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News & Views | 9/1/21

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by Jake Johnson
"Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars."

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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.



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."



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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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.



by Brett Wilkins
"Strengthened action is urgently required to prevent further species extinctions and restore damaged and degraded ecosystems."



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."



by Jenna McGuire
Report finds extreme weather has killed more than 2 million people and cost $3.64 trillion in economic damages since 1970.



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.



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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by Farrah Hassen
Biden is right to end the forever war in Afghanistan. Now he needs to close the forever prison that it built.



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.



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.



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.



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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