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After Biden Signs Bipartisan Bill, Progressives Demand Swift Passage of Build Back Better
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by Julia Conley
"If Biden is concerned at all about the future of our country, or at the
very least voter turnout in 2022, he must pass Build Back Better
immediately," said the Sunrise Movement.
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Indigenous Leaders Hail Biden's Proposed Chaco Canyon Drilling Ban as 'Important First Step'
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by Brett Wilkins
"We are most hopeful that this action is a turning point where the
United States natural resource management planning philosophy focuses on
the protection of all living beings."
Groups to US: Take Money for 'Dangerous and Outdated' Nuclear Bomb and Vaccinate the World Instead
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by Andrea Germanos
"The pandemic has made abundantly clear that our most urgent threats can
not be solved by pouring more money into weapons of war."
New Report on 'Grocery Cartels' Details Exploitive Retailer Monopolies
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by Brett Wilkins
The grocery and food processing industries have "created an illusion of
choice and efficiency to disguise their profiteering off of the American
consumer, who is unwillingly asked to trade abundance for resilience."
The Elders Rebuke 'Historically Shameful Dereliction of Duty' by World Leaders at Climate Summit
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by Andrea Germanos
"World leaders must be held accountable for the climate disaster playing
out on their watch."
'Unconscionable': Despite Outcry Over Lead Poisoning, New Asphalt Plant Approved in Flint, Michigan
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by Kenny Stancil
"Our community, our families, our children, cannot and should not take
more chemical pollution."
Concerning New Covid Variant Spotlights Dangers of Vaccine Apartheid
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by Jake Johnson
"This variant exemplifies that if you leave some of the world's
population without access to vaccines, then the virus will continue to
multiply and it will lead to more variants."
GOP, Big Pharma Plotting to Convince Senate Parliamentarian to Help Kill Drug Price Reforms
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by Jake Johnson
"It is not some radical idea to suggest that Americans should not have
to die because we are the only major country that allows drug companies
to raise prices to whatever they want, whenever they want," said Sen.
Bernie Sanders.
'Inexcusable': Manchin Leads Charge Against Biden's Pro-Union Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
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by Julia Conley
"Manchin thinks being pro-labor is un-American."
'Just Scandalous': UK Threw Out 600,000+ Covid Vaccine Doses in August
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by Jake Johnson
"The government knew we wouldn't need them," said one vaccine equity
campaigner. "But they've never had a plan to do anything except grab as
many doses as they can, to hell with everyone else."
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The GOP's Next Coordinated Attempt to Steal an Election Won't Be So Amateurish
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by Michael Waldman
Proponents of the Big Lie are removing obstacles to stealing elections
in states around the country.
Why It's Impossible to Be Happy About the Outcome of COP26
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by Mark Hertsgaard
The claim that the international climate summit has "kept 1.5 alive" is
plausible, but only barely.
Why We Should Reject Mark Zuckerberg's Dehumanizing Vision of a "Metaverse"
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by Tom Valovic
We should not trust Mark Zuckerberg or any other members of the
corporate elite with self-serving agendas to guide us through an
increasingly precarious future. We should not be willing to accept Big
Tech's and the WEF's dehumanizing vision of the future.
Joe Biden and Illusions of 'Normalcy'
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by Andrew Bacevich
Joe Biden may well be fated to bring down the curtain on progressivism
as a force in national politics.
Ending Global Conflict: We Need Far More Than COP26 to Save the Planet
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by Paul Rogers
Global cooperation is vital to tackle the security threats of climate
change and Covid-19, yet leaders keep pumping funds into outdated
militaries.
COP26: 'Walking Inches When We Must Move Miles'
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by Catherine Early
Climate vulnerable countries were bitterly disappointed with the
watering down of language on coal and lack of finance to cover permanent
losses from climate change they are already suffering.
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Newswire...
Statement on Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Earthworks
EPA: Two Most Widely Used Pesticides Likely Harm Majority of Endangered Species
Center for Biological Diversity
With President Biden’s Signature, U.S. Will Receive Vital Infrastructure Investments
Environment America
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