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"Frozen assets belonging to the Afghan people should be released and used to restore the country's economy," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
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"The industry thinks they can save it with minor tweaks and cosmetic fixes. But we won't back down until Direct Contracting is shut down, for good," one doctor said of the Trump-era program.
by Jake Johnson
Students at Top Universities Push 'Legal Imperative' of Fossil Fuel Divestment
"Their investments in the fossil fuel industry-an industry whose actions place the health and future of students and the entire planet at risk-amount to nothing less than complicity in the climate crisis."
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Let's Be Clear: Only the Right Has Become More Extreme Over the Last 50 Years
Like in the early 1970s, the left is still against the war machine, still pushing for civil and voting rights, and still fighting the power of big corporations. But the right has moved far, far rightward.
by Robert Reich
Declaring We're Done With the Pandemic Is a Sign of Privilege
It is much easier for families to consider normalcy when they had much more of an ability throughout the pandemic to keep life as normal as possible.
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