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News & Views | 8/18/21
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WHO Decries Vaccine Inequity as a 'Shame on All Humanity' as US Moves Ahead With Boosters
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by Jake Johnson
"The divide between the haves and have-nots will only grow larger if
manufacturers and leaders prioritize booster shots over supply to low-
and middle-income countries."
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GOP State Officials Take Step Toward Overseeing Elections in Georgia's Heavily Democratic Fulton County
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by Julia Conley
"Voters deserve better," said one advocacy group.
As Covid-19 Cases Rise, Global Task Force Lays Out How to Avert Future Pandemics
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by Jessica Corbett
"We must take actions that prevent pandemics from starting by stopping
the spillover of diseases from animals to humans."
Progressive Democrat Morgan Harper Launches Campaign Against Rep. Tim Ryan for Ohio Senate Seat
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by Andrea Germanos
"I don't think Democrats will flip Ohio if we nominate another
establishment insider," she told supporters.
US Urged to Aid Afghan Journalists Seeking Safe Passage Amid Reports of Taliban Beatings
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by Brett Wilkins
"This is a moral imperative for the United States," said James Risen of
the Press Freedom Defense Fund.
Finding Loophole in Abbott's Mask Mandate Ban, Texas School Board Adds Face Coverings to Dress Code
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by Julia Conley
"If your dress code can enforce skirt lengths, it can enforce masks."
Dozens of Democrats to Biden: Revoke Permits for Line 3 Pipeline
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by Jake Johnson
The U.S. lawmakers warned construction of the Enbridge-owned tar sands
pipeline has "grave implications" for nearby ecosystems.
Lawmakers Demand Answers From FDA on Timeline of Covid Vaccines for Kids Under 12
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by Kenny Stancil
"With kids going back to school and cases surging, we need to know when
children under 12 will be able to get vaccinated," said Rep. Katie
Porter.
'Twenty Years of War Have Failed': Progressive Caucus Urges US Diplomacy With Taliban
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by Jake Johnson
"War and conflict never produce peace and stability. Violence and
militarism, even when cloaked in the language of humanitarianism, are
fundamentally at odds with human flourishing and opportunity."
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Supplemental Security Income: Let's Strengthen It and Make History!
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by Nancy J. Altman
A growing movement led by a number of champions in Congress is working
tirelessly to have important improvements to SSI included in the
upcoming reconciliation package.
Decades of Disaster: Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan
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by Peter Certo
Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of
our four decades of intervention.
Dangerous Thinking: Carbon Capture Technology Won't Solve Our Emissions Problems
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by Wenonah Hauter
Pennsylvania and other places want to push forward on carbon removal
plans, but there's little evidence for their impact.
From Soil to Society: A Systems Approach to Change
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by Siena Chrisman
To build a different system—one that values healthy soils, biodiversity,
clean water, and human capital over exploitation and profit at all
costs—we must invest in the knowledge that supports it.
The Taliban Surrendered in 2001
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by Richard W. Behan
But George Bush was fighting a war for oil and empire, and victory would
pose a huge tactical difficulty: with no enemy to fight he would have to
demobilize his forces in the Mideast and bring them home.
Profiteering From Vaccine Inequity: A Crime Against Humanity?
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by Fatima Hassan, Gavin Yamey, Kamran Abbasi
Companies and rich nations are creating a deadly Covid-19 vaccine
"protection racket."
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Newswire...
EPA Cancels All Uses of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
Center for Food Safety
EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Finally
Earthjustice
Army Corps Orders Full Environmental Review of Formosa Plastics’ Controversial Louisiana Plant
Center for Biological Diversity
Voting Rights Take Center Stage Once Again, House of Representatives Introduces the Voting Rights Advancement Act
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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