by Andrea Germanos "Student loan payments resume in 61 days. Borrowers are NOT ready or able to restart them," said Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
by Kenny Stancil "This partnership with CropLife is in direct conflict with FAO's mandate as a U.N. institution to fulfill human rights to health, adequate food, clean water and environment, and safe working conditions."
by Jessica Corbett "His Interior Department has plowed forward with new oil and gas lease sales that wreck our public lands and exacerbate climate change—all while enriching the CEOs of big oil corporations."
by Jake Johnson "It would be absolutely unacceptable to force 57 million senior citizens to pay $11.50 more a month in Medicare premiums" due to Big Pharma's greed, the Vermont senator said.
by Kenny Stancil The findings were only made available this week due to a public records request by a local independent news outlet and the Documenting Covid-19 Project.
by Julia Conley In South Africa's worst-affected province, children under the age of five now make up the second-largest group being admitted to hospitals.
by Jake Johnson The findings of a new investigation, said one observer, "further demonstrate the growing trend of religious extremists forging cross-border alliances" to gut abortion rights.
by Ed Markey The Fed and the big banks must be compelled, through federal legislation, to act on the threat that climate change poses to our financial system and the planet.
by Joseph Stiglitz, Achal Prabhala, Felipe Carvalho A proposal for the World Trade Organization to waive intellectual-property rights on pandemic-related pharmaceuticals is still languishing, owing to opposition from rich countries whose companies are reaping monopoly profits. Fortunately, a public-health bill in Brazil points the way to a promising bottom-up solution.
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