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News & Views | 12/2/21
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Progressive Coalition to Schumer: No More Cuts to Popular Build Back Better Bill
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by Jessica Corbett
"Now is the moment to do everything in your power to ensure that we get
the best, most inclusive, reconciliation bill possible across the finish
line."
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'There Must Be Consequences': Democratic Leaders Demand Boebert's Removal From Committees
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by Julia Conley
"It should not be a partisan issue to condemn the explicit harassment
and dangerous abuse of a colleague based on their religion, but this is
the level to which the GOP leader and too many members of the Republican
party have sunk."
'For-Profit Healthcare Hurts All of Us': Sacramento Approves Single-Payer Resolution
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by Kenny Stancil
"We're going to keep passing these resolutions until we end our
profit-driven healthcare system."
Nearly 300 Artists, Celebrities Demand Hollywood End 'Disturbing' Support for Big Pharma's Vaccine Monopolies
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by Jake Johnson
"It is absurd that some of the associations that claim to represent
creators' interests are instead fighting for Big Pharma."
As Omicron Emerges in US, GOP Accused of Trying to 'Sabotage Our Pandemic Response'
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by Jake Johnson
One Democratic lawmaker said Republicans' plot to shut down the federal
government over a vaccination rule is "extraordinarily cynical and
dangerous."
New Report Urges Biden to Stop Arms Sales Fueling Saudi 'Devastation' of Yemen
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by Brett Wilkins
"It's time for the Biden administration to cut off this support as a way
to change Saudi conduct and relieve the suffering of the Yemeni people
caused by Saudi actions."
Biden Rebuked for Plan to Implement 'Even Worse' Version of Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' Policy
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by Kenny Stancil
"The Biden administration must stop hiding behind a flawed court order
to justify" the abuse of asylum seekers, said one immigrant rights
advocate.
200+ Groups to Democrats in Congress: No Holiday Recess Until You Pass Voting Rights
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by Jake Johnson
"Our democracy is under attack across the country, and Senate Democrats
must do whatever it takes—right now—to get these critical voting rights
bills signed into law."
AOC Laments How Accused Predator Kavanaugh Ready to Rule on 'Whether to Legalize Forced Birth in the US'
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by Julia Conley
The congresswoman suggested Justice Brett Kavanaugh should recuse
himself from Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, considering
multiple sexual assault allegations against him that the FBI failed to
investigate.
Groups Say Congress Should Reject Biden's Harmful Sentencing Proposal on Fentanyl-Related Drugs
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by Andrea Germanos
"The facts don't support the argument that a harsh law enforcement
approach, such as permanent classwide scheduling of fentanyl-related
substances, will curb drug distribution, sale, and use."
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War World III May Arrive Sooner Than You Think
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by Michael T. Klare
However speculative it may seem, it should be taken seriously by any of
us who dread the very idea of a major future outbreak of war, let alone
a catastrophe on the scale of World Wars I and II, or with nuclear
weapons on a scale yet to be seen.
What the Global AIDS Crisis Can Teach Us About Our Approach to Mental Illness
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by Dr. Ashwin Vasan
The HIV/AIDS epidemic offers us countless lessons in how to effectively
tackle a global crisis that had felt insurmountable. We must apply those
lessons to other public health crises, particularly those rooted in
stigma, like mental health.
GOP Reject Vaccine Mandates for Men, But Demand Pregnancy Mandates for Women
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by Juan Cole
One way to explain these contradictions in Republican ideology is
sexism. Right wing ideology is about male power and men controlling
women, including controlling the bodies of women.
Lessons From Eviction Court
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by Fran Quigley
Elected officials need to spend some time in eviction courts, witnessing
first-hand the real tragedies that happen there every day. If they sat
where we do, I think they would seize the opportunity to embrace housing
as a fully realized human right.
Our Shackled Planet
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by Robert C. Koehler
How do we embrace Planet Earth as a single, organic whole, of which we
are just a part? How do we govern with a reverence for this whole?
Eco-Fear: Mental Health in the Age of Climate Emergency
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by Zoe Stevenson
As a climate student, I understand the isolation that comes with
carrying a burden much of the world prefers to ignore—particularly those
with the power to alleviate it.
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Newswire...
Bloated Military Budget Proves Congress Needs a Reality Check on Priorities
People's Action
Citing New Omicron Variant, Nurses Say Permanent Osha COVID-19 Standard for Health Care Workers Badly Needed
National Nurses United
NILC Statement on the Restart of 'Remain in Mexico'
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