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Letter Urges Progressives to Fight 'Wall Street Democrats' Holding Biden's Agenda Hostage
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by Jake Johnson
"The United States does not negotiate with terrorists. It's time for the
Congressional Progressive Caucus to extend that principle to the
legislative process."
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Rapid Shift to Electric Vehicles Could Create Over 150,000 Jobs in US by 2030
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by Kenny Stancil
A new report says "smart" pro-labor policies by lawmakers would
transform the "inevitable" shift to EVs "into a new beginning for U.S.
producers and the rebuilding of a foundation for good jobs."
Baby Poop Has Ten Times More Microplastic in It Than Adult Poop: Study
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by Andrea Germanos
"The future is going to wonder what on earth we thought we were doing
with plastic."
Health Experts 'Speechless' as DeSantis Taps Anti-Mask Vaccine Skeptic for Florida Surgeon General
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by Brett Wilkins
One Democratic U.S. congressman called the move "a complete slap in the
face to the families of the more than 50,000 Floridians who have died
from Covid."
'Huge Step Forward': China Applauded for Pledge to Stop Building Overseas Coal Plants
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by Julia Conley
"The writing is on the wall for coal power," said the president of
upcoming climate summit COP26.
Nearly 50 Groups Demand Passage of Amendments to Cut Pentagon Budget
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by Andrea Germanos
"Pouring billions more into the military, far beyond even the level
requested by President Biden, sends exactly the wrong message at this
moment in history."
Ex-Prisoners Recall US Torture at 'Afghanistan's Abu Ghraib'
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by Brett Wilkins
"It is psychologically hard for me to recall all that was happening,"
said one former Bagram Air Base inmate. "The torture was mostly done by
Afghans, sometimes the Americans. But the orders came from the U.S."
'Groundbreaking' Win as Court Rules USFWS Can't Ignore Climate Impacts on Joshua Tree
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by Julia Conley
The ruling represents a step forward "for all climate-imperiled species
whose fate relies upon the service following the law," said advocacy
group WildEarth Guardians.
WHO's New Air Pollution Guidelines Reflect Deadly Toll of Fossil Fuels
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by Jessica Corbett
"What matters most is whether governments implement impactful policies
to reduce pollutant emissions, such as ending investments in coal, oil,
and gas and prioritizing the transition to clean energy," said a
Greenpeace scientist.
'Enough Is Enough': Report Shows Big Oil's Offshore Tax Loopholes Cost US at Least $86 Billion Per Year
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by Kenny Stancil
"We continue to bankroll the very fossil fuel companies responsible for
the climate crisis, then wonder why our planet is on fire."
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The Feminist Case for Cutting the Pentagon Budget
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by Carley Towne
Twenty years after the United States invasion of Afghanistan, the peace
activists and feminists who opposed the war from the beginning were
proven right. Now, let's listen to them and slash the Pentagon budget to
reinvest in our communities.
U.S. Militarism's Toxic, Planet-Killing Impact on Climate Policy
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Twenty years of Pentagon violence and waste should ring alarm bells
inside the head of every American, warning us that we have allowed our
government to spend trillions of dollars waging war while ignoring real
existential dangers to our civilization and all of humanity.
Climate Change Is Triggering a New Refugee Crisis—Inside the US
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by Salote Soqo, Joshua Leach
More than 1.2 million Americans are currently displaced from their homes
because of climate change impacts—including increasingly severe storms,
wildfires, and flooding.
Pass the PRO Act to Demand More for ALL Workers
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by Brianna Westbrook
Without the power of the union to stand up for workers, very little
progress can be made in pay equality, diversity inclusion, workplace
conditions, and so on.
End US War-Making Everywhere
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by Azadeh Shahshahani
We need a reinvigorated anti-war movement.
End the Pentagon's New Anti-China Slush Fund and Reinvest in Our Communities Instead
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by RJ Thomsen
Our weak and deregulated federal election system has created this cycle
of wasting our tax dollars on "forever wars" that produce nothing but
pain, suffering, death, and displacement for many while generating large
profits for private defense contractors.
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Newswire...
Oxfam Reaction to Yemen High-Level Side Event at UNGA
Oxfam International
Nurses Call on World Leaders to Increase Global Vaccine Access During Un General Assembly
National Nurses United
Biden’s COVID Summit Will Not Meet This Moment
Public Citizen
11 Senators Back House Progressives in Demand for Passage of Entire Biden Agenda
Senator Bernie Sanders
States Must Take Immediate Action and Deliver Surplus COVID-19 Vaccines Now, Not Next Year
Amnesty International - USA
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