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News & Views | 8/13/21

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by Andrea Germanos
"No one will look back through history with anything but shame and sorrow for the human suffering wrought and the repeated failures of the U.S. war machine."

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by Jessica Corbett
"Let us be very clear that the vast majority of cases and hospitalizations and deaths are unvaccinated," said one state health official.



by Jake Johnson
"This is not the new normal. Extreme temperatures and deadly weather will only get worse if we continue business-as-usual."



by Brett Wilkins
"There have been in excess of 377 oil spills since 2015 and no one has ever been charged or prosecuted. Every drop of hydrocarbon has an ever-lasting impact on our marine ecosystem.”



by Kenny Stancil
"I would say the scientists have done their job and now policymakers have to do their own job," said one climate researcher frustrated by the lack of serious action on the existential crisis.



by Jake Johnson
"The greatest threat to Biden's agenda is not the Progressive Caucus or the Squad, but these conservative Democrats."



by Jake Johnson
"To date, 10 countries have administered more than 75% of the world's vaccines, while low-income countries have received just over 1%."


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by Rebekah Entralgo
Two years after the largest workplace raid in U.S. history, Democrats just passed a budget framework that could make millions of immigrant workers less vulnerable to exploitation.



by Ramzy Baroud
If we continue to talk about global warming without confronting the capitalist menace that generated much of the crisis in the first place, the conversation will continue to amount to nil.



by James Baratta
The beaches belong to the people. They are not for sale.



by Tony Norman
Millions of Donald Trump's supporters believe he will be installed as president today or sometime in the near future.



by Juan Cole
You can't win a war if you don't have a clear objective. The war is lost before it begins.



by Max Richtman
This is a historic opportunity for Congress to take action for the people—and build upon the foundation of Social Security that President Roosevelt began eight-six years ago.


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Patriotic Millionaires

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

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