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News & Views | 12/1/21
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As SCOTUS Considers 'Extinguishing' Right to Abortion, Calls Mount for Congress to 'Step Up'
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by Jessica Corbett
"Despite the protections that the legal framework like Roe provides, it
has never been enough," said one doctor. "We continue to work toward
reproductive justice."
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First US Omicron Case Confirmed as WHO Chief Decries Failure to Share Vaccines Globally
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by Andrea Germanos
Factors including low vaccine coverage have created "a recipe for
breeding and amplifying variants," the top health official said.
Marking World AIDS Day, Campaigners Warn 'History Is Repeating Itself With Covid'
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by Jake Johnson
"In Africa alone, it's estimated up to 12 million people died needlessly
in the time it took to make HIV treatment universally available. We
cannot allow it to happen again with Covid-19."
Patrick Leahy Agrees: It's Time to Free Leonard Peltier
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by Brett Wilkins
The American Indian Movement activist—often called America's
longest-incarcerated political prisoner—has been jailed 44 years after
being dubiously convicted of murdering two FBI agents.
Bowman Urges Democratic Leaders to Remove Boebert From Committees Over 'Vile' Attacks on Omar
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by Jake Johnson
"I, for one, will work to root out Islamophobia and discrimination of
any kind, and implore my colleagues to join me in saying enough is
enough."
Since Congress Lifted Crude Export Ban in 2015, US Has Dropped 'Climate Bomb' on World
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by Kenny Stancil
Oil and gas exports from the Gulf Coast have surged by nearly 600%, and
fossil fuel production in the Permian Basin has grown by 135%.
US Must Tackle Marine Plastics Pollution 'From Source to Sea': Report
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by Brett Wilkins
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine study
found that the U.S. is responsible for about a quarter of the plastics
that enter the world's oceans each year.
'Surreal': Biden Invites Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaidó to US 'Summit for Democracy'
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by Kenny Stancil
Critics slammed Biden's decision to invite the leader of an unsuccessful
attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan president to an ostensibly
pro-democracy gathering.
Reproductive Rights Defenders Rally as SCOTUS Hears Challenge to Roe
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by Andrea Germanos
"Any ruling upholding Mississippi's ban guts the central holding of Roe
and our right to make fundamental decisions about our lives, our
futures, and our families."
'Another Hissy Fit in the Making': GOP Threatens Government Shutdown Over Biden's Vaccine Mandate
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by Jake Johnson
"Like every other GOP shutdown," said one Democratic lawmaker, "this
would greatly harm federal employees, contractors, and the American
people who need and deserve a functioning government."
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Global Pandemic Will Rage Until WTO Approves Vaccine Patent Waiver
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by Joseph Stiglitz, Lori Wallach
The WTO must not postpone this decision. It needs to call an online
meeting of its General Council and adopt the waiver this week.
Illegal and Inhumane: Biden-Harris and Immigration
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by Sunny Robinson
It is the U.S. that has created or greatly contributed to the economic,
climatic, and political instability in many of these Latin American and
Caribbean countries. As in Afghanistan, the U.S. has the moral and legal
obligation to respond humanely to this desperate cry for help.
The Survival of Democracy Is Under Threat
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by Peter Bloom
Passing the "Freedom to Vote Act" is necessary for radically expanding
economic and social democracy.
The Pandemic Is Exacerbating an Already Dire Mental Health Crisis
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by Lynn Parramore
It's time to prioritize mental well-being to avoid far-reaching economic
and social consequences.
Only Public Funding Can Save Local Journalism—and Thus Democracy
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by Robert McChesney, John Nichols
Under our plan—the foundation of the new Local Journalism
Initiative—policymakers in Washington would provide a lump sum to every
county in the nation annually based on the county's population to pay
for nonprofit journalism within that county.
Why Dangerous Fox News Talking Heads are Comparing Fauci to Notorious Nazi Death Camp Doctor
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by Thom Hartmann
It's another lie—designed to keep the pandemic going in America. It
completely ignores the success that vaccine mandates have had from
United Airlines to the New York Police Department to the largest
hospital chain in Houston.
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Newswire...
New Water Restrictions for California Districts Point to Urgency of Ending Corporate Water Abuse
Food & Water Watch
People For Responds to Oral Arguments Held at Supreme Court in the Case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
People For the American Way (PFAW)
People For Endorses Stacey Abrams for Georgia Governor
People For the American Way (PFAW)
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