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News & Views | 7/19/21
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Global Alliance for a Green New Deal Launches Visionary Campaign for the World
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by Andrea Germanos
"We don't have to wait for international agreements on the climate and
nature crises," the new alliance states. "Change can happen now."
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Sunrise Launches Green New Deal Jobs Website to Celebrate Future of Climate-Friendly Work
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by Andrea Germanos
The new tool shows "another future is possible—one that's not extractive
and includes fulfilling, good-paying jobs that will revitalize our
communities and combat climate change."
Outrage as Biden Says Fate of Immigration Reform Is 'For the Parliamentarian to Decide'
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by Jake Johnson
"The parliamentarian offers advice which the president and the Senate
are free to take or reject. This is Biden throwing the undocumented
under the bus and claiming, wrongly, he has no other choice."
'A False Solution': 500+ Groups Urge US, Canadian Leaders to Reject Carbon Capture
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by Jessica Corbett
"We need to ditch fossil fuels, not 'fix' them with technologies that
are dangerous, costly, unproven at scale, and at odds with environmental
justice."
Internet Companies' $234 Million in Political Spending Harms Efforts to Close Digital Divide: Report
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by Brett Wilkins
"Now more than ever, policymakers must pass reforms that not only close
the digital divide but also hold ISPs accountable for providing
high-speed, reliable, and affordable broadband."
'39 Men Still Remain': After Prisoner Released, Biden Urged to Close Gitmo Completely
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by Julia Conley
"Bringing an end to two decades of unjust and abusive military detention
of Muslim men at Guantánamo is a human rights obligation and a national
security necessity," said the ACLU.
'Human Folly, Not Human Achievement': Oxfam Slams Bezos Space Trip as Billions Suffer on Earth
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by Jake Johnson
"We've now reached stratospheric inequality. Billionaires burning into
space, away from a world of pandemic, climate change, and starvation."
In Gift to Rich Tax Cheats, Republicans Strip IRS Funds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
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by Jake Johnson
"Republicans can always be counted on to help billionaires not pay
taxes."
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With Abortion Under Assault, Time for Pro-Choice Men to Break Their Silence
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by Oren Jacobson
Anti-choice men are loud and clear on this issue, so it's time
pro-choice men step up and make some noise.
Decaying Democracy and the Deadly Lag
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by Ralph Nader
Lag time is another phrase for the "democracy gap." It is the space
between what most of the people want and need, and what those same
passive people suffer and tolerate.
Good Riddance! Let Outer Space Have Our Billionaires
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by Sam Pizzigati
Could space become the 'final frontier' in the struggle for a more equal
world?
The Republican Party Is an Enemy to American Families
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by Robert Reich
Mike Lee's Republican Party—the putative party of "family
values"—doesn't support needy families.
Josh Hawley Throws a Challenge at Big Tech—and at the Left
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by Harvey J. Kaye
In his new book, The Tyranny of Big Tech, the right-wing senator hijacks
the radical story of America.
When Does the Greed Stop?
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by Thom Hartmann
Our government has been corrupted by greed and the money it brings, and
that corruption has spread like a cancer to religion, education, and
helping professions like healthcare.
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Newswire...
The Poor People’s Campaign’s Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis & Nearly 100 Others From 42 States Arrested During Women's Moral March in Washington, D.C., on Monday
Poor People's Campaign
Rally to Stop SoCalGas in Ventura Unites 250+ Frontline Community Members, Elected Officials and Public Health Advocates
Food & Water Watch
Deadly Flooding Devastates Communities as Climate Crisis Hits Central Europe
350.org
Cleared Guantánamo Detainee Abdul Latif Nasser Repatriated After Nearly Two Decades
Reprieve
Patriotic Millionaires Celebrate Delaware Minimum Wage Hike, Demand Delaware Senators Support $15
Patriotic Millionaires
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