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January 16, 2023
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Justifying Attack on Social Security, House Republican Claims People 'Want to Work Longer'
"Republicans want you to work until you die. Shameful," responded the progressive advocacy group Social Security Works.
Jake Johnson
Economic Justice Coalition Launches 'Full Employment for All' Campaign on MLK Day
"A federal program of subsidized employment would empower workers, strengthen communities, and move us toward a more equitable economy for everyone."
Brett Wilkins
Police Evict Last Anti-Coal Protesters From German Village Slated for Destruction
"The most affected people are clear, the science is clear, we need to keep the carbon in the ground," said Greta Thunberg at the protest.
Julia Conley
700,000 Sign 'Cease and Desist' Letter to Fossil Fuel CEOs at Davos
The letter, spearheaded by a group of climate leaders including Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg, demands that oil giants stop sabotaging the "clean energy transition we all so urgently need."
Jake Johnson
'Every Billionaire Is a Policy Failure,' Says Oxfam as Global Elite Gather in Davos
Billionaires have seen their wealth skyrocket over the past two years, adding roughly $2.7 billion per day to their fortunes while ordinary people struggle to afford basic necessities.
Jake Johnson
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'Deeply Sinister': Emails Reveal Big Pharma Pushed Twitter to Silence Vaccine Equity Voices
Outrage After Kerry Backs UAE Oil Exec as President of UN Climate Summit
Tens of Thousands March in Madrid to 'Stop Privatization' of Healthcare System
'Disgracing Himself': Hakeem Jeffries Stumps for Anti-Abortion Judge
Over a Hundred Thousand Israelis Protest Netanyahu Government
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Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Anti-War Legacy Remains Vital as Ever
King understood that the roots of the warfare state run deep, driven by the "giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism, and militarism."
William Hartung
Against Rising Nationalism in  Education at Home and Abroad
Authoritarianism has no place in our schools—though children must learn what it means and what it looks like.
Jacob Goodwin
A True and Visionary Radical, Martin Luther King Jr. Was No Moderate
King called himself a democratic socialist. He believed that America needed a "radical redistribution of economic and political power."
Peter Dreier
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