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The Week in Review

'Extremely Dangerous Escalation': Putin to Station Russian Nukes in Belarus

"Putin's nuclear provocations are dangerous and unacceptable. U.S. and NATO must resist calls to respond in kind and avoid injecting nuclear weapons deeper into this war," said Global Zero's Derek Johnson.

'When We Fight, We Win!': LA School Workers Secure Deal After 3-Day Strike

"The agreement addresses our key demands and sets us on a clear pathway to improving our livelihoods and securing the staffing we need to improve student services," said SEIU Local 99.

Trump Rally in Waco Called Not a Dog Whistle, But a 'Blaring Air Horn' to Far-Right

"There's not really another place in the U.S. that you could pick that would tap into these deep veins of anti-government hatred—Christian nationalist skepticism of the government," said one extremism expert.

Progressives Slam House Passage of GOP Book Banning Bill That Turns Children Into 'Pawns'

"Republicans say they oppose government overreach," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "But they're the ones passing bills that ban books in our libraries."

'Never Seen Anything Like This': US Librarians Report Book Bans Hit Record High in 2022

"Each attempt to ban a book by one of these groups represents a direct attack on every person's constitutionally protected right to freely choose what books to read and what ideas to explore," said one intellectual freedom advocate.

'Shocking and Immoral': Report Details Private Equity's Stranglehold on US Healthcare

"The damage that private equity has wrought on Americans' healthcare from cradle to grave, simply for profit, has become a life-or-death situation."

Fears of Monarch Butterfly Extinction as Numbers Plummet 22% in Annual Count

"Despite heroic efforts... we could still lose these extraordinary butterflies by not taking bolder action," warned one conservationist.

Seymour Hersh Accuses US of 'Cover Up' Over Nord Stream Sabotage

The veteran investigative journalist alleged that Biden administration officials have been "feeding" the press false stories to "protect a president who made an unwise decision and is now lying about it."

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Opinion

Biden Chooses Fossil Fuels Over Us

The administration's approval of the Willow oil project in Alaska communicates a disconnect from reality and a disregard for the people who elected him.

Steven Rattner's Not Afraid Of Work From Home, He's Afraid Of Worker Power

The real terror for Wall Street titans like Rattner? That workers aren't going to put up with whatever he and his fellow bosses throw at them anymore.

Beware This Libertarian Oligarch's Ecological Utopia in Texas

Even as one arm of Elon Musk's empire was extolling his vision of a Garden of Eden situated along the beauty of the Colorado River, another arm was scheming to pollute it!

Reckless Capitalist Banks Rescued by Government Socialism – Again!

The financial system gets another bailout.

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