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In Scathing Senate Testimony, Whistleblower Warns Facebook a Threat to Children and Democracy
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by Brett Wilkins
Frances Haugen said the company's leaders know how to make their
platforms safer, "but won't make the necessary changes because they have
put their astronomical profits before people."
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'A Huge Win': DC Council Passes Medicare for All Resolution
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by Jake Johnson
"We need Medicare for All now, and this resolution sends a strong
message that the leadership of our nation's capital puts patients
first—and we demand Congress do the same by backing Medicare for All."
Family of Henrietta Lacks Sues Over Stolen Cells That Made Biotech Firm Billions
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by Andrea Germanos
"This isn't just about social justice," said a lawyer for the family.
"This is about genetic justice."
'Disgraceful': Watch Kyrsten Sinema Ignore Constituent's Heartfelt Plea on Immigration
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by Julia Conley
"If Karina was a corporation and held a giant fundraiser for Sinema,
maybe she'd get an answer," said one advocate.
Leaving Post, Top Official Blasts Biden Over Use of 'Inhumane' Trump-Era Deportation Policy
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by Andrea Germanos
The current administration is using Title 42 "to rebuff the pleas of
thousands of Haitians and myriad others arriving at the Southern Border
who are fleeing violence, persecution, or torture."
Three Scientists Share Nobel Prize in Physics for 'Revolutionary' Climate Work
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by Jake Johnson
"It's clear that for the future generations, we have to act now in a
very fast way," said newly minted Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi, a
theoretical physicist at the Sapienza University of Rome.
Progressives Respond to Facebook Outage With Simple Call: 'Break Them Up'
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by Jake Johnson
"It's almost as if Facebook's monopolistic mission to either own, copy,
or destroy any competing platform has incredibly destructive effects on
free society and democracy," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
How 'Insanely Corrupt' South Dakota Became a Magnet for the Wealth-Hoarding Megarich
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by Brett Wilkins
The Mount Rushmore State "now rivals Switzerland, Panama, the Cayman
Islands, and other famous tax havens as a premier venue for the
international rich seeking to protect their assets from local taxes or
the authorities."
Texas GOP's Gerrymandering Plan Reveals 'Ominous'—and Deeply Racist—Threat to US Democracy
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by Kenny Stancil
If congressional Democrats don't act fast, they "could soon be powerless
to stop the GOP's takeover of the U.S. House and state Capitols for the
next decade," warned one voting rights expert.
Bernie Sanders Explains Why Most Media Coverage of Reconciliation Fight Is Corporate Con Job
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by Julia Conley
"There's a big disconnect between the corporate media and working
people," said the senator.
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So-Called 'Centrists' Are Really Incredibly Dangerous Extremists
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by Peter Bloom
Their supposed "seriousness" poses a serious threat to everyone but the
small group of elites whose short-term interests they actually
represent.
Stop Calling the Military Budget a ‘Defense’ Budget
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by Norman Solomon
To call the Pentagon's massive and escalating budget a "defense" budget
is nothing less than internalized corruption of language that undermines
our capacities to think clearly and talk straight.
President Biden, as a Leader of Faith, Do Better on Immigration
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by Serene Jones, Kelly Brown Douglas
Biden isn't welcoming the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable; he's
turning them away.
New Records Reveal Scope of DEA Spying on 2020 Racial Justice Protests
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by Rebecca Jacobs, Hajar Hammado
CREW counted at least 51 instances where agencies enlisted DEA to
secretly monitor protesters engaged in First Amendment-protected
activity.
The GOP Is Rooting for Failure, But the American People Support Biden's Sweeping Agenda
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by Jesse Jackson
What Republicans label as "socialist" would simply provide American
families with the kind of basic shared security that is enjoyed by
families in industrial nations across the world.
Modest Reforms Won't Do. It Is Time for a Radical, Green, and Fair Transition
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by John Feffer
Climate-change transition in the age of the billionaire.
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Newswire...
Democracy in Peril, John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act Would Provide Protection
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Senate Introduces & Must Pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to Protect the Freedom to Vote from Racial Discrimination
Common Cause
Climate Activists Arrested Demanding Shutdown Date for Merrimack Generating Station
350.org
D.C. Council Votes in Favor of Medicare for All Resolution
Public Citizen
Safe Drinking Water Depends on Mining Law Reform
Earthworks
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