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News & Views | 8/27/21
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Exclusive: Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction
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by Jake Johnson
By striking down the CDC's eviction moratorium, said one critic, the
Supreme Court "sided with rich corporate landlords that are itching to
kick out vulnerable families."
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'Home Care Can't Wait': Ady Barkan, ACLU Target Sinema for Abandoning People With Disabilities
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by Kenny Stancil
Healthcare advocates are fighting for Congress to include $400 billion
for home and community-based services in the $3.5 trillion
reconciliation package.
To Avoid 'Spoiling' Hungry Children, Wisconsin School District Opts Out of Free Meal Program
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by Julia Conley
"No matter their family income, it's unacceptable for any student to go
hungry at school," said the Wisconsin Democratic Party.
Cori Bush Demands to Know Where Fellow Dems Stand on Eviction Moratorium
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by Jake Johnson
"Just wondering—are some of the Democrats who attempted to sink the
Biden agenda this week part of the same group blocking legislation to
extend the eviction moratorium?"
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'Win for Common Sense': Judge Strikes Down DeSantis Ban on Mask Mandates
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by Julia Conley
Florida court's ruling comes as CDC director warns school outbreaks are
happening where health guidance is not being followed.
'Ban Neonicotinoids Right Now,' Say Conservationists After EPA Pesticide Review
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by Andrea Germanos
"The EPA doesn't need any more proof," said one expert after agency
analyses detailed threat to endangered species.
US Group Says $6 Billion Earmarked for War Should Now Go to Assist Afghan People
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by Kenny Stancil
"Every last dollar of the $6 billion must be used to help save Afghan
lives, not to boost Pentagon contractor profits," said Win Without War.
Dental, Insurance Lobbyists Quietly Target Democrats' Medicare Expansion Plan
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by Julia Conley
Insurance companies' opposition to comprehensive coverage, said one
lawmaker, is "all the more reason, in my opinion, that we need to do
it."
Biden Urged to Push Israeli PM to End 'Systematic Human Rights Abuses'
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by Andrea Germanos
The demand comes as Biden is set to have his first meeting with the
far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
'The Answer Cannot Be More War,' House Dem Says After Deadly Attack in Afghanistan
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by Kenny Stancil
"We must resist the urge to let our pain dictate our policy," said Rep.
Sara Jacobs. "If we don't, we will have learned nothing from the last 20
years."
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Walmartland: How US Stores Colonizing Mexico Are Displacing Local Culture
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by Tamara Pearson
More and more US transnationals have opened up in Mexico over the past
few decades, taking advantage of unfair trade agreements,
super-exploitative labor conditions, and cheap utilities.
Asking If Afghanistan Will Become Breeding Ground for Terror Is the Wrong Question
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by Thom Hartmann
Bush & Cheney have gotten away with lying us into two wars & wildly
enriching their friends; meanwhile, more people are dead & the media
won't even ask the right questions. Will we ever learn?
From Afghanistan to Central America, US Creates Refugee Crises
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by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
The United States has a responsibility to provide a safe haven for
refugees, from Afghanistan, Latin America, or elsewhere, and to cease
interventions that fuel these crises and displace so many.
Afghan Feminists Warned Us That War Wouldn't Free Them
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by Sonali Kolhatkar
The Taliban's return ought to be sparking retrospection among American
elites about the folly of exploiting Afghan women's oppression for war.
The Only Real Socialism in the US Is Corporate Welfare
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by Robert Reich
We do have socialism in this country—but it's not Democrats' policies.
The real socialism is corporate welfare.
Deadly Attacks Proves Why US Withdrawal Is Only Course
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by Juan Cole
Rather than arguing for the U.S. going back into Afghanistan, the
ISIL-K—Taliban Civil War that just broke out again is an
incontrovertible argument for the US departure from that country.
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Campaign Aims to Pressure Congress to Include $400 Billion in Home and Community-Based Services Promised By President Biden in the Budget Reconciliation Package
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