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News & Views | 7/29/21
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'Turn This Destruction Around': 5 Months Left in 2021 But Humanity's Used Up Earth's Ecological Budget
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by Andrea Germanos
"Together we can choose one-planet prosperity over one-planet misery."
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Biden Asks Congress to Act to Prevent Evictions—Just 3 Days Before Moratorium Expires
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by Jake Johnson
"These calls should have come weeks ago, not 72 hours before the
moratorium expires."
'Until the FTC Acts, No One Is Safe': Groups Urge Ban on Corporate Facial Surveillance
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by Jessica Corbett
"For years now, the FTC has failed the public by abandoning their power
and authority to address these dangerous surveillance and data
practices."
'Poverty Is a Policy Choice': Study Projects Covid Aid Will Cut US Poverty Nearly in Half
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by Jake Johnson
"Eradicating poverty is not a utopian fantasy, it's a policy option."
Big Pharma Monopolies Make Cost of Global Vaccination Against Covid-19 5 Times Costlier Than Needed: Report
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by Brett Wilkins
"This is perhaps one of the most lethal cases of profiteering in
history."
Eliminating Carbon Emissions by 2050 Would Save 74 Million Lives This Century: Study
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by Kenny Stancil
There is "a significant number of lives that can be saved if you pursue
climate policies that are more aggressive than the business-as-usual
scenario."
Hours After Pelosi Comments, Pressley Says Biden Clearly 'Has the Authority' to Cancel Student Debt
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by Jake Johnson
"Student debt cancellation is a racial and economic justice issue and
President Biden should act," said the Massachusetts Democrat.
Progressives Threaten to Tank Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal If Their Demands Aren't Met
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by Jake Johnson
"A small bipartisan infrastructure bill doesn't have a path forward in
the House unless it has a jobs and families package with our progressive
priorities alongside it."
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'New Form' of Ice Cream 'Terrorism': How Ben & Jerry's Has Exposed Israel's Anti-BDS Strategy
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by Ramzy Baroud
Not only is the Palestinian struggle for freedom gaining global
traction, but the pro-Israeli discourse is finally discovering its
limitations.
Congress Needs to Force Biden to End the Yemen War
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by Sarah Lazare
Activists say it's not enough to trust Biden's promises to end U.S.
support for the war: Congress must compel him.
A Direct Pathway to Cementing DACA Rights Is Through Legislation
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by Sonali Kolhatkar
Republicans are still attacking undocumented young people—including
health care workers. Here's how to protect them for good.
Europe's Flooding Shows Climate Solutions Must Be Driven by People-Power
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by Lesley Rankin
It's time to stop viewing people as victims of environmental breakdown,
and start viewing them as an essential part of the solution.
Let's Reinvent the US Military for Real National Defense
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by William Astore
Ten ways to create a people's military.
We're Still in a Health Crisis. It’s Called Fossil Fuels
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by Cara Cook, Helena Randle
Fossil fuel pollution killed an average of one in five people, causing
nearly 9 million deaths in 2018 alone.
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Newswire...
Largest Federal Employee Union Responds to President Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Announcement
American Federation of Government Employees
Bayer to Remove Cancer-Linked Glyphosate From Roundup for U.S. Lawn and Garden Market by 2023
Friends of the Earth
70 Groups Formally Petition to Re-List Wolves as "Endangered" Throughout the West
Western Watersheds Project
House-Passed Federal Spending Bill Blocks Expansion of Offshore Drilling
Oceana
Monsanto-Bayer to End U.S. Residential Sales of Toxic Pesticide Glyphosate
Center for Food Safety
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