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News & Views | 10/14/21

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by Jake Johnson
"We can choose to strengthen the bond Americans have to one another by proposing universal social insurance benefits that broadly benefit all Americans."

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by Andrea Germanos
"The United States' uncontested election to the Human Rights Council doesn't change the fact that we lag far behind on our international human rights obligations."



by Jenna McGuire
"These conflicts of interest have affected hundreds of cases and the integrity of the justice system," the lawmakers said in a letter.



by Jessica Corbett
"We owe this... to the unprecedented mobilization of the 2.3 million people who supported the Case of the Century."



by Andrea Germanos
"We will no longer allow the U.S. government to separate us from our relationship to the sacred knowledge of Mother Earth and all who depend on her."



by Kenny Stancil
"There is now little to gain and everything to lose from building new fossil fuel projects," said Oil Change International.



by Brett Wilkins
"At a time of global vaccine scarcity, stockpiled vaccines will ironically make populations less safe by allowing the virus to rip through unvaccinated communities," argues Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.



by Andrea Germanos
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says expansion is crucial to solving climate crisis and building clean energy economy.



by Jon Queally
"John Deere is shutting down... because they don't want to pay their workers a fair wage or pension."



by Kenny Stancil
"The more sway mega-corporations have over our economy, the more power they have to gouge customers, squeeze Main Street, and exploit workers."


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by Michele Swenson
To set themselves apart from Republicans, Democrats must demonstrate the political will to choose the common good over allegiance to corporate wealth.



by Jesse Hagopian
As painful as this memorial was, and as painful as American history is, these students deserved to see it.



by Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
The situation is complex and so feminists should not take the simplistic view that a policy of non-cooperation with the Taliban is the way to support women.



by Lee Harris, Jane Thomas
The effort to roll back voting rights is unconscionable, and the federal government has a duty to act—now, before the next election.



by Kathy Kelly
United Nations Human Rights Council action silences Yemeni victims of human rights abuses.



by Joe Sanberg
It's long past time for our leaders—in Washington and in Sacramento—to act as though we are facing an existential crisis.


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Progress Michigan

Indigenous Environmental Network

National Family Farm Coalition

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