"House Republicans are openly plotting to hold the full faith and credit of the United States hostage—threatening to blow up our entire economy—because they want to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare," said one House Democrat.
"How many of these Americans will die from Covid-19 as a result of limited access to these lifesaving vaccines?" asked the senator. "The number could well be in the thousands."
Demonstrators in Brazil are demanding accountability in the wake of a failed "January 6-style" insurrection carried out by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.
"This vaccine isn't just Moderna's, it was developed in collaboration with a government agency," said one campaigner. "It should be available and affordable for everyone, everywhere."
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland needs to rescind this destructive precedent set by the Trump administration. Fortunately, it is entirely within her power to do so.
Can you imagine a country where everyone was fully educated? People might actually become informed voters and demand freedom and justice for all! The idea absolutely terrifies the right.
Across the Indo-Pacific, as well as in the escalating Ukraine War, humanity stands an accident or miscalculation away from the calamity of nuclear war.
