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News & Views | 8/9/21

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by Jessica Corbett
"We have the solutions to prevent further harm to people and the planet—it's time to implement them," says 350.org. "We must start by putting an immediate end to fossil fuels."

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by Andrea Germanos
“Your prohibition on mask requirements means no Arizona school can provide a safe learning environment,” a group of doctors told Arizona's GOP governor.



by Kenny Stancil
"We will bring undocumented people out of the shadows and provide them with a pathway to citizenship, including those who courageously kept our economy running in the middle of a deadly pandemic," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.



by Jake Johnson
"For too many decades, Congress has ignored the needs of the working class, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor. Now is the time for bold action."



by Kenny Stancil
"A climate crisis demands emergency action."



by Julia Conley
"The governor could declare this red tide an environmental emergency and free up funds for people hurt by the event."



by Andrea Germanos
The repudiation of the Thursday attacks comes amid "extensive, systematic destruction" of key infrastructure and ongoing conflict in northern Ethiopia.



by Jake Johnson
"It's way past time for policymakers to translate this stark warning into action."



by Jake Johnson
"The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk."


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by Kendra Pierre-Louis
Experts weigh in on how to change the systems and behaviors leading us to catastrophe.



by Frances Moore Lappé
Worldwide, democracy is in decline, with two-thirds of the world's people living in autocracies, including "electoral autocracies."



by C.J. Polychroniou
Humanity and the environment are under massive assault by global warming caused by human activities.



by Roy Eidelson
History is likely to remember both Rumsfeld and DeSantis as arrogant and reckless "public servants" who bore significant responsibility for unnecessary and unmitigated disasters.



by Norman Solomon
An affirmative program for progressive change—to substantially improve the economic and social conditions of people's daily lives—will be essential for mobilizing voter turnout and preventing the Republican Party from seizing control of the federal government.



by Cecilia Heffron
"When it comes to the climate, African faith communities are urging the world to think twice before pushing a technical and corporate farming approach."


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