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News & Views | 10/21/21
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AOC Warns That Corporate Lobbyists Would Love People to 'Give Up Before the Deal Is Done'
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by Jon Queally
"It's way easier for them to try to get away with the things that
they're lobbying for and against if people at home aren't watching,"
said the New York Democrat
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Top Dem Calls on Biden to Toss Legally 'Erroneous' Trump Memo and Ratify Equal Rights Amendment
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by Andrea Germanos
The renewed push comes nearly 50 years after Congress passed the
amendment.
Report Details 'Jaw-Dropping' Abuse of Asylum Seekers by US Border Agents
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by Julia Conley
The accounts of 160 asylum officers portray "DHS as an agency that
appears to have normalized shocking abuses at the U.S. border."
'Historic Victory': US Judge Rules Guantánamo Detainee's Imprisonment Illegal
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by Brett Wilkins
"This is a landmark ruling. For 20 years, successive U.S.
administrations have asserted their right to imprison people
indefinitely, without charge or trial."
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In World First, New Zealand Law Will Force Banks to Disclose Climate Impacts of Investments
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by Andrea Germanos
"This is a landmark day."
Leaked Docs Reveal Fossil Fuel-Soaked Nations Lobbying to Sabotage Climate Action
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by Andrea Germanos
"They are using every opportunity to protect their corporate interests
and continue with business as usual while the planet burns."
Big Pharma, Rich Nations Have Delivered Just 14% of Vaccine Doses Promised to Poor Nations
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by Julia Conley
"It is painfully clear that the developing world cannot rely on the
largesse and charity of rich nations and pharmaceutical companies, and
hundreds of thousands of people are dying from Covid-19 as a result."
'Disgraceful': Just 9 Republicans Join With Dems to Hold Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt
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by Jon Queally
The vote "reveals just how far the Republican Party has fallen" since
Trump took control as GOP's de facto leader, said one pro-democracy
advocate.
After Getting 'Stealth Bailout' During Pandemic, US Corporations Try to Kill Proposed Tax Hikes
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by Jessica Corbett
"When it's time to finally put workers first, big businesses are
spending millions to maintain their advantage and preserve the status
quo," said Kyle Herrig of Accountable.US.
Sinema Shatters Democrats' Plan to Raise Corporate Tax Rate
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by Kenny Stancil
Although "all of President Biden's Build Back Better agenda can be paid
for by fairer taxes on the wealthy and corporations," noted Americans
for Tax Fairness, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's refusal to support tax hikes on
the rich could kill the bill.
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Kunming Declaration Sets Path Toward a More Just Global Biodiversity Framework
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by Subhankar Banerjee
Human rights defenders have urged for a rights-based approach to
conservation that would protect and honor the stewardship of
biodiversity routinely practiced by the Indigenous and other "ecosystem
peoples" in the global South and around the world.
'Compromising' on Climate Is Horrible Politics, Deadly Policy, and Stupid Economics
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by Mitch Jones
At this stage, Democrats have offered Joe Manchin a basket full of
polluter-friendly subsidies to prop up essentially non-existent carbon
capture power technology, a watered-down clean power plan barely better
than the status quo, or a meaningless carbon tax that mostly exists as a
totem for an industry that pretends to care about the planetary damage
it has caused.
Phil Knight: A Case Study in to How Dodge Over $3.6 Billion in Taxes
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by Chuck Collins
The billionaire Nike founder has seen his fortunes almost double during
the pandemic, but it's where he is hiding his massive fortune that
exposes just how corrupt this system has become.
The Big Lie in Rahm Emanuel’s Senate Testimony
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by Jeff Cohen
Under oath, the disgraced former mayor of Chicago portrayed the 13-month
suppression of the video showing the police murder of Laquan McDonald as
needed to safeguard the investigation's "integrity." All it safeguarded
was Emanuel's reelection.
Investing in Home Care Workers Like Me Is the Solution We Need
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by Rena Bumbray-Graves
In my home state of Virginia and across this nation, we work day and
night to help seniors and people with disabilities. Failing to repair
our broken care system hurts all of us.
Rich Jerks in Space
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by Dean Baker
The frivolous use of large amounts of resources by the very rich is a
problem for the economy and society.
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West Virginians Rally in DC Demanding Manchin Support Build Back Better
Greenpeace
Oil Change International Response to California Statewide Oil and Gas Setback Announcement
Oil Change International
Fossil fuel producing countries pushing back against climate action in landmark UN report, leaked documents show
Greenpeace
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