Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Kenny Stancil is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @kenny_stancil
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News Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Japayal Calls for Crackdown on Wealthiest After IRS Chief Says Tax Evasion Costs US $1 Trillion a Year Following IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig's admission Tuesday that tax dodgers are depriving the federal government of as much as $1 trillion or more per year, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal called for strengthening the agency's ability to crack down on the rampant tax avoidance strategies used by... Read more |
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News Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Public Health Coalition Urges Biden to Create Vaccine 'Manufacturing Operation for the World' A coalition of 66 global health, development, and humanitarian groups on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden to establish a global vaccine manufacturing program to end the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and prepare for future ones. "Even as our country expands access to Covid-19 vaccines through the... Read more |
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News Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Right-Wing Banker Pulls Off Upset Win in Ecuador Over Leftist Champion Following left-wing economist Andrés Arauz's loss to right-wing former banker Guillermo Lasso in Ecuador's recent presidential election, Progressive International on Monday argued that the disappointing results reflect the unsettling "triumph of lawfare" and underscore the need for progressive... Read more |
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News Tuesday, April 13, 2021 Greenpeace Says Japan's Plan to Contaminate Pacific Ocean With Fukushima Water Would Violate International Law In a decision that sparked condemnation from environmental advocates, fisherfolk, and neighboring countries, Japan announced Tuesday a plan to dump over 1.2 million tons of stored contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. The decision made by... Read more |
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News Monday, April 12, 2021 Majority of Voters Want Government to Rein In Wall Street's Climate Destruction: Poll A new poll released Monday shows that large majorities of voters in the United States want the federal government to bolster its regulation of big banks, insurers, and other financial institutions to prevent climate-driven economic crises. As Common Dreams has reported in the past month, recent... Read more |
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News Monday, April 12, 2021 Critics Warn $15 Billion Merger of Global Water Giants Would Create 'Dangerous Corporate Monopoly' French-based transnational corporation Veolia agreed in principle to acquire Suez, its main rival, for $15.5 billion on Monday, setting the stage for the creation of a water and waste management juggernaut that critics warn would be a "dangerous corporate monopoly" destined to "hurt consumers and... Read more |
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News Monday, April 12, 2021 Protests Erupt After Police Kill Black Man During Traffic Stop Near Minneapolis Update: Minnesota police on Monday released footage from an officer's body camera showing the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright. The video shows police attempting to arrest Wright during a traffic stop. As Wright tries to re-enter his vehicle, one officer pulls a weapon and yells, "Taser!... Read more |
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News Friday, April 09, 2021 Biden Creates Commission to Study Supreme Court Expansion, Other Reforms President Joe Biden won praise Friday for signing an executive order to create a 36-member commission that will analyze arguments for and against reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. The White House announced that a "bipartisan group of experts" will spend the next six months considering the "merits... Read more |
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News Friday, April 09, 2021 Biden Admin. to Decide Dakota Access Pipeline's Fate in Friday Court Hearing At a court hearing Friday, the Biden administration will decide whether to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline for several months while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts a more thorough environmental impact review. The Justice Department, Energy Transfer LP—one of the owners of the Dakota... Read more |
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News Thursday, April 08, 2021 'Passing the PRO Act Is Not a Spectator Sport': AFL-CIO Leads National Day of Action The AFL-CIO is encouraging people to call U.S. senators on Thursday to urge them to support the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, a historic piece of legislation that would significantly strengthen workers' right to form unions and help reverse a decades-long assault on labor... Read more |