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News & Views | 8/26/21
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'We're Staying': Line 3 Opponents Camp at Minnesota Capitol to Protest Oil Pipeline
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by Jake Johnson
"The cops are gathered here by the hundred and the governor's brand new
fence glimmers in the background, but our spirit is resolved."
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News...
Biden's Latest Loan Forgiveness Sparks Fresh Calls to Cancel All Student Debt
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by Jessica Corbett
"Millions of borrowers are still waiting for President Biden to make
good on his promise to provide widespread student loan cancellation, and
the time to act is now."
Poor People's Campaign to Joe Manchin: Stop Hiding Behind 'Cowardly Filibuster'
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by Julia Conley
Protesters outside his West Virginia office say the senator cares more
about corporate interests than struggling people of his state.
Ilhan Omar to Joe Biden: Pardon Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale
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by Jake Johnson
The Minnesota Democrat argued that the information Hale leaked "has
shone a vital light on the legal and moral problems of the drone
program."
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In First for Australia, Court Orders Government Agency to Take Climate Action
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by Jessica Corbett
One nonprofit said the decision in a case brought by bushfire survivors
"should send a chill through the state's most polluting industries,
including the electricity and commercial transport sectors."
Children, US Soldiers Among Those Killed in Explosions Outside Kabul Airport
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by Jake Johnson
"We're not seeing a failed withdrawal. We're seeing the inevitable
consequences of intervention."
Planned Expansion of Facial Recognition by US Agencies Called 'Disturbing'
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by Julia Conley
"Face surveillance is so invasive of privacy, so discriminatory against
people of color, and so likely to trigger false arrests, that the
government should not be using face surveillance at all," said one
privacy advocate.
'Stop Making Things Worse': Biden Denounced for Plan to Resume Oil and Gas Leasing
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by Kenny Stancil
"More oil and gas leasing is insane policy in light of the climate
crisis," said one critic.
Peace Group Challenges 'Architect' of Failed Wars Tony Blair to Public Debate
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by Andrea Germanos
"Far from having a humanitarian impact, these interventions have served
to make the world a much more dangerous and unstable place."
Bernie Sanders Says $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Is 'The Minimum'
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by Jake Johnson
"I already negotiated. The truth is we need more," said the chair of the
Senate Budget Committee.
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Growing Old in the Newborn Universe
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by Robert C. Koehler
Only when I stop knowing what I know do I see the world as it is, do I
see it shimmer and pulsate, do I see it bleed wonder.
California Kids to Teachers' Pension Fund: Divest from Oil
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by Marcy Winograd
The nation's second largest pension fund invests in the climate crisis.
Meet the Former US Generals Making Bank Off Afghan War Bloodshed
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by Pratap Chatterjee
Publicly-Owned Generic Drugs Are the Answer
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by Dana Brown
Bold policies could have saved America's largest generic drug plant, but
it's never too late to start putting communities first.
Why We Urgently Need a Civilian Climate Corps
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by Isabella DeVaan
Like the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, a 21st century CCC
could create millions of jobs while repairing our environment.
It's Not Human Stupidity That Is Blocking Climate Action, It's Big Oil
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by Linda McQuaig
Efforts are being blocked by the fossil fuel industry—probably the most
powerful set of interests on earth.
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Newswire...
Surrounding This Year's Economic Policy Symposium, an Urgent Demand to End Fossil Fuel Finance
350.org
EPA: Neonicotinoid Pesticides Harm Vast Majority of All Endangered Species
Center for Biological Diversity
$6 Billion Meant for Afghan Military Must Be Used to Save Afghan Lives
Win Without War
Poor People’s Campaign to Speaker Pelosi: Hold the Line on Infrastructure to Protect Voting Rights, Pass $15/an Hour & End ‘Coward’s Filibuster’
Poor People's Campaign
Lawsuit Launched Over Dismal Pace of Foreign Wildlife Protections
Center for Biological Diversity
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