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News & Views | 10/29/21

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by Kenny Stancil
"Democrats ran on lowering drug prices. Seniors and working families across the country are counting on them to keep that promise," said one group.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a rally

by Julia Conley
Advocates should "organize and prepare actions now," months before student loan payments are set to begin again.



by Julia Conley
"Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol causes immense suffering," said anti-death penalty campaigner Sister Helen Prejean. "This will not be covered up."


All-night vigil

by Andrea Germanos
"We've tried every tactic to advance our policy goals, and yet the administration continues to pad Big Pharma's record profits instead of ending the pandemic."

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Zuck v Yanis

by Jessica Corbett
"You, and your minions, wouldn't recognize civilization even if it hit you with a bargepole," said the former Greek finance minister, slamming Facebook's CEO for the social media giant's new name.


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by Kenny Stancil
"A threat against the Palestinian human rights movement is a threat against movements for social justice everywhere," nearly 300 U.S.-based civil society groups told Secretary of State Antony Blinken.


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by Julia Conley
Pfizer's vaccine could be administered in pediatricians' offices, pharmacies, and community health centers as soon as next week.


Koala Kollektiv activists taking action outside the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany calling for the central bank to stop funding fossil fuels and climate chaos.

by Andrea Germanos
"The era of fossil fuels is over, and people are rallying against fossil finance and those who run it."



by Jessica Corbett
"We need to build goodwill not impose more sanctions."

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by Ron Fein
Seattle's twin campaign finance reforms—democracy vouchers, and a ban on political spending by foreign-influenced corporations—have proven their merit.


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by Frances Moore Lappé
Our food is increasingly implicated in such major killers as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, stroke, and certain cancers.


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by Thom Hartmann
Our elected representatives are there, in the minds of corporate America, to hand out subsidies and tax breaks, but if they take the smallest step toward protecting the American people from giant corporations or predatory billionaires they’re simply brushed aside like troublesome lint.


Polar-Bear

by Kayla Heidenreich
Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would have devastating impacts on wildlife, beginning with caribou.

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