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News & Views | 9/2/21

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by Jake Johnson
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor slammed conservative justices for opting to "bury their heads in the sand" when faced with a "flagrantly unconstitutional law."

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by Julia Conley
"Reining in these companies is an essential first step to reverse the damage of concentrated corporate power throughout our economy."



by Jessica Corbett
"While I'm so glad for the young people who are fighting this climate crisis," said Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., "I realize that many of us who are now older, in our third act, we're still needed."



by Jake Johnson
"This ban necessitates codifying Roe v. Wade," the House Speaker said.


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by Julia Conley
"Do we keep the filibuster or do we protect abortion rights?" asked Sen. Ed Markey. "Do we allow the far-right to have the last word on Roe v. Wade or do we fight back?"



by Brett Wilkins
"My son's murderers... need to be in prison for what they did to him. They had no right to stop him. They had no right to handcuff him, brutalize and terrorize him, or inject him with ketamine."



by Jake Johnson
"You don't get an insurrection on January 6 and all threats of violence go away. In fact, the fear is that future planning will produce other violent acts."



by Julia Conley
"I never want to hear anyone say that a Green New Deal is too expensive ever again," said one scientist as New York City ground to a halt.



by Jake Johnson
The Republican from Maine "will forever be the U.S. senator who gaslit a nation and her constituents and voted to install Brett Kavanaugh," said one critic.


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by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
"He never should’ve been stopped, he never should’ve been brutalized, he never should’ve been handcuffed, and he never should have been given Ketamine." Sheneen McClain, Elijah’s mother



by Ramzy Baroud
Afghanistan is now in urgent need of a government that truly represents the people of its country.



by Miriam Berg
Under this law, anyone, anywhere in the United States, can sue anyone who helps a patient in Texas access abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.



by Michael German, Harsha Panduranga
Attempts to expand government powers and to predict violence based on beliefs remain ineffective.



by Justin J. Pearson
Deep inequities that allow whole zip codes to stay impoverished and polluted have to change.



by Robert C. Koehler
The first step in ending war is seeing it for what it is. It's time to declassify the secrets and the lies.


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