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News & Views | 6/30/21

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Rep. James Clyburn speaks at a news conference

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Nina Turner is surging and the big money interests are pulling out all the stops to defeat her."

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Sunrise Movement members march to the White House

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This is not a bold agenda, it is technocratic market-speak that is decades out of date."


Andrea Constand with her lawyer after Bill Cosby was convicted of sexually assaulting her in 2018.

by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Today is a blow to survivors everywhere, who deserve so much better than this."


FTC Chair Lina Khan speaks during a hearing

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Amazon's bogus motion is—at least in part—meant to deter people who might enter public service from making public statements criticizing unrepentant monopolists. Do not be deterred."

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IEN protests at White House

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Protesters are calling on the president and Congress to "prioritize climate justice, racial justice, Indigenous rights, housing justice, and transit justice in the infrastructure discussions."


Biogen logo is seen on a smartphone

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The revelations "paint a damning picture of drug regulators who surrendered their independence and objectivity," said Public Citizen's Michael Carome.


US Airstrike Syria

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"It is past time to change course and start repairing the damage done. Disavowing and ending the lethal strikes program is both a human rights and racial justice imperative in meeting these commitments."


Indigenous people gather at the site of Kamloops Indian Residential School.

by Julia Conley, staff writer
"We will not celebrate stolen Indigenous land and stolen Indigenous lives," said advocacy group Idle No More.


A child cools off at a community water park amid sweltering heat

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is not the new normal. Normal is going to keep changing until we stop emitting greenhouse gas."

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wall street

by Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein
Mainstream economics ignores the massive government interventions that "free market" capitalism requires.


Honduras Violence

by Belén Fernández
How the events of 2009 in Honduras shaped my worldview.


Chipotle

by Robert Reich
It would have been possible for Chipotle to avoid raising its burrito prices by paying its executives less. But Chipotle decided otherwise.


Desantis

by Will Bunch
Campus 'red scare’ takes Florida back to the '50s.


drinking water

by Jim Hightower
The good news is that the U.S. public is not only increasingly aware of the inexcusable inadequacies and inequalities in our water system but also increasingly outraged.

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350.org
Public Citizen
Center for Climate Integrity
Common Cause
Food & Water Watch

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