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Trump Admits Filibuster Reform Would Be 'Catastrophic' for GOP The former president's admission came as Democrats face further pressure to eliminate the archaic Senate rule. Read more |
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'Wake-Up Call': Analysis Shows Corporate Climate Pledges Failing Planet... And Investors The report makes clear "that far more specific, concrete, and ambitious action plans are needed in order to make the promise of a net-zero future a reality." Read more |
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Coalition Forms to Challenge 'Predatory' Surveillance Advertising by Big Tech "Big Tech's toxic business model is undermining democracy." Read more |
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CDC Head Sounds Alarm as New Covid Cases Surge in States Across US Depending on how the nation acts now in response to the ongoing pandemic, "another avoidable surge" in cases could be around the corner, said CDC chief Rochelle Walensky. Read more |
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'I Need Her Alongside Me in Congress': Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Nina Turner New York Democrat says Turner "has spent her entire career advocating for the working people of Northeast Ohio." Read more |
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Scientists Say Humanity Now at 'Dawn of What Must Be a Transformative Decade' "Whether humanity has the collective wisdom to navigate the Anthropocene to sustain a livable biosphere for people and civilizations, as well as for the rest of life with which we share the planet, is the most formidable challenge facing humanity." Read more |
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Experts Urge World Leaders to 'Put Marine Ecosystems at the Heart of Climate Policy' "A healthy ocean, teeming with life, is a vital tool in the bid to tackle global heating." Read more |
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Climate Polluters Pour Billions Into Hundreds of 'Sportswashing' Sponsorships: Report "Sport needs to up its game and adopt policies that reject high-carbon sponsors. Clubs, competitions, and institutions need to take their climate commitments seriously." Read more |
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Democracy for DC 'On the Horizon'? Poll Shows Support for Statehood at All-Time High "For more than 200 years, my hundreds of thousands of neighbors in this city and I have been mere spectators to our democracy." Read more |
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'Safe Water Is a Right, Not a Privilege': On World Water Day, UN Decries Unequal Access "The devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic remind us of the importance of having access to water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities, and highlight that far too many people are still without them." Read more |
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Zoom Paid $0 in Federal Income Taxes on 4,000% Profit Increase During Pandemic: Report "If you paid $14.99 a month for a Zoom Pro membership, you paid more to Zoom than it paid in federal income taxes even as it made $660 million in profits last year." Read more |
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'This Is Tax Evasion': Richest 1% of US Households Don't Report 21% of Their Income, Analysis Finds "We estimate that 36% of federal income taxes unpaid are owed by the top 1%." Read more |
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Progressives Demand Permanent Repeal of 'Self-Defeating' Paygo Law as Automatic Medicare Cuts Loom "It's long past time for Congress to end statutory Paygo permanently. The austerity politics of the last several decades have been an unmitigated failure." Read more |
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Large Pro-Democracy, Anti-Netanyahu Pre-Election Protest in Jerusalem Over 50,000 demand Benjamin Netanyahu resign for his indictments for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Read more |
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Biden Pushes Colombia to Restart Glyphosate Spraying Program Experts: “The recently announced decision sends an unfortunate message to the Colombian people that your administration is not committed to abandoning the ineffective and damaging war on drugs internationally." Read more |
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Teachers Unions Want More Details on New CDC Guidance of Desks Only 3 Feet Apart "Kids need to be in school... but we are concerned this change has been driven by a lack of physical space rather than the hard science." Read more |
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Sen. Chris Murphy 'Fought Back Tears' Visiting Detained Migrant Children in Texas "Remember, each 'unaccompanied minor' is a human being with a story," the Connecticut Democrat tweeted after his tour of the El Paso detention center. Read more |
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On 18th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Activists Renew Calls for US Reparations "Americans owe a debt to the people of Iraq that can never be repaid in full. However, it is incumbent and imperative that we try." Read more |
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'Deeply Concerning': Critics Decry Facebook Plan to Build Instagram for Kids 12 and Under "Social media companies have a responsibility to protect children and young people online, but building a separate version of their platforms is not the answer." Read more |
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Democrats Unveil 'Build Green' Infrastructure and Jobs Act Sen. Ed Markey called the bill "our opportunity to invest in a clean energy revolution across our country, transform our transportation sector to be climate-smart, and create millions of good-paying union jobs at the same time." Read more |
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Watchdog Urges Congress to Probe Whether Biden 'Bartered' Vaccines for Mexico Migration Crackdown "The Biden administration should not be in the business of trading Mexican lives for those of other Central and South Americans, for whom migration to the U.S. is often life-saving." Read more |
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Advocates Say Chicagoans Should Not Be Punished for Hospital Execs Who Gave Vaccines to Elites "The city should investigate the actions at the Loretto Hospital, but the community shouldn't be cut off during the pandemic." Read more |
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'A Moral Imperative': Business Leaders Demand Death Penalty Abolition Worldwide "The tide is turning, and now it is the responsibility of business leaders to speak up and stand together on the right side of history." Read more |
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'Not in 2030 or 2050...Now!': Climate Strikers Worldwide Demand Urgent Action Returning to the streets a year into the coronavirus pandemic, youth campaigners are calling for "no more empty promises." Read more |
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Poll: Large Majority See Prosecution of Insurrection Rioters as 'Very Important' Pew's survey shows both Democrats and Republicans see prosecutions as at least somewhat important. Read more |
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Big Pharma Quietly Planning Price Hike for Covid Vaccines in 'Near Future': Report "As this shifts from pandemic to endemic, we think there's an opportunity here for us," said Pfizer's Chief Financial Officer Frank D'Amelio. Read more |
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'We Can Cancel All $1.8 Trillion,' Say Activists as Cardona Announces Full Debt Relief for Scammed Students "Organizing works. We can't stop now," said The Debt Collective. Read more |
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50+ House Democrats Urge Biden to Fire Postal Board for Complicity in DeJoy's Sabotage "The board has remained silent in the face of catastrophic and unacceptable failures at a moment when the American people are relying on the Postal Service the most." Read more |
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'Make Him Do It': Lindsey Graham Says He Would Talk Until He 'Fell Over' to Stop Voting Rights Bill "Change the filibuster rules so we can watch Lindsey Graham fall over." Read more |
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Advocates Applaud House Passage of Bills Paving Pathway to Citizenship for Dreamers, Farmworkers "This is a significant moment for immigrants and their loved ones. For far too long, our communities have lived in fear of deportation from the country that is their home." Read more |
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Dems Introduce Bill to Let Puerto Ricans 'Determine Their Own Political Future' "The Self-Determination Act provides a clear path to decolonization through self-determination that could put an end to Puerto Rico's colonial status and ensure that its people have a voice in their future." Read more |
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After Four Dark Years Under Trump, Words 'Climate' and 'Science' Are Back on EPA Website "You deserve access to science and data," new EPA Administrator Michael Regan says. Read more |
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'I Totally Disagree With You': Fauci Refutes Rand Paul That Mask-Wearing Is 'Just Theater' "Here we go again," the top public health official told the Kentucky libertarian. Read more |
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Despite Pandemic, Confirmation of Xavier Becerra for HHS Secretary Squeaks by With Just One GOP Vote "It's no secret why Senate Republicans took aim at Becerra's confirmation: from deep inside the pockets of Big Pharma and with wealthy donors to please, they felt threatened by Becerra's track record and promise to work for the American people." Read more |
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GOP Senator Blocks Democratic Effort to Shield Covid Relief Payments From Debt Collectors "We know predatory debt collectors are already lining up to try to take a cut of those checks." Read more |
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172 Republicans Rebuked for Voting Against Protecting Women From Violence "One in three women experience sexual or intimate partner violence during their lifetime," said Rep. Lauren Underwood. "I voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act today with that sad truth on my mind." Read more |
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House Dems Urged to Cut 'Fossil Fuels and False Solutions' From CLEAN Future Act Over 300 groups called the bill a "prime example of the type of half-measure we must avoid." Read more |
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Poverty a Key Driver in Vaccine Inequities, CDC Report Shows "Additional efforts are needed to achieve equity in vaccination coverage for those who have been most affected by Covid-19." Read more |
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'Poverty Is Killing Us': Progressive Caucus Uses White House Meeting to Push Biden on $15 Wage "The fight for at least $15 is a matter of life and death in St. Louis," said Rep. Cori Bush. Read more |
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Asian Americans, Allies Rally Against Racist Violence and White Supremacy After Atlanta Murders "We're out here because people who look like me are being killed. Our Black, brown, and Indigenous siblings are also being killed. This collective power is what we need." Read more |
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Brazil's Lula Urges Biden to Call Emergency G20 Summit to Promote Global Vaccine Equity The former Brazilian president suggested that the U.S. vaccine surplus "could be donated to Brazil, or other countries even poorer than Brazil that cannot afford to buy the vaccine." Read more |
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430+ Groups From 6 Continents Demand Biden End All US Subsidies for Global Fossil Fuel Projects "We have to stop subsidizing fossil fuel companies at the expense of our climate." Read more |
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'Hijacking of Democracy in Plain Sight': Georgia GOP Transforms 2-Page Bill Into 93-Page Assault on Voting Rights "Surprising advocates, legislators, and voters with a nearly 100-page bill is undemocratic and unacceptable." Read more |
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Lawmakers Urge Biden to Block Massive Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley "This disastrous project is an affront to environmental justice and contrary to your goals to reduce pollution in frontline communities." Read more |
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Outrage After Georgia Cop Suggests Atlanta Mass Shooter Acted Because He Had a 'Bad Day' "If you're Black, you can be executed by police for having a water pistol and they'll say you were 'no angel.' If you're white, you can murder a bunch of Asian women and they'll say you were having a 'bad day.'" Read more |
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Climate Crisis Displaced Over 10 Million People in Past Six Months: Red Cross "We need greater action and urgent investment to reduce internal displacement caused by the rising risk of disasters." Read more |
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MONARCH Act Introduced to Ensure 'Beloved Pollinator' Is Around for Future Generations "In only a few decades, a migration of millions has been reduced to less than two thousand butterflies." Read more |
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Teens, Fight for the Future Sell 'Invisiclip' to Counter 'Menace of Facial Recognition' "The more that we learned about the dangers of facial recognition software, the more we desired to find a solution to the problem." Read more |
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Warnock Says Filibuster Must Not Hinder Fight Against 'Jim Crow in New Clothes' "This issue is bigger than the filibuster," says Georgia Democrat in first-ever Senate floor speech. Read more |
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After Introduction of For the People Act, Senate Dems Told to 'End the Filibuster and Pass' It "Too much is at stake to delay a vote on this critical legislation or to allow archaic Senate rules to kill the bill." Read more |
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Backing Push for Public Ownership, Tlaib Will Join Virtual Rally to Reclaim Nestlé's Troubled Waters "Communities across the continent are now calling for Nestlé's existing contracts to end, and for local stewardship over the groundwater." Read more |
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'Everyone In, Nobody Out': Jayapal, Dingell Introduce Medicare for All Act With 112 Co-Sponsors "A system that prioritizes profits over patients and ties coverage to employment was no match for a global pandemic and will never meet the needs of our people." Read more |
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WATCH: Sanders-Led Budget Committee Holds Hearing on 'Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis' "We will never eliminate poverty as long as so much of our nation's resources are flowing to the top." Read more |
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Activists Demand Georgia-Based Corporations Like Coca-Cola End Complicity in GOP Assault on Voting "It is a dangerous thing for the business community to be silent." Read more |
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Sanders Bill Would Hike Taxes on Big Corporations That Pay CEOs Over 50 Times More Than Median Worker "Walmart, which pays its CEO nearly 1,000 times more than its average worker, would pay up to $855 million more in taxes." Read more |
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'Unspeakable Tragedy': Anti-Asian Hate Crime Feared as Gunman Kills 8 in Georgia "My heart is broken tonight after the tragic violence in Atlanta that took eight lives. Once again we see that hate is deadly," said Sen. Raphael Warnock. Read more |
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'Democracy Is Having a Hard Time Functioning': Biden Endorses Return to Talking Filibuster "That's what it was supposed to be." Read more |
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Warning Biden's Syria Strikes Set 'Dangerous' Precedent, Groups Push Congress to Respond A joint letter urges lawmakers to "defend the Constitution and Congress's exclusive authority, under Article I, to declare war and authorize the offensive use of military force." Read more |
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'Life and Death' Crisis as Utilities Cut Power to Over 765,000 Across 10 States During Pandemic "The Biden administration needs to impose a nationwide shutoffs moratorium immediately," said report author Greer Ryan. Read more |
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50 House Democrats Demand Biden Slash Pentagon Budget to Invest in Public Health, Common Good "The U.S.' budget priorities are dangerously out of whack," said Win Without War. "It's time to put them back in order." Read more |
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Analysis Details How Bill in Congress Could Stop GOP Voter Suppression Nationwide By passing the For the People Act, as the House recently did, the Senate can "n ullify new voter restrictions currently advanced by Republicans at the state level." Read more |
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'Total Scandal': Memos Expose Failure of Obama-Era FTC to Stop Google's Monopoly Power Law professor Zephyr Teachout called the series a "devastating takedown" of the Federal Trade Commission and its economists under the former president. Read more |
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Critics Say 'Scorched Earth' Threat Over Filibuster Shows McConnell 'Getting Scared' "McConnell is clearly getting desperate as momentum grows to eliminate the filibuster as a weapon he can use to maintain power from the minority." Read more |
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Hundreds of Local Officials Demand 'Transformative' Infrastructure Plan for US "If the winter storm taught us anything, it is that we need our infrastructure to be more resilient and sustainable," said Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adler. Read more |
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UK Nuclear Arsenal Plan Slammed as 'Irresponsible, Dangerous' Violation of International Law "As the world wrestles with the pandemic and climate chaos, it beggars belief that our government is opting to increase Britain's nuclear arsenal." Read more |
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'Unfortunate, If Not Unexpected': Biden Criticized for Resuming Public Land Drilling Permits "We call on President Biden to keep his promise: a full and complete ban on fracking and fossil fuel extraction on public lands. Full stop." Read more |
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'Climate Change Is Here': Europe's Recent Droughts 'Unprecedented' in Millennia, Study Finds "Our results show that what we have experienced over the past five summers is extraordinary for central Europe, in terms of how dry it has been consecutively." Read more |
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Medicare for All Would Have Prevented Hundreds of Thousands of Covid Deaths: New Report "We need to be prepared for the next pandemic, and we can't be under the current for-profit system." Read more |
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Green Groups File 'First-of-Its-Kind' FTC Complaint Against Chevron for Climate Lies "The world's second biggest polluter shouldn't advertise that they're good for the environment." Read more |
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Progressives to Biden: No Ambassadorship for 'Ladder-Climbing Hack' Rahm Emanuel "Appointing Rahm Emanuel to anything is a broken promise. We don't 'build back better' by rewarding coverups for murder." Read more |
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'Weapon of Mass Obstruction': Durbin Blasts Filibuster on Senate Floor "It's time to change the Senate rules and stop holding this Senate hostage." Read more |
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Review of Trump Era CDC Guidance Confirms Political Manipulation of Agency's Covid Response "The Trump administration put politics over people's lives." Read more |
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'Historic and Hopeful Moment': Senate Confirms Haaland as Interior Secretary One campaigner called her confirmation "a tremendous win for Indigenous communities, the waters, parks, and lands across our country, and the climate." Read more |
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Spain to Experiment With 4-Day Workweek, 'an Idea Whose Time Has Come' One leading advocate says Spain "will be the first country to undertake a trial of this magnitude." Read more |
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Study Finds Redlined Areas Face Greater Flood Risk From Climate Crisis "Decades of segregation and economic inequality shoehorned many people of color—especially Black Americans—into living in neighborhoods that are more vulnerable to climate change." Read more |
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Jane Fonda Arrives in Minnesota to Back Line 3 Opponents "We're here to try to stop it," the famed activist and actress said of Enbridge's crude oil pipeline. Read more |
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More EU Nations Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Blood-Clotting Concerns While the WHO maintains the vaccine is safe, Germany's health minister said Monday the halt "is a purely precautionary measure." Read more |
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Omar Leads Letter Urging Biden to End ICE Contracts With Local Jails The lawmakers' letter decried detention abuses including "medical neglect, long-term use of solitary confinement, sexual assault, and lack of access to legal counsel." Read more |
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FEMA Ordered to Help as Border Patrol Holds 3,000 Migrant Children Over Legal Limit A lawyer who interviewed children at a facility in Texas said that "one of them shared that he could only see the sun when he showered, because you can see the sun through the window." Read more |
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Martial Law Extended in Myanmar After Junta Kills More Than 50 Protesters "Junta leaders don't belong in power, they belong behind bars," said United Nations special rapporteur Tom Andrews. Read more |
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'Tidal Wave of Rage': 100,000+ Australian Women March Against Sexual Violence "Evil thrives in silence," said survivor and Australian of the Year Grace Tame. "But... it gives me hope because the start of the solution is also quite simple—making noise!" Read more |
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As Saudis Suck Up Weapons, US Accounts for Over 1/3 of All Global Arms Sales New analysis shows U.S.-based war profiteers have supplied increased demand by Qatar, Egypt, the Saudi Kingdom, and others in the Middle East over the last five years. Read more |
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US Probe Underway Over Euphemistic 'Clean Coal' That Actually Increased Pollution The outcome of the congressional investigation could influence whether lawmakers vote to renew a multibillion-dollar subsidy, which expires at the end of 2021. Read more |
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NY Vaccine Czar Reportedly Questioned County Officials on Loyalty to Cuomo "Using vaccine distribution as a tool to control local officials is despicable and a clear abuse of public trust." Read more |
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Congress Urged to Take 'Immediate Action' to Stop Debt Collectors From Snatching Relief Checks A legislative fix is needed, said one observer, to prevent "a flood of new judgments from debt collectors to siphon stimulus funds out." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders: US Public Cares Far More About Bold Relief Than Bipartisanship "When the American people get those $1,400 checks, they're not going to be sitting around saying, 'Oh, my goodness, this is not good, we didn't have any Republican support.'" Read more |
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'Disturbing': Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries "There is no reason we have to prioritize the profits of pharmaceutical companies over the dignity of people in other countries," said U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna. Read more |
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'Say Her Name': Rallies and Marches Mark One-Year Anniversary of Breonna Taylor's Killing "This is not a celebration. This is the anniversary of something that should not have happened." Read more |
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Activists Rally to Demand Biden Issue Nationwide Ban on 'Inhumane' Utility Shutoffs "We need a national moratorium on utility shutoffs so everyone has access to water, electricity, and broadband." Read more |
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Far-Right Bolivia Coup Leader Jeanine Añez Arrested on Terrorism, Sedition Charges "The authors and accomplices of the dictatorship that looted the economy and attacked life and democracy in Bolivia" must "be investigated and punished," said Evo Morales, the former president. Read more |
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Advocates Sound Alarm Over Quiet Trump Era Move That Could Further Privatize Medicare "The Biden administration should immediately kill this toxic legacy of the former president." Read more |
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Jayapal, Dingell to Unveil Medicare for All Act Exactly One Year After 1st Covid Cases Confirmed in Every State "This past year makes it incredibly clear why we must pass Medicare for All." Read more |
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'The Kind of Speed and Efficiency We Should Always Expect': $1,400 Checks Already Hitting Bank Accounts "This is wild. I've honestly never seen something at this scale and speed in the time I've covered politics." Read more |
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'We're Destroying Our Life-Support Systems': Study Suggests the Amazon Now Contributes to Warming "CO2 is not a lone actor. When you consider the whole cast of other characters, the outlook in the Amazon is that the impacts of human activities will be worse than we realize." Read more |
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McCollum Calls Israeli Troops' Arrest of Palestinian Children 'Extremely Disturbing' "Using Israeli soldiers to capture little boys who were reportedly gathering wild vegetables in occupied Palestinian land is wrong," said the Minnesota Democrat. Read more |
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House Progressives Implore Biden State Dept. to Center Palestinian Rights "The conversation is shifting, public sentiment is changing, and it's time the Biden administration listened to the people and spoke up for Palestinian rights." Read more |
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Web Inventor Tim Berners-Lee Argues Internet Access Must Be a 'Basic Right' "We must work to make sure all young people can connect to a web that gives them the power to shape their world." Read more |
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Covid-19 Death Rates Higher in States With GOP Governors: Study "These findings underscore the need for state policy actions that are guided by public health considerations rather than by partisan politics." Read more |
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$15 Minimum Wage Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty, Says... Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley "The social benefits to lifting real wages of lower-income earners and millions out of poverty are substantial." Read more |
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Omar Leads Bill to Cancel Rent and Mortgage Payments During Pandemic "This isn't a radical idea. It's what is needed to prevent an even bigger crisis." Read more |