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Progressives Say 'Do This for Everyone' as Biden Erases Student Debt for People With Severe Disabilities
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by Jake Johnson
"Now do the rest of the $1.8 trillion," said The Debt Collective.
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Sanders Traveling to Indiana and Iowa to Pitch $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan to Working Americans
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by Julia Conley
"While it will have no Republican support in Washington, Democrats,
Independents, and working-class Republicans all over the country support
our plan to finally invest in the long-neglected needs of working
families," said the senator.
'Victory for Environmental Justice': Review Ordered for Proposed Cancer Alley Plastics Complex
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by Jessica Corbett
"I am hopeful that this is the nail in the coffin of Formosa Plastics in
St. James Parish," said the head of Louisiana Bucket Brigade.
Adding to US Failures in Afghanistan, Taliban Have Grabbed Billions in Weaponry
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by Andrea Germanos
"Clearly, this is an indictment of the U.S. security cooperation
enterprise broadly."
Unvaccinated Covid-19 Patients Strain Alabama Hospitals Amid Warning of 'Potentially Apocalyptic' Crisis
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by Brett Wilkins
One doctor said that "this could have been prevented had we gotten
vaccination numbers to higher levels."
Biden Education Dept Threatens GOP Leaders With Legal Action, Federal Probes Over Mask Mandate Bans
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by Julia Conley
"We totally need the help," said one school superintendent of a Florida
district that's been threatened with sanctions for defying a ban on mask
mandates.
Experts Warn Rich Nations' Push for Boosters Could Lock in Vaccine 'Apartheid'
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by Jake Johnson
"More for me. None for you. America first. This is American Covid-19
vaccine policy now," one epidemiologist lamented as the U.S. moved ahead
with its booster campaign.
Feds Targeted BLM Activists to Foil Racial Justice Protests: Report
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by Kenny Stancil
"The federalization of protest-related charges was a deliberate and
cynical effort to target and discourage those who protested in defense
of Black lives."
'Resounding' Climate Win as Judge Blocks Alaska Drilling Project Defended by Biden
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by Jake Johnson
"We must keep Arctic oil in the ground if we want a livable planet for
future generations."
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Don't Use Girls as Justification for Bombing Afghanistan, Again
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by Nandini Archer
Dear British feminists, Western military intervention is never a good
thing.
The Crimes of the West in Afghanistan and the Suffering That Remains
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by Fabian Scheidler
As in Iraq, as in Libya, as in Mali. It is time to finally bury the
doctrine of the so-called "responsibility to protect", which was coined
at the time of the beginning of the Afghan war, and to brand it as what
it was from the beginning: a neocolonial project.
How California's Top Democrats Paved the Way for a Republican Governor This Fall
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by Norman Solomon
Whether Newsom will remain governor past mid-autumn now looks like a
coin flip. And what's at stake in the recall goes far beyond
California—in fact, all the way to the nation's capital.
The All-American Base World
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by Patterson Deppen
750 U.S. military bases still remain around the planet.
The Hourly Minimum Wage Should Be $26
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by Dean Baker
Not only did the federal minimum wage not keep pace with productivity
growth, it did not even keep pace with inflation.
Let’s Pull the Child Tax Credit from the Ashes of the Social Infrastructure Bill
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by Andrew Wolk
A permanent child tax credit should appeal to Democrats and Republicans
alike. Here's why.
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Newswire...
U.S. PIRG Supports FTC Antitrust Case vs. Facebook
US PIRG
White House Climate Czar Gina McCarthy Must Resign
Food & Water Watch
Poll: 7-in-10 American Voters Support U.S. Investment in a Global Vaccine Manufacturing Program
Public Citizen
Lawsuit Seeks to Regulate Plastic as Hazardous Waste
Center for Biological Diversity
Interior Department Announces Federal Coal Review, First Step Toward Ending Federal Leasing Program
Center for Biological Diversity
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