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Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Lawyer and Critic of US Empire, Dies at Age 93 "The world is the most dangerous place it's ever been now because of what our country has done, and is doing, and we have to take it back." Read more |
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Critics Warn $15 Billion Merger of Global Water Giants Would Create 'Dangerous Corporate Monopoly' "Veolia's plan to dominate public water services all across the globe is becoming a terrifying reality." Read more |
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Protests Erupt After Police Kill Black Man During Traffic Stop Near Minneapolis "Yet another Black life was taken by those sworn to protect, and we join the community in mourning Wright's loss," said the ACLU of Minnesota. Read more |
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Iran Says Israeli 'Nuclear Terrorism' Could Have Led to Catastrophic 'Crime Against Humanity' "This is sabotage all right," said one outside critic of the attack on Natanz, reportedly carried out by Mossad. "But the target is Biden's diplomacy with Iran." Read more |
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Marking Two Years Since Assange's Arrest, Press Freedom Advocates Demand Biden DOJ Drop All Charges "Shame on the U.S. and U.K. It's time to free Assange!" Read more |
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As Rich Countries Shield Pharma Monopolies, Just 0.2% of Covid Vaccine Doses Have Gone to Poor Nations "We need the cooperation of the whole world and the elimination of all the barriers to the production and distribution of vaccines." Read more |
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'The Time Is Now to Go Forward': Sanders Says Dems Can't Waste Time Catering to Obstructionist GOP "When the scientists tell us we have five or six years before there will be irreparable damage done because of climate change, I'm not going to slow down." Read more |
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Rejecting Biden's $715 Billion Proposal, Jayapal Says Congress Must Slash the 'Bloated Pentagon Budget' "Don't increase defense spending. Cut it," said the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Read more |
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As Activists' Hunger Strike Reaches Day 13, Calls Mount for Biden to End US Complicity in Starvation of Yemen "My pain cannot amount to that of Yemenis under siege," said one hunger striker. "I am starving, but I am not being starved. I am suffering, but I can choose to end that suffering." Read more |
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As Amazon Election Spotlights Rigged System, Senate Dems Urged to Nuke Filibuster and Pass PRO Act "In most states, it is easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to join a union." Read more |
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Florida Senate Advances 'Dangerous' Bill Critics Warn Criminalizes Peaceful Protest "H.B. 1 is a direct attack on the First Amendment. It is designed to stifle Floridians' right to peacefully assemble and seek change in their democracy." Read more |
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Despite Pledges on Tribal Relations and Climate, Biden Declines to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline "If Biden wants to be a climate leader on the world stage, he needs to start at home." Read more |
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Despite Defeat, Sanders Calls Those Behind Amazon Union Drive an 'Inspiration to Workers' Nationwide The senator also called for changes in federal law, declaring that "workers should not be intimidated or badgered by a company" for organizing. Read more |
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Biden Creates Commission to Study Supreme Court Expansion, Other Reforms "To restore our democracy, we must expand the Supreme Court," said Rep. Mondaire Jones. Read more |
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'Retire, Breyer': Progressive Group Joins Growing Call for SCOTUS Justice to Step Down "We cannot afford to risk Democrats losing control of the Senate before a Biden nominee can be confirmed," asserted Demand Justice director Brian Fallon. Read more |
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Khanna Criticizes Biden for Proposing Pentagon Budget Larger Than Trump's "It's disappointing that President Biden would propose a budget of $715 billion for the Pentagon." Read more |
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Scientists Warn 4°C World Would Unleash 'Unimaginable Amounts of Water' as Ice Shelves Collapse "Limiting warming will not just be good for Antarctica—preserving ice shelves means less global sea level rise, and that's good for us all." Read more |
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Greta Thunberg Says She'll Skip UN Climate Conference Over Covid-19 Vaccine Inequity "Of course I would love to attend the Glasgow #COP26," she tweeted Friday. "But not unless everyone can take part on the same terms." Read more |
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Global Just Recovery Gathering Kicks Off to Harness 'Collective People Power' and Create a 'Better Future for All' The event is being called "an invitation for us all to build a movement that is massive and that shakes the foundations of power and money and greed that seem to hold all the cards right now." Read more |
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Union to File Charges Against Amazon Over 'Blatantly Illegal Conduct' in Bessemer Election "Amazon's conduct has been despicable. We demand a comprehensive investigation over Amazon's behavior in corrupting this election." Read more |
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100+ Groups to Schumer: Throw Filibuster 'Into the Dustbin of History' In a letter to the Senate majority leader, the coalition says the rule is a "Jim Crow relic" standing in the way of progressive legislative proposals like the For the People Act. Read more |
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Biden Admin. to Decide Dakota Access Pipeline's Fate in Friday Court Hearing "The government and its pliers the Army Corps have been playing with First Nations people and we are tired of it." Read more |
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Economists Warn Democrats 'Going Too Small' on Infrastructure Risks Economic and Climate Catastrophe "The costs of inaction outweigh the risks of borrowing to take action—by trillions of dollars." Read more |
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Congress Urged to Reject Biden's 'Unconscionable' $715 Billion Pentagon Budget "Throwing money at the Pentagon does not keep us safe from modern day threats." Read more |
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Emails Reveal Amazon Pushed USPS for Private Box at Alabama Warehouse as Union Vote Began "Amazon felt it was above the law and worked with the Postal Service anyway to install one. They did this because it provided a clear ability to intimidate workers." Read more |
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As Texas Lawmakers Attack Voting Rights, GOP Official Aims to 'Build an Army' of Poll Watchers "When I hear someone say he needs 'courageous' volunteers to be part of an 'army' that will keep an eye on voters in minority neighborhoods, I hear all the same old dog whistles with a slightly updated harmony." Read more |
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New York to Offer Undocumented Migrants Up to $15,600 in Pandemic Relief "Today, our work today has been recognized," said one undocumented worker and organizer. "Our dignity has been recognized, and our dignity has been lifted by passing this fund." Read more |
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Biden Praised for Taking 'Crucial First Step' to 'Prioritize People Over Guns' "The idea that we have so many people dying every single day from gun violence in America is a blemish on our character as a nation," the president said. Read more |
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Tribes, Conservationists Urge Haaland to Restore 'Sacred' National Monuments During Utah Visit Campaigners tell Biden's new Interior Secretary to undo the attack on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. Read more |
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'Passing the PRO Act Is Not a Spectator Sport': AFL-CIO Leads National Day of Action "Stronger unions mean higher wages, safer working conditions, and dignity for all people who work. The PRO Act is our first step to get there." Read more |
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'Cartoon Villain Stuff': Howard Dean Urges Biden to Oppose Lifting Covid Vaccine Patents Dean currently works in the lobbying division at Dentons, a law firm that has represented Pfizer and other industry giants. Read more |
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Despite Pandemic Shutdowns, CO2 Now at Levels Unseen in 3.6 Million Years NOAA warned that carbon dioxide and methane "continued their unrelenting rise in 2020." Read more |
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Sanders Slams Big Oil CEO Who Refuses to Testify at Senate Climate Hearing "These companies are producing a significant percentage of the carbon that we use, which is destroying our planet, and we want to know what they are doing to transform their companies away from fossil fuel." Read more |
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Fauci Admits PPE Shortages Under Trump Increased Covid Death Toll of Frontline Healthcare Workers More than 3,600 health workers died of Covid-19 during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new investigation. Read more |
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While Hospital Janitor Got a $6 Cafeteria Voucher, Its CEO Took Home $30 Million "We need to do better for working people," said one advocate. Read more |
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Decades-Long Corporate Assault on Unions Has Cost Typical Worker $3,250 a Year: Report "This decline of unions wasn't inevitable—it was a deliberate policy choice made on behalf of wealthy interests and corporations, and it can be reversed." Read more |
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'Why the US Senate Is So Broken': Manchin Vow to Preserve Filibuster Imperils Voting Rights and Much More "Manchin represents a state that is 1/22 the population of California and 92% white, yet he can singlehandedly block policies supported by 70-80% of Americans." Read more |
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Greenpeace Says Biden Tax Plan for Fossil Fuel Subsidies 'Simply Not Good Enough' "Not a dime of our tax dollars should go towards corporations that poison our communities and wreck our climate." Read more |
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EU Regulator Endorses AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine While Warning of 'Possible' Blood Clot Risk The European Medicines Agency assessment came the same day as the U.K. restricted use of the vaccine to people over age 30. Read more |
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Biden Pushed to Permanently Scrap 'Trump's Xenophobic and Racist Wall' "The wall doesn't even begin to address any of the injustices plaguing the borderlands. It's nothing but a political prop for the GOP. Biden must stop it for good." Read more |
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Kenya Lashes Out at UK Over 'Discriminatory' Travel Ban and 'Vaccine Apartheid' "This vaccine apartheid, coupled with the reckless calls for vaccine passports while not making the vaccines available to all nations, widens existing inequalities and makes it near impossible for the world to win the war against the pandemic," the ministry said. Read more |
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'Wall Street Is a Primary Villain' in Climate Crisis, Analysis Shows DeSmog 's investigation found that at least 65% of directors from 39 global banks had 940 connections to "climate-conflicted" industries. Read more |
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'We Must Do More': Hundreds of Advocacy Groups Urge Biden, G20, and IMF to Increase Pandemic Aid "Unless we take immediate action to solidify more aid and relief, we face lost decades of development and millions more will suffer." Read more |
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G20 Nations Slammed for Calling Covid Vaccines a 'Public Good' While Denying Them to the World "They should have taken this moment to commit to putting the health of people across the world ahead of Big Pharma's profits." Read more |
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'The People Have Spoken': Left-Wing, Indigenous-Led Party Vows to Stop Greenland Uranium Mining Project After Historic Win "Greenlanders are sending a strong message that for them it's not worth sacrificing the environment to achieve independence and economic development." Read more |
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Coalition Calls for 'Building a Fairer, Healthier World' Through Climate Action "The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us that health must be part and parcel of every government policy—and as recovery plans are drawn up this must apply to climate policy." Read more |
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Nearly Two-Thirds of US Voters Back Corporate Tax Hike to Fund Biden Infrastructure Plan Support for the American Jobs Plan's proposed 7% corporate tax increase ranged from 42% among Republicans to 85% of Democrats. Read more |
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Bolsonaro a 'Threat to the Planet,' Says Lula as Brazil's Daily Covid Death Toll Hits All-Time High "Unfortunately, our country is today considered a global threat, due to the uncontrolled circulation of the virus and the emergence of new mutations." Read more |
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Dozens of House Dems and Progressive Groups Push Biden to Curb Militarization of Police "It is absurd that the Pentagon has so much funding they can send their 'excess' weaponry to police departments around the country. We need to demilitarize our police and defund the Pentagon now." Read more |
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'Yemen Is Being Starved': 70+ Democrats Urge Biden to Demand End to Saudi-Led Blockade "Every day that we wait for these issues to be resolved in negotiations is another day that pushes more children to the brink of death." Read more |
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Warnings of Attempt to 'Sabotage' Diplomacy as Israel Reportedly Attacks Iranian Ship "Israel appears to be stepping up attacks on Iran to undermine diplomacy." Read more |
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Beyond Bridges and Roads, Bowman Makes Case for 'Care Infrastructure' "What we need to understand better as a nation is that our infrastructure does not just look like steel, concrete, and transport—it is also the nurturing, patience, and diligence of care workers." Read more |
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Amnesty International's Annual Global Human Rights Report Details Harm—and Heroism—Amid Pandemic "Covid-19 has brutally exposed and deepened inequality both within and between countries, and highlighted the staggering disregard our leaders have for our shared humanity." Read more |
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73% of US Voters—Including 57% of Republicans—Back Biden's $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Poll A new survey shows that "every major aspect" of the Democratic president's plan to rebuild the country has majority support, regardless of party affiliation. Read more |
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Arkansas GOP Condemned for Veto Override That Continues 'Discriminatory Crusade Against Trans Youth' "This bill will drive families, doctors and businesses out of the state, and sends a terrible and heartbreaking message to transgender people who are watching in fear," warned the ACLU. Read more |
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Jayapal, House Dems Propose Constitutional Amendment to End Corporate Personhood The Washington Democrat said the proposed amendment "ends corporate constitutional rights, reverses Citizens United , and ensures that our democracy is really of the people, by the people—not corporations." Read more |
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Electrifying US Buildings by 2050 Would Be Like Taking 65 Million Cars Off Road: Report "A new technological revolution is underway to replace fossil fuel heating and cooking with electric technologies." Read more |
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Did Democrats Blow Their Chance to Repeal a Slew of Trump's Regulatory Attacks? "Democrats get owned on regulatory issues day in and day out," said one critic. "The problem is they didn't want to do the work." Read more |
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'Deadly and Dangerous': Biden Rebuked for Embrace of Trump's Policy on Landmines "This is the wrong approach," said the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines. Read more |
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'We Need Police-Free Schools': Survey Finds 2/3 of US Students Want Cops Removed From Campus "Students deserve more than an education system that is hell-bent on criminalizing them instead of providing them with the resources they need to succeed." Read more |
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'Fire Every Board Member Then Fire DeJoy': Lawmaker Fury Grows Over Postal Service Leadership "Instead of holding DeJoy accountable, the USPS Board of Governors confirmed what I always suspected was true," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth. Read more |
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Senate Democrats Introduce Plan to Force Multinational Corporations to 'Pay Their Fair Share' "That starts with ending incentives to ship jobs overseas and closing loopholes that allow companies to stash their profits in tax havens." Read more |
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'We Have to Act': Atmospheric CO2 Passes 420 PPM for First Time Ever "It is truly groundbreaking," Greta Thunberg said of the growing concentration of the heat-trapping gas. "And I don't mean that in a good way." Read more |
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After Decades of Raking in Corporate Cash, McConnell Tells CEOs Mildly Defending Voting Rights to 'Stay Out of Politics' "I have a feeling he thinks advocating for fair access to the ballot box is the only political act CEOs shouldn't be engaged in," said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Read more |
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Manchin Under Fire for Threatening to Block Infrastructure Bill Over Corporate Tax Hike "I think we need a grassroots movement that makes it clear to Joe Manchin... that the progressive agenda is what the American people want," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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'Helloooooooooo Somebody': Nina Turner Posts Massive Fundraising Haul in Bid for Ohio House Seat "Momentum is building and people can feel it!" Read more |
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'This Victory Belongs to Trans Youth': Arkansas Gov. Vetoes Bill That Would Deny Gender-Affirming Care "This victory belongs to the thousands of Arkansans who spoke out against this discriminatory bill, especially the young people, parents, and pediatricians who never stopped fighting this anti-trans attack." Read more |
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Fauci Says Federal Government Won't Mandate Vaccine Passports The administration's chief medical adviser also urged people not to "declare victory prematurely" against the coronavirus by forgoing public health measures like physical distancing. Read more |
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Sunrise Plans Dozens of Actions Nationwide to Demand Jobs Guarantee, $10 Trillion Infrastructure Plan "With so much work to be done, there's no reason anyone in the richest country in the history of the world should be unemployed, underemployed, or working a job that isn't in the national interest." Read more |
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Biden Urged to Withdraw All Medicaid Work Requirements Approved by Trump Policies to "take Medicaid coverage away from people who don't comply with stringent work requirements... are deeply harmful." Read more |
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To Halt '30-Year Race to the Bottom,' Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Tax on Corporations "A high global minimum tax can change the face of globalization—by making its main winners (multinational companies) pay more in taxes, instead of them paying less and less." Read more |
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NLRB Says Amazon Firing of Workers Who Demanded Better Climate, Labor Policies Was Illegal Retaliation "It's clear that Amazon has been violating the law when it tries to silence workers who speak out," said Christy Hofmann, general secretary of UNI Global Union. Read more |
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'Follow the Money': Corporations Gave $50 Million to GOP Lawmakers Behind Voter Suppression Onslaught "No matter how many PR statements Big Business puts out, its complicity with the antidemocratic forces that want to make voting harder is clear." Read more |
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'A Remarkable Story of Resilience and Hope': Renewable Energy Smashes Records in 2020 "There is a huge amount to be done... The international community must look to this trend as a source of inspiration to go further." Read more |
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'EPA Needs to Step In': Florida Workers Race to Prevent Massive Spill of Radioactive Waste "Federal officials need to clean up this mess the fertilizer industry has dumped on Florida communities and immediately halt further phosphogypsum production." Read more |
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Amazon Apologizes to Pocan, Admits Drivers Do Sometimes Pee in Bottles "We know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms because of traffic or sometimes rural routes," the tech titan conceded. Read more |
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Rashida Tlaib Hails Shift in House Dems' Views on Palestinian Human Rights "Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable to have 12 members of Congress refer to Israeli occupation as colonialism, so I have no doubt that the needle on Palestinian human rights is moving." Read more |
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'We Will Not Stop': First Nations Land Defenders Take Direct Action Against Trans Mountain Pipeline "Today we stand on unceded, unsurrendered, illegally occupied Secwepemc land to show that we will not stop until the pipeline is terminated and the land is returned to the rightful title holders." Read more |
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Derek Chauvin Trial Week 1: Raw Video, Raw Emotions as Witnesses to George Floyd's Death Testify Multiple police officers also testified for the prosecution, with one Minneapolis homicide lieutenant calling Chauvin's use of deadly force "totally unnecessary." Read more |
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'Critical First Step' But 'Long Overdue': Biden Repeals Trump Sanctions on the ICC "Trump's sanctions set a dangerous precedent for attacks on victims, lawyers, human rights advocates, and courts." Read more |
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As Republicans Fume, Georgia Dems Have Mixed Reactions to MLB's All-Star Game Relocation "Businesses and organizations have great power in their voices and ability to push for change, and I respect the decision of the players to speak out against this unjust law," said Sen. Raphael Warnock. Read more |
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After UN Envoy Warns of 'Bloodbath,' Junta Imposes Internet Blackout Across Myanmar The move came as Human Rights Watch said authorities have forcibly disappeared hundreds of politicians, election officials, journalists, activists, and protesters. Read more |
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As Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Pleads Guilty, Advocates Warn of 'Profound Threat' to Free Press "Using the Espionage Act in this way to prosecute journalists' sources as spies chills newsgathering and discourages sources from coming forward with information in the public interest." Read more |
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As Biden Ramps Up Detention Capacity, Group Warns Contaminated Military Bases 'Are No Place' for Kids "Immigrant children under the care of the federal government should not be in cages, let alone toxic sites in military bases," an Earthjustice attorney said. Read more |
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'We've Been Attacked': Suspect Dead, Officer Killed After Vehicle Rams Security Barrier on Capitol Hill The Capitol has been on high alert since the January 6 attack by a mob of Trump supporters. Read more |
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CDC Says Vaccinated People Safe to Travel, But Urges Against It as Covid-19 Cases Again Surge The agency's new guidance came the same day Dr. Anthony Fauci said there's something akin to "a race between the potential for a surge and our ability to vaccinate as many people as we possibly can." Read more |
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Fossil Fuel Companies Got $8.2 Billion in Tax Bailouts—Then Fired Over 58,000 Workers "It's time to stop subsidizing them and start facing the climate crisis," says a BailoutWatch analyst. Read more |
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Haaland Announces New Missing and Murdered Indigenous Unit at Interior The department said the new unit will "put the full weight of the federal government into investigating these cases and marshal law enforcement resources across federal agencies and throughout Indian country." Read more |
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Despite Declining U.S. Pesticide Use, Toxicity to Bees Doubled in a Decade: Study The findings, said the study's lead researcher, "call for action to reduce the pesticide toxicity applied in agriculture worldwide." Read more |
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55 US Corporate Giants Paid $0 in Federal Taxes in 2020 Thanks to 'Gaping' Loopholes "If you paid $120 for a pair of Nike Air Force 1 shoes, you paid more to Nike than it paid in federal income taxes over the past 3 years," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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'The Breakthrough We've Been Hoping For': Iran, EU Announce Talks to Bring US Back to Nuclear Deal "The American people, and the Iranian-American community in particular, want the Biden administration to resolve our ongoing disputes with Iran through diplomacy." Read more |
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Dozens of Democrats Urge Biden to Take 'Critical Step' of Shutting Down Dakota Access Pipeline "By shutting down this illegal pipeline, you can continue to show your administration values the environment and the rights of Indigenous communities more than the profits of outdated fossil fuel industries." Read more |
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Progressive Leader to Biden: Don't 'Water Down Bill for a Party Not Actually Interested in Bipartisanship' The country can't afford to "wait for Republicans to have some awakening on climate change," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Read more |
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South Carolina Bill Would Require Teaching Based on Trump's Ahistorical 1776 Report "This kind of legislation... introduces more problems and more politics," said one historian critic. "It is telling people how to think, not to think." Read more |
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'We Need Full Abolition,' Advocates Say as Biden Reviews Authority to Cancel Student Debt The president has signaled he supports forgiving $10,000 per borrower but Democrats and activists are pressing him to make it $50,000 or more. Read more |
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Indigenous Youth Take to DC Streets With Demands to #ShutDownDAPL and #StopLine3 "Climate chaos is here. We cannot wait." Read more |
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'Threat to Democracy': Brazil's Bolsonaro Faces Growing Calls to Resign "We have a president who is trying to pressure the armed forces into serving his coup-mongering, authoritarian delusions," said one elder statesman as lawmakers pursue impeachment. Read more |
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IMF Calls for Taxing World's Richest to Curb Inequality, Stave Off Social Unrest "Governments need to provide everyone with a fair shot—enabling all individuals to reach their potential." Read more |
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Biden's $100 Billion Broadband Plan Hailed as Crucial Effort to Close 'Digital Divide' "President Biden's $100 billion infrastructure plan acknowledges an important fact about broadband today—it is an essential service, like water and electricity, and our public policy should reflect that fact." Read more |
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Lawmakers and Groups Demand 'Urgent Action' by Fed to Protect Economy From Climate Risks "The Federal Reserve must do its job, steering the economy away from disaster by ending fossil fuel finance." Read more |