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News & Views | 8/31/21
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'They're Going to Lose,' Says Sanders as Corporations Mobilize Against $3.5T Bill
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by Jake Johnson
"I've got a message for the healthcare industry: Your days of writing
legislation are over."
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Young PR and Ad Professionals Demand Industry Ditch Fossil Fuel Clients
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by Jessica Corbett
"If agencies want to remain relevant, and attractive places to work for
top young talent, they need to end their work for the worst polluters on
the planet."
Progressives Credit Courage of Biden, Lifelong Hawk, to End Afghan War
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by Julia Conley
"He may have been wrong about Iraq in 2003, but Biden is right about
Afghanistan in 2021."
'Horrific' Caldor Fire Forces South Lake Tahoe Residents to Evacuate
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by Kenny Stancil
"We are in a climate emergency," one meteorologist said in response to
the massive blaze.
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AOC, Tlaib Lead Call for Biden to Replace Trump Fed Chair With Climate Champion
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by Jake Johnson
"We need a leader at the helm that will take bold and decisive action to
eliminate climate risk."
Even as Afghan War Ends, GOP Attempts to Add $25B to Military Budget
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by Jake Johnson
"They want billions more for war even as we withdraw from Afghanistan.
We have to stop this amendment."
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Views...
Afghanistan May Forever Be the Graveyard of Empires
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by Michael Winship
Some "opposed ideas" about a twenty-year war.
Afghan Activist: We All Deserve Refuge, Not Just Those Who Served the US
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by Sarah Lazare
"This was a stupid occupation and invasion where nobody received
anything," says Afghan activist Nematullah Ahangosh.
The 2001 US Invasion Was Bound to Devastate the Afghan People
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by Clive Stafford Smith
What the U.S. got wrong about Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Farewell to Arms, Predator Drones, Night Raids...?
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by George Capaccio
Since the U.S. has done so much to destroy Afghanistan and bring even
more misery to the people, we are obligated, I believe, to provide
more-than-generous humanitarian aid and to safely evacuate all those who
wish to leave.
At the End of This Catastrophic War, We Need to Face the Truth
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by David Bacon
The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with
a long history of military intervention.
"Freedom" Does Not Mean Putting Our Children at Risk During a Pandemic
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by Robert Reich
America's children shouldn't be held hostage to a partisan political
brawl. It's time we focused solely on their learning and their safety.
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Newswire...
Biden's Plan Continues to Fail Those Most at Risk in Afghanistan
Amnesty International - USA
New Right Whale Plan Appears to Only “Delay Extinction”
Environment America
Feds Issue Final Rule to Reduce North Atlantic Right Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear
Center for Biological Diversity
Climate Activists Rally Near Nation’s Largest Ports to Call Out Amazon’s Ship Pollution
Stand.earth
Europe Sweeps Aside Its International Responsibility to Afghans
Oxfam International
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