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Sanders, Top Dems Optimistic Party Will 'Come Together' for Reconciliation Package

However, House leaders warn they may miss a September 27 deadline to consider Senate-approved infrastructure legislation that progressives will only support alongside a $3.5 trillion bill.

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US Admits Strike Killing 10 in Kabul Was a 'Mistake'—But It Is Not a New Problem

Juan Cole ·
The incident underlines the dangers of conducting counterterrorism remotely with missile and drone strikes.
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Tribal Solar Projects Provide More Than Climate Solutions

Abaki Beck ·
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Facebook Has Known for Over a Year That Instagram Is Bad for Teens, Despite Claiming Otherwise

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667,000 and Counting: In America, Fucking Remember

At 3 a.m. Tuesday, volunteers began planting the first of 662,000 white flags on the National Mall in mournful tribute to America's unholy COVID death toll, which has passed the Civil War's record carnage and is now surging at 1,800 deaths a day. The largest public art project since 1987's AIDS quilt likewise serves as bitter testimony to both loss and criminal ignorance, especially for doctors who've "given too much already" and now see so much harsh education based not on science but "personal tragedy.” Apt message to a witless populace: "Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already."

Abby Zimet · Sep 14, 2021

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US Urged to End Drone Strikes After Pentagon Says Killing 10 Afghan Civilians Was 'Horrible Mistake'

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40+ NYC Activists Arrested for Protests Against Banks Fueling Climate Emergency

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FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Booster Shots for People 65+ and Especially Vulnerable

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'What Betrayal Looks Like': UN Report Says World on Track for 2.7°C of Warming by 2100

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Critics Warn Biden That 30% Methane Reduction by 2030 Not Good Enough

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Anti-War Voices Blast Biden Over 'Absurd' $500 Million Saudi Military Contract

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Unemployment Benefit Cut-Off Will Slash Annual Incomes by $144 Billion: Analysis

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Biden-Backed Aukus Deal Could Spell 'Disaster' for Climate Cooperation With China

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US Urged to End Drone Strikes After Pentagon Says Killing 10 Afghan Civilians Was 'Horrible Mistake'

"That was not a 'mistake,'" said journalist Anand Giridharadas. "War crimes are not oopsies."
Brett Wilkins ·
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Anti-War Voices Blast Biden Over 'Absurd' $500 Million Saudi Military Contract

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'Anti-China' Military Pact 'Threatens Peace and Stability' in Pacific, Groups Warn

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After Spending Trillions on War in Afghanistan, US Answers Call for Aid With Just $64 Million

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Up to Half of the $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11 Has Gone to War Profiteers

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40+ NYC Activists Arrested for Protests Against Banks Fueling Climate Emergency

"We're sending a message loud and clear that the little action that politicians and greenwashing CEOs have taken so far does not begin to deal with the magnitude of this crisis."
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Jessica Corbett ·

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Biden-Backed Aukus Deal Could Spell 'Disaster' for Climate Cooperation With China

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'It Has Come to This': Ancient Sequoias Wrapped in Foil as Wildfire Threatens

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FDA Panel Recommends Pfizer Booster Shots for People 65+ and Especially Vulnerable

The scientific advisory committee voted down a recommendation for other adults.
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Indian Civil Society Groups to Biden: Force J&J to Share Vaccine Recipe With the World

Jake Johnson ·

Health justice advocates gathered outside Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021, where they called on the pharmaceutical giant to share Covid-19 vaccine formulas and transfer technology to boost the global manufacturing of doses in the face of massively unequal distribution. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Blasted for 'Unconscionable Profits,' Monopolies, and Low Taxes

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Global Indigenous Coalition Echoes Call to Postpone UN Climate Talks

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Big Pharma Secrets Revealed as Group Uncovers Portion of Pfizer Vaccine Recipe

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Unemployment Benefit Cut-Off Will Slash Annual Incomes by $144 Billion: Analysis

"By failing to extend unemployment benefits, Congress and the White House will harm working people struggling in the pandemic."
Jake Johnson ·
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400+ Economists Press Congress to Permanently Expand Child Tax Credit

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'Unacceptable': 3 Corporate Dems Threaten to Block Drug Pricing Reform in Reconciliation Bill

Julia Conley ·

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'Incredible': Covid Stimulus Funds Reduced Overall US Poverty in 2020

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Patient Group Targets Pair of Democrats for 'Selling Us Out to Drug Companies'

"It makes me so angry that members of Congress are choosing Big Pharma over patients. It's unforgivable."
Jake Johnson ·
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Sanders Says There's 'No Excuse' for Any Democrat to Oppose Lowering Drug Prices

Jake Johnson ·

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'Call Them Now': Ire Aimed at 3 Democrats Endangering Plan to Lower Drug Prices

Jake Johnson ·

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With Texas at Center of Abortion Fight, NARAL Backs Cisneros Over Cuellar for 2022

Jessica Corbett ·

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'We Are Clearly Not Fully Recovered': Ocasio-Cortez to Introduce Extension of Boosted Unemployment Benefits

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Judge Blocks Biden From Continuing 'Inhumane' Trump Policy to Deport Families

"This is not the end of the battle against this practice," said one rights group, "but it is a major step to ensure that the U.S. welcomes these asylum-seeking families—as we should."
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'Cruel and Callous': Biden Slammed for Resuming Deportations to Battered Haiti

Kenny Stancil ·

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UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Global Halt to Sales of Dangerous AI Technologies

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ICC Approves Probe Into 'Drug War' Atrocities Carried Out by Duterte Regime

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'Dismaying': Human Rights Groups Blast Biden Plan to OK Millions in Military Aid for Egypt

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