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Your Week in Review


by Jon Queally
"We must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country. And if there aren't 60 votes to do it, and there are not, we must reform the filibuster to pass it with 50 votes."



by Jon Queally
Like his predecessor, President Joe Biden now being accused of "using racist, xenophobic tropes about immigrants to weaponize Covid-19 against migrants and asylum-seekers."



by Ben Manski
By centering the movement-building process—we transcend the historical failures of elite constitutional design and build the strategic capacity to mobilize the necessary resources in sufficient time to reconstruct our global political economy, avoiding the worst possible climate futures.



by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
People over profit must be the guiding mantra as we soon enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Without immediate action, we could well be dealing with Covid, just as we still battle AIDS, for the next forty years.



by C.J. Polychroniou
People everywhere are waking up to the realization that they must fight to organize the world in such a way that there is a sustainable future for humanity and the planet.



by Jessica Corbett
Calling the Israel-based spyware maker NSO Group an "in-plain-sight national security threat," one expert warned that "a multi-agency investigation is immediately needed."



by Brett Wilkins
"We encourage the Biden administration to use this opportunity to make a clean break with previous presidential administrations, which worked to ensure that the 2009 coup d'état succeeded."



by Brett Wilkins
Richard Lee Richards was shot nine times in the back and side by a Tucson officer, who has since been fired, earlier this week.



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.



by Michael Winship
All hands are needed on deck right now to save the republic. No joke.


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