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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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