Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow her on Twitter: @corbett_jessica.
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News Friday, February 26, 2021 'Life-Changer for Millions': FCC Approves Program to Help Poor Families Overcome Digital Divide During Pandemic Advocates for boosting access to high-speed internet on Friday welcomed a unanimous vote by the Federal Communications Commission establishing the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program to help low-income households across the country get and stay online during the coronavirus pandemic. Under the $3.2... Read more |
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News Friday, February 26, 2021 'Utter BS': Human Rights Advocates Outraged Biden Won't Punish MBS Over Gruesome Khashoggi Murder President Joe Biden's decision not to punish Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman despite the Friday release of a declassified intelligence report concluding that the Saudi leader approved the 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi outraged human rights and press freedom advocates within and... Read more |
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News Friday, February 26, 2021 'A Red Alert for Our Planet': New UN Report Shows Radically Bolder Action Needed to Hit 1.5°C Target A United Nations report out Friday reveals just how far off the world is from meeting the goals of the Paris climate agreement based on the emissions reduction plans that governments across the globe have put forth for the next decade. The Paris agreement aims to limit global temperature rise this... Read more |
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News Thursday, February 25, 2021 300,000+ Demand Biden Stop Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines to 'Secure the Livable Future We All Deserve' Indigenous and climate campaigners who helped President Joe Biden win the White House with warnings about what was at stake in last year's election are now pushing him to deliver on his campaign promise to #BuildBackBetter by stopping a pair of fossil fuel pipelines and implementing a climate test... Read more |
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News Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Gerry Connolly Goes Off on Jim Jordan: "I Didn't Vote to Overturn an Election. And I Will Not Be Lectured by People Who Did!" Rep. Gerry Connolly unloaded on a Republican congressman who suggested Wednesday that Democratic lawmakers' concerns about the operations of the United States Postal Service and controversial changes sought by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy were partisan rather than rooted in wanting to better... Read more |
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News Wednesday, February 24, 2021 'All Other States Should Follow': Advocates Applaud as Illinois Approves Elimination of Cash Bail Policymakers across the United States are now facing increased pressure to eliminate cash bail after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker this week signed into law sweeping criminal justice reform legislation that would make his state the first to do so. House Bill 3653, which the Democratic governor signed... Read more |
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News Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Coastal Annapolis Becomes 25th US Community to File Climate Suit That Aims to #MakePollutersPay Annapolis on Monday joined two dozen cities and states that have filed a "fast-growing wave of climate lawsuits" intended to make fossil fuel giants who spent decades lying about the impact of their products cover the costs of current and future damage. Maryland's coastal capital city is targeting... Read more |
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News Tuesday, February 23, 2021 Citing Concerns About Corporate Power, Bernie Sanders Votes Against Biden's Choice for USDA Chief Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday was the lone progressive to vote against Tom Vilsack reprising his role as secretary of agriculture, citing concerns that progressive advocacy groups have been raising since even before President Joe Biden officially nominated the former Obama administration appointee... Read more |
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News Tuesday, February 23, 2021 'We Must Heed the Warning': 1 in 3 Freshwater Fishes—Vital to Food and Jobs for Millions—Face Extinction The world's freshwater fishes are in "terrible trouble," with nearly a third facing extinction if humanity doesn't swiftly change its ways to prevent major losses that would impact not only the species at risk but also hundreds of millions of people, according to a report released Tuesday by 16... Read more |
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News Monday, February 22, 2021 As Millions in Texas Lack Safe Water, Sunrise Movement Rallies at State Capitol Demanding Green New Deal While millions of Texans on Monday continued living without safe drinking water and many faced storm damage and massive electricity bills , youth leaders with the Sunrise Movement rallied at the state capitol in Austin, using the current conditions across the Lone Star State to bolster their demand... Read more |