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News & Views | 10/1/21

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by Brett Wilkins
Don't be fooled, warned Bill McKibben, the Democrat from West Virginia is "doing the work of the fossil fuel industry."

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by Andrea Germanos
Group says prominent foundation must end its partnership with the Wall Street giant, "a primary funder of the fossil fuel industry—an industry that’s fueling the climate and breast cancer crises!"



by Jake Johnson
"We have recently seen a billionaire take a healthcare worker on a journey into space. But back here on planet Earth we have millions of nurses waiting for a vaccine."



by Brett Wilkins
"Title 42 must end, and every day the Biden administration fights to uphold it, they choose xenophobia and racism over protecting human rights."



by Jake Johnson
"That sound you hear is the Build Back Better agenda still alive and kicking."



by Common Dreams staff
"Opposing these policies doesn't make you a moderate," said Warren Gunnels. "It doesn't make you a centrist. It makes you an extremist."



by Julia Conley
Conviction of Steven Donziger, said one critic, "perfectly encapsulates how corporate power has twisted the U.S. justice system to protect corporate interests and punish their enemies."



by Kenny Stancil
"The government is playing a dangerous game of Russian roulette with our future," warned one coalition member.



by Julia Conley
"Corporate interests will say or do anything to preserve the broken status quo, including lie to families that overdue investments in child care, education, and climate change are somehow not in their interest."



by Jake Johnson
"Ever notice how 'deficit hawks' vote for record-high defense spending, yet claim bills that help people and challenge lobbyists are 'too much?'" asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.


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by Jeff Abbott
The crisis in Haiti—following problematic elections, natural disasters, and a presidential assassination in July—is really, at its roots, a failure of U.S. foreign policy.



by Lisa Graves
Privatization is a very possible outcome as GOP appointees at the highest levels deploy the disaster capitalism playbook from inside the nation's cherished Postal Service.



by Erin Eberle, Anna Lappé
Shifting to a plant-based diet, particularly one centered on whole foods not ultra-processed products, could reduce food’s associated greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 73 percent.



by Jeff Cohen
Tough scrutiny of corporate influence over Congress members is almost as absent in mainstream media as scrutiny of military spending.



by Chuck Collins
State-level loopholes have made it possible for some of the wealthiest families in the world to make sure most of their riches are never taxed.



by Max B. Saw­icky
Don't believe misleading media coverage of the standoff in Congress. Here’s what’s actually going on.


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