by Norman Solomon Turner's defeat is a victory for an array of wealthy individuals and corporations alarmed at her willingness to challenge such corporate powerhouses as Big Pharma, insurance firms and the fossil-fuel industry.
by Jessica Corbett "It is disgraceful that Facebook is attempting to squash legitimate research that is informing the public about disinformation on their platform."
by Julia Conley Rep. Barbara Lee, the only member of the U.S. House to vote against the AUMF in 2001, called the vote "a major victory in our fight to end forever wars."
by Brett Wilkins The first-of-its-kind suit alleges U.S. weapons firms "design, market, distribute, and sell guns in ways they know routinely arm the drug cartels in Mexico."
by Jessica Corbett "For years, the EPA has avoided protecting children from learning disabilities and has kept chlorpyrifos on the market, in our food, and in our water."
by Jake Johnson "We cannot accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it, while the world's most vulnerable people remain unprotected."
by Phyllis Bennis It's not enough to honor millions of refugees with an Olympic team of their own—they need rights, not just the opportunity to win medals.
by Dean Baker The idea that millions of people will needlessly die because our political leaders did not want to jeopardize the profits of the pharmaceutical industry is too horrible to be aired in places like the New York Times, Washington Post, and National Public Radio.
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