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News & Views | 9/1/21
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Since 9/11, US Has Spent $21 Trillion on Militarism at Home and Abroad
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by Jake Johnson
"Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than
dollars."
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News...
'Catastrophic Injustice': Judge OKs Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Shielding Sacklers
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by Jessica Corbett
"The greed of some Sacklers fueled an opioid epidemic that has killed
more than 500,000 Americans," said Rick Claypool of Public Citizen.
National Laws Needed, Say Defenders of Women, After SCOTUS Attack on Roe
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by Julia Conley
"Democrats have the power right now to do something about the Texas
abortion ban, and every other far-right power grab," said one observer.
"They are not helpless bystanders."
Report Reveals Indigenous Resistance Disrupts Quarter of US and Canadian Emissions
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by Jessica Corbett
"The numbers don't lie. Indigenous peoples have long led the fight to
protect Mother Earth and the only way forward is to center Indigenous
knowledge and keep fossil fuels in the ground."
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Billions of People Could Live Years Longer If Policymakers Reduce Air Pollution: Study
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by Julia Conley
In the northern part of India, where nearly 250 million people live, the
average person could live eight years longer if air pollution was
reduced.
'A Wake-Up Call': Study Finds Extinction Risk for 30% of Tree Species
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by Brett Wilkins
"Strengthened action is urgently required to prevent further species
extinctions and restore damaged and degraded ecosystems."
As Texas Guts Voting Rights, Progressives Ask: Will Biden Fight to Save US Democracy?
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by Jake Johnson
"President Biden, it is time to call on the Senate to end the filibuster
and pass voting rights legislation before it is too late."
Climate-Driven Weather Disasters Increased Fivefold Over Past 50 Years: UN Agency
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by Jenna McGuire
Report finds extreme weather has killed more than 2 million people and
cost $3.64 trillion in economic damages since 1970.
Estimated Cost of Post-9/11 US Wars Hits $8 Trillion With Nearly a Million People Dead
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by Jon Queally
"What have we truly accomplished in 20 years of post 9/11 wars, and at
what price?" asks co-director of the Cost of War Project.
Ocasio-Cortez: Nominaton of Rahm Emanuel for Ambassador to Japan 'Deeply Shameful'
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by Jon Queally
"That the Biden administration seeks to reward Emanuel with an
ambassadorship is an embarrassment and betrayal of the values we seek to
uphold both within our nation and around the world."
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Views...
Now That Afghan War Is Over, Close Gitmo—Now
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by Farrah Hassen
Biden is right to end the forever war in Afghanistan. Now he needs to
close the forever prison that it built.
Taxing Just 7 Billionaires Could Pay for Third of $3.5 Trillion Spending Package
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by Bob Lord
Democrats want to spend $3.5 trillion on jobs and infrastructure. A
third of that could be covered by just seven billionaires.
It's Time to Build American Health Care Back Better
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by Laura Packard
Please contact your Senators and Representative today and ask them to
vote for the Build Back Better bill with all the health care provisions
included, because care can't wait and neither can we.
Venezuela Dialogue Offers Way Out of Crisis
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by Leonardo Flores
In Washington, the Biden administration must lift cruel sanctions, back
diplomacy, and end support for right-wing factions trying to destabilize
the elected government.
Biden's Revenge: Fueling 'Madness of Militarism' in Afghanistan
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by Norman Solomon
Revenge cycles have no end, and they've continued to power endless U.S.
warfare—as a kind of perpetual emotion machine—in the name of opposing
terrorism.
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Newswire...
Report: NYPD Continues to Underreport Incidents of Stops and Frisks, Significant Racial Disparities Persist
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)
CODEPINK Calls on Congress to Stop the Sale of $750 Million Dollars Worth of Weapons and Services to Taiwan
CODEPINK
HASC Vote to Boost Pentagon Budget is Shameful. The House Must Reject It.
Win Without War
Shameful Sackler Settlement Exploits Bankruptcy Rules to Immunize Purdue Owners, Execs
Public Citizen
Sunrise Movement and Partners Launch Gas Is Not Clean Campaign
Sunrise Movement
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