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News & Views | 11/23/21
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Voters From Both Parties Overwhelmingly Want Biden to Crack Down on Corporate Crime
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by Kenny Stancil
The president needs to use "the considerable powers of the executive
branch... to show the people that he is on their side, not the side of
the wealthy and well-connected few," said one progressive advocate.
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Apple Sues Israel's NSO Group in Effort to Protect iPhone Users From Pegasus Spyware
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by Kenny Stancil
"Spyware is a critical Israeli export," said Jewish Voice for Peace.
"It's about time they are forced to be held accountable."
'What Hypocrisy': Right-Wing Dems Quiet as Military Budget Far Exceeds Cost of Biden's Agenda
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by Jake Johnson
Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized his colleagues who complain about social
spending but "all of a sudden forget about the deficit when we're
talking about an annual defense budget of $778 billion."
Warren, Sanders, and Baldwin: Investors 'Made Off Like Bandits' at Expense of Striking Alabama Miners
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by Brett Wilkins
Writing to the CEOs of two private equity firms, the senators decried
the "blatant mistreatment" of miners, including forced 12-hour shifts
and seven-day workweeks.
California Progressives to Feinstein: Support Nixing Filibuster for Voting Rights—or Resign
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by Jake Johnson
"If you can't or won't," nearly 70 groups wrote to Sen. Dianne
Feinstein, "please step aside so that someone more willing can take your
place."
'Now, Let’s Take This Nationwide': Biden Raises Minimum Wage for All Federal Contract Workers to $15
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by Jon Queally
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says "30 million workers deserve a
much-needed and well-deserved raise."
'Stop the Carnage': Biden Urged to Fight Big Pharma's Vaccine Greed at Key WTO Meeting
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by Jake Johnson
"Failure to enact a waiver will prolong the pandemic leading to more
death, illness, economic hardship, and social and political disruption."
Amid GOP Attacks, UN Expert Warns of Near 'Tyranny' Against Voting Rights of US Minorities
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by Jessica Corbett
"It is very far from, to borrow from the country's Constitution, 'a
perfect union.'"
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Pramila Jayapal Wins Down Payment on Social Progress
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by Sarah Anderson
The Seattle Democrat has been willing to take the heat to secure a down
payment on an agenda for economic equity and sustainability.
It's International Food Workers Week—Support Organizing That Centers Those Who Feed Us
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by Anna Canning
There's a long history of over-exploiting and under paying the people
who do the vital, yet too often unseen, work that keeps grocery stores
stocked with food.
It Turns Out We Are the Martians Sent to Destroy Earth With a Powerful and Deadly 'Heat-Ray'
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by Tom Engelhardt
Our world is increasingly like a science-fiction novel.
Go Ahead, Take Their Guns. The US Would Be a Less Dangerous Place
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by Thom Hartmann
We've already banned fully-automatic weapons, shoulder-fired missiles,
and sawed-off shotguns, only used to kill humans. The AR-15's and AK47's
should be next.
Inflated Excuses: Centrists Continue to Find Excuses to Stall Progress
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by Peter Bloom
These concerns should not be taken as economically seriously. Instead,
they reflect the willingness of those still faithful to a corporate
status to make any excuse necessary to preserve it.
Jogging in Broad Daylight Should Not Be a Death Sentence
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by Jesse Jackson
Whatever the verdict, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery has once more laid
bare the entrenched racial barriers to equal justice that still exist in
Georgia and in America.
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Newswire...
New Poll: A Supermajority Of Voters Support Build Back Better's Cap On Insulin Prices
Data for Progress
Texas Politicians' Attempts to Ban Books is Unlawful According to Civil Rights Groups
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
DOJ Move to Block Big Sugar Merger Shows How to Use Anti-Monopoly Law to Attack Supply Chain Chokepoints and Dangerous Inflation
Open Markets Institute
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