the courage to
even debate whether we should protect American democracy or not."
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Views...
We Can Have the Filibuster or Democracy—But We Can't Have Both
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by Peter Certo
The warning from democracy advocates is clear: Kill the filibuster and
pass the For the People Act, or our democracy won't survive.
We Must Do What Is Popular and Right, and Expand Medicare
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by Pramila Jayapal, Bernie Sanders
We cannot come out of this national public health crisis only to retain
the status quo—one that leaves at least 87 million uninsured or
underinsured.
99% of People in Poor Countries Are Unvaccinated
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by Maria De Jesus
Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine
distribution.
Ignoring Climate Goals, Biden Administration Greenlights Oil Drilling in Alaska
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
You cannot approve massive oil drilling projects if you want to swiftly
reach net-zero emissions.
Biden Can Stop Over 4,000 People From Being Sent Back to Prison
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by Udi Ofer
If President Biden allows thousands of people to be sent back to federal
prison, he would be presiding over the fastest expansion of the federal
prison population in history.
How Biden's Nuclear Train-Wreck Helped Raisi Win Iranian Election
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
A restored JCPOA and the end of U.S. sanctions would have left the
moderates in a stronger position, and set Iran's relations with the
United States and its allies on a path of normalization.
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Newswire...
New Poll: Voters Believe Social Media Companies are Profiting from Conspiracies and Lies, Driving Divisions in America
Data for Progress
Biden Expands Plan to Bring Back Asylum Seekers Forced to Wait in Dangerous Border Towns Under Trump’s Remain In Mexico Policy
Amnesty International - USA
SCOTUS Reaffirms President Biden's Power to Remove Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul
Social Security Works
The Senate Must Hear from American People About Urgent Need to Pass Election Legislation
Campaign Legal Center
Supreme Court Rules to Protect Students’ Full Free Speech Rights
ACLU
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