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News & Views | 6/28/21

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The climate movement rallies outside the Biden White House

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We will sit here until you commit to the side of climate justice, commit to an American Jobs Plan written with bold ambition against the climate crisis."

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Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We call for calm and to avoid escalation in all its forms," the Iraqi statement added.


Gavin Grimm

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Our work is not yet done," said one ACLU attorney, who noted that the organization is "continuing to fight against anti-trans laws targeting trans youth in states around the country."


Protesters demonstrate outside of the offices of Missouri's Republican governor.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's almost as if the pandemic unemployment benefits weren't the issue."

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Demonstrator holds image of George Floyd

by Julia Conley, staff writer
A report commissioned after the killing of George Floyd pointed to the "impunity" with which police violate the human rights of people of African descent all over the world.


Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"There will not be a bipartisan infrastructure deal without a reconciliation bill that substantially improves the lives of working families and combats the existential threat of climate change."


President Joe Biden speaks at the Pentagon

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The easiest way to protect U.S. forces in Iraq is... for there not to be any U.S. forces in Iraq."

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United Mine Workers

by Nora De La Cour
Democrats should take every opportunity to join with labor in challenging the corporations that trample over workers and the planet alike in their unquenchable thirst for profit.


berta caceres

by Chris Morrill
Honduran movements need our solidarity in demanding justice for Berta.


displaced gaza

by James Zogby
Creeping annexation and oppression continue.


American Militarism

by Andrew Bacevich
We have paid dearly for that ignorance and will likely pay even more in the years ahead. So it goes.


California Wildfire

by Katharine Hayhoe
It's as if we humans have been driving blindly into the future, navigating only by what we can see of the past in the rear-view mirror.


for the people

by C.J. Polychroniou
The progressive forces fighting for a democratic future have a truly herculean task ahead of them.

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American Economic Liberties Project
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Earthjustice
Center for Biological Diversity
Color of Change

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