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News & Views | 7/23/21
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Revealing 'Extreme and Regressive Strategy,' Mississippi Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Roe
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by Andrea Germanos
"This has always been the anti-choice movement's agenda behind closed
doors—now they're operating in plain sight."
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Ilhan Omar Demands Answers After First Somalia Airstrike of Biden Era
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by Brett Wilkins
"It is critical that we realize we are not going to simply drone the
al-Shabaab problem to death," the Somali-American congresswoman
asserted.
'Huge Legal Win': Court Stops Police From Blockading Line 3 Protester Camp
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by Kenny Stancil
One attorney described the blockade as "an outrageous abuse of law
enforcement authority serving the interests of the Enbridge corporation
against its environmental opponents."
Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Renewables Would Add 8 Million Energy Sector Jobs Worldwide: Study
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by Brett Wilkins
"Currently, an estimated 18 million people work in the energy
industries—a number that is likely to increase, not decrease, to 26
million if we reach our global climate targets."
Wyden Warns Millions of Poor Families Could Be 'Denied' Child Tax Credit Unless IRS Acts
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by Jake Johnson
Without urgent fixes to a shoddy online application portal, Wyden said,
many of "America's most vulnerable communities" will not receive the
expanded monthly benefit.
In Pre-Sentencing Letter, Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Says Crisis of Conscience Motivated Leak
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by Brett Wilkins
"I came to believe that the policy of drone assassination was being used
to mislead the public that it keeps us safe... I began to speak out,
believing my participation in the drone program to have been deeply
wrong."
Landslides in India Kill 100+ as Monsoon Rains Pummel Nation
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by Kenny Stancil
"We have been talking about climate change and it is happening," said
one of the country's top environmental officials.
150 Voting Rights Groups Warn Biden Against Attempting to 'Out-Organize Voter Suppression'
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by Julia Conley
"Every American deserves and should be able to rely on a baseline level
of voting access... Only passage of both the For the People Act and the
John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act can make this aspiration a
reality."
'A Day of Shame': Australia Lobbying Thwarts Push to List Great Barrier Reef as Endangered
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by Jake Johnson
Greenpeace Australia called Friday's World Heritage Committee vote "a
victory for one of the most cynical lobbying efforts in recent history."
'A Huge Outrage': Senate Panel Approves $25 Billion Pentagon Budget Increase
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by Jake Johnson
"Not so incidentally, the $25 billion spending increase approved by the
Senate Armed Services Committee exactly matches the cost to scale up
Covid-19 vaccine production to meet global demand."
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Deadly Disparity: Closing the Tree Equity Divide
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by Tara Lohan
A project in Los Angeles could help communities that lack tree canopy
and provide a much-needed tool to protect residents from dangerous
temperatures.
Economists Worry Covid-19 May End Standardized Testing Altogether
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by Steven Singer
However, test scores are effectively useless.
This Is What Happens to Child Migrants Found Alone at the US Border
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by Randi Mandelbaum
Legally, the U.S. is obligated to care for these children from the
moment they arrive until they turn 18, according to carefully defined
procedures.
The Climate Crisis Has Gone Critical
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by David Helvarg
Human-induced climate change has gotten so bad that our only hope isn't
to reverse it, but to simply save what we can.
Congress Should Ensure a Better Medicare
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by Bill Kadereit
A low out-of-pocket cap in Medicare would save lives and help millions
of lower and middle-income people with Medicare who are skipping needed
care.
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Court Orders Police to Cease Illegal Blockade of Indigenous-led Water Protectors Camp at Line 3 Issues Restraining Order Against Sheriff Aukes and Hubbard County
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund
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