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News & Views | 9/14/21

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by Julia Conley
International survey reveals 'shocking' rise of eco-anxiety and hopelessness. "If this isn't a wake up call for world leaders, what is?"

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by Julia Conley
"Any lawmaker that tries to stand in the way is on the wrong side of this issue and on the wrong side of their constituents," said one advocacy group.



by Kenny Stancil
"Giving people money is a great way to fight poverty," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.



by Jake Johnson
"It's important to address the fact that billionaire heirs may never pay tax on billions in stock gains."



by Jessica Corbett
As Sen. Joe Manchin tries to build GOP support for the proposal, progressives call for "removing the filibuster from the Senate Republicans' obstructionist toolbox."



by Brett Wilkins
The lawmakers are calling on the administration "to resist calls to reallocate this balance to the already bloated Department of Defense budget."



by Andrea Germanos
"Make no mistake, what's happening to reproductive justice and abortion rights is far bigger than one person. But Kavanaugh is playing a key role."



by Kenny Stancil
"Every fraction of a degree of warming is doing us harm," said one of the open letter's signatories. "This means that every day we delay cessation of fossil fuel burning, we come closer to catastrophe."



by Jake Johnson
"Given the scale of the crisis, the president should be using every tool he has, and I don't think he is," said one observer.



by Jake Johnson
"The new chancellor of Germany will hold extraordinary power to turn the tide on this horrific pandemic and can be the world leader remembered for helping save millions of lives."


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by Jeff Cohen
At this crucial juncture, if Biden won't even heed Schumer's urgent advice to give the country an FDR-like push forward—and instead listens to the "go-slow/go-small" warnings of giant corporations and their media—the GOP will win big in 2022.



by Jesse Jackson
We can't undo what we have done, but we can alter how bad the future becomes.



by Rajan Menon
Wars of unintended consequences.



by C.J. Polychroniou
The U.S. is the only liberal-democratic country in the world with a political system set up for two mainstream parties, a long and continuous history of union suppression, and without a major socialist party at the national level.



by Bill Blum
Garland explained in a press conference that the department is fully committed to defending abortion rights.


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