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Big Oil Profits Surge to $174 Billion in 2021 Amid Rising Gas Prices: Report
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by Kenny Stancil
"Americans looking for someone to blame for the pain they experience at
the pump need look no further than the wealthy oil and gas company
executives who choose to line their own pockets."
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Dems Mark Anniversary of 13th Amendment With Calls to 'Close the Slavery Loophole'
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by Jessica Corbett
"Prison labor is slave labor. Pass the #AbolitionAmendment."
Rights Groups Decry 'Farcical and Corrupt' Verdict as Myanmar's Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
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by Jake Johnson
"There are many detainees without the profile of Aung San Suu Kyi who
currently face the terrifying prospect of years behind bars simply for
peacefully exercising their human rights."
DOJ Lawsuit Challenging Texas Gerrymandering Met With Applause, Calls for Action in Congress
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by Julia Conley
"While we are grateful for the involvement of the federal government,
what we need to stop the five-decade cycle of having to take legal
action every 10 years is for Congress to pass the Freedom to Vote Act,"
said one advocate.
Campaigners Warn of 'Wave After Wave of Variants' as Long as Vaccine Apartheid Remains
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by Jake Johnson
"Omicron is with us because we have failed to vaccinate the world. This
should be a wake-up call."
'We Won't Stop Fighting,' Vow South African Activists After Judge OKs Shell Seismic Blasting at Sea
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by Brett Wilkins
"We must do everything we can to undo the destructive colonial legacy of
extractivism, until we live in a world where people and the planet come
before the profits of toxic fossil fuel companies."
Biden Continues Drilling Boom on Public Lands Despite Campaign Pledge, Analysis Shows
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by Julia Conley
"The reality is that in the battle between the oil industry and Biden,
the industry is winning."
'Nobody Is Above the Law': Elizabeth Warren Applauds SEC Probe of Trump's Social Media Venture
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by Kenny Stancil
"There may have been serious violations of securities laws during the
proposed merger of Digital World Acquisition Corp. and Trump's media
company," said the Massachusetts Democrat.
Dems Urge DOJ Antitrust Probe Into $43 Billion Discovery-WarnerMedia Merger
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by Jessica Corbett
"Giant corporations must not be allowed to stomp out competition, put up
barriers to enter the market, and continue to exclude Latinos from the
media industry."
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Bracing for a Post-Roe South in the Region's Last Three Abortion-Safe States
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by Elisha Brown
"They will not accept bans on abortions, they certainly will not accept
a Texas-style abortion ban, and they will hold legislatures and the
governor accountable for any and all action they take to roll back their
rights."
The Donald Also Rises?
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by John Feffer
The far fight continues to build its International
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Should Fund Agroecology Over These Big Ag Schemes
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by Million Belay, Heather Day, Steve Gloyd
By putting its money toward agroecology research and farmer support, the
Gates Foundation could make a huge contribution to sustainability and
smallholder farmers' well-being.
Racist Travel Bans on African Nations Puts Political Blackface on Omicron Variant
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
The saddest part is that the Biden administration, despite its many
positive moves to restore respect to scientific rigor, followed fear
more than science in its first major action in response to the Omicron
variant.
Thoughts On the Left's Response to Capitalism's Global Death Spiral
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by Gary Olson
We need more imaginative thinking and discussion about how to rid the
planet of corporate capitalism and the psychopathic predator class's
power and control that's responsible for monstrous crimes, obscene
inequality, and an accelerating death spiral toward mass extinction.
Biden Is Upholding Trump's Hateful Vision for the Border
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by Oscar Chacón
The result of continuing both 'Remain in Mexico' and Title 42 is a
complete and ongoing shutdown of asylum at the southern border. The
situation is unacceptable.
Belgium Is on the Right Track, But Europe Has Failed Palestine
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by Ramzy Baroud
While Belgium's position, on its own, is praiseworthy—as it reflects the
ceaseless activism and pressure of the country's own civil society—it
should not be seen as an alternative to a courageous political and moral
position, similar to the one taken during the anti-apartheid struggle in
South Africa.
Why We Must Revise the UN Charter to Create a Truly Democratic World
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by Andreas Bummel
A democratic world parliament that is freely elected by all world's
citizens needs to be a centerpiece of any legitimate future global
organization.
California Halted Executions, Now It Should End the Death Penalty Once and for All
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by Scott Martelle
Newsom should use his political capital to persuade Californians that
ending the death penalty is the right thing to do.
Must Reads: Critical Exposés Abound But American Fascism Marches On
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by Ralph Nader
Sixty-five books that should be on your Christmas lists
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Newswire...
Center for Food Safety Calls for Ban on Brazilian Beef Imports Due to Mad Cow Disease
Center for Food Safety
West Virginia Billboard Campaign Calls on Sen. Manchin to Lower Drug Prices by Voting for the Build Back Better Act
Social Security Works
Failure to Vaccinate the World Created Perfect Breeding Ground for Omicron, Say Campaigners
Oxfam International
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