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As Pressure Mounts, Biden Considers Extending Pause of Student Loan Payments
"An extension would be a good, popular decision. You should do it," the Debt Collective said in response to the news. "Then cancel student debt."
by Common Dreams staff
Manchin Under Fire for Blowing Potential $60 Billion Hole in US Economy During Pandemic
One analyst warned the West Virginia Democrat's obstruction of his party's legislative agenda "puts the economic recovery at some risk."
by Jake Johnson
GOP 'Tidal Wave' of Voter Suppression Set to Intensify in 2022, Analysis Warns
"There are solutions to this alarming and unprecedented attack on our democracy," said the Brennan Center for Justice, calling on the Senate to pass voting rights legislation.
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'Finally': After Mocking Idea, Biden Administration to Distribute 500 Million Free Covid Tests
"Now, if only we could get these tests to folks now as opposed to sometime in January."
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What's Driving Higher Prices? Unchecked Corporate Power
The real reason for inflation is clear: the increasing concentration of the American economy into the hands of a relative few corporate giants with the power to raise prices.
by Robert Reich
Time for a Climate Insurgency?
The leaders of the world's countries gathered in Glasgow signed a death warrant for the world's people. Is there anything the world's people can do about it? To answer effectively, human solidarity may have to challenge the very legitimacy of the nation-state system.
by Jeremy Brecher
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