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Report of Illegal $80 Million Arms Transfer by Erik Prince to Libyan Warlord Raises Question of Who's Backing Former Blackwater CEO Prince has "been linked to the Trump administration, the Emirati leadership, and the Russians," noted one expert. Read more |
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Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Probe of Cuomo's Disastrous Handling of Covid-19 Outbreaks in Nursing Homes "Thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers lost their lives in nursing homes throughout the pandemic," she said. "Their loved ones and the public deserve answers and transparency from their elected leadership." Read more |
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US Farmers and Food Justice Groups Declare 'Solidarity' With Indian Farmer Protests "We stand with India's farmers! Now let's connect the dots between the forces of neoliberalism that stifle farmers, from India to the U.S." Read more |
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'Words Are Not Enough': Biden Pushed to Take Bold Climate Action as US Returns to Paris Agreement "The livelihoods and dignity of billions of people who didn't create the climate crisis require that the Biden administration takes immediate and far-reaching climate action driven by justice, equity, and science." Read more |
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By 17-Point Margin, Voters Want Biden to Cancel $50k in Student Debt: Poll "It's almost like the American people want government to meet the scale of the crisis," said New York Congressman Mondaire Jones. Read more |
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After Series of Democratic Victories, Rights Advocates Blast Georgia GOP for 'Brazenly Trying to Silence Voters' "This bill is Jim Crow with a suit and tie," warns one local critic. Read more |
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'Dirty and Dangerous': New Data Show Higher Rates of Contamination in Pork Plants Using New Slaughter System Plants adopting the Trump-approved New Swine Inspection System had, on average, nearly double the rate of fecal and digestive matter contamination of other facilities. Read more |
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Sherrod Brown Demands Biden Immediately Remove Two 'Key Agents' of Trump Agenda to Destroy Social Security "No one has been safe from their path of destruction." Read more |
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Fossil Fuel Exec Brags of 'Hitting the Jackpot' as Natural Gas Prices Surge Amid Deadly Crisis in Texas The GOP is erroneously blaming frozen wind turbines for power outages because the Green New Deal is "the biggest legislative threat against the corrupt powers responsible for (and benefiting from) the suffering unfolding now," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more |
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'A Clear Back-Track': Rights Groups Warn New Biden Guidelines Not Enough to Curb ICE Abuses The organizations said the guidelines flew in the face of promises "to fully break from the harmful deportation policies of both the Trump and Obama presidencies." Read more |
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'Landmark' Victory as UK Supreme Court Rules Uber Drivers Are Workers Entitled to Minimum Wage, Benefits "This has been a grueling four-year legal battle for our members—but it's ended in a historic win." Read more |
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In Contrast to 'Useless Republican Leaders,' AOC Helps Raise $2 Million in Direct Relief for Texans in Crisis "AOC helped raise $1 million for Texas relief as Ted Cruz made his way back home from Cancún." Read more |
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New Economic Study 'Demolishes' Myth About Student Debt Parroted by Joe Biden "The vast majority of borrowers that benefit from forgiveness hail from low- and lower-income communities," the study's authors affirmed. Read more |
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'Congress Must End This National Embarrassment,' Says Sanders After CBO Reveals High Drug Prices for Medicare Part D "There is no rational reason why Medicare pays nearly three times more than Medicaid and about twice as much as the VA for the same exact medicine." Read more |
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UN Head Decries 'Senseless and Suicidal' Destruction of Nature as New Report Urges Systemic Solutions "Human well-being lies in protecting the health of the planet," said Secretary-General António Guterres. "It's time to reevaluate and reset our relationship with nature." Read more |
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Forget Ted Cruz, What's Really Missing in Texas Is the Green New Deal "Lives are already being lost because of Texas politicians' refusal to acknowledge and prepare for the realities of the climate crisis." Read more |
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'Immediately Reverse This Decision': Amnesty Rebukes Facebook for Blocking Australian News Outlets "When Big Tech's gatekeeper power is unchecked or a handful of dominant publishers can influence legislation, we get caught in a battle where users always lose." Read more |
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'We Need Answers': House Dems Demand Probe Into US Military Purchases of Location Data From Muslim-Focused Apps "We cannot pick and choose who the Constitution applies to," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. "Our government cannot continue to violate the privacy of Americans." Read more |
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To Pave Way for DeJoy's Ouster, 80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Quickly Fill Postal Board Vacancies "USPS will never recover so long as DeJoy is given free rein by a partisan, ineffective, and incomplete board of governors." Read more |
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Over 200 Small Business Restaurant Owners and Employers Pen Letter Endorsing Raise the Wage Act The new letter coincides with a report debunking the claim that boosting tipped workers' wages will cause business closures. Read more |
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Ro Khanna Introduces Bill to End 'Runaway Tax Evasion' by US Millionaires and Billionaires "The wealthiest 1% are responsible for roughly 70% of the 'tax gap,'" said the California Democrat. "It's time every American pay their fair share." Read more |
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'Wildly Uneven and Unfair': As Richest Gobble Up Vaccine Supply, 130 Poorest Nations Have Yet to Receive Single Dose "Unless production is significantly increased, many people in developing countries won't get vaccines until 2024. The pandemic cannot be stopped anywhere unless people are vaccinated everywhere." Read more |
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'That's Classic Andrew Cuomo,' Says de Blasio After NY Gov Accused of Bullying Fellow Democrat Over Nursing Home Disaster Cuomo reportedly threatened to "destroy" a New York assemblyman who has vocally criticized the governor's handling of the state's nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more |
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Demanding 'Dignified Work and a Living Wage' as Legal Rights, Ayanna Pressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution "It's time to establish a legal right to a job for all people in America." Read more |
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'Blood Is on Abbott's Hands': Anger at GOP Leaders Surges as Food, Water Shortages Compound Texas Power Crisis "Abbott has failed and passed off blame to somebody else. Texas is in dire straits. Texans are dying. Homes are being destroyed, people are cold and hungry, and we have no idea when things will begin to return to normal." Read more |
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Diverse Coalition Calls on Congress to End 'Forever Wars' and 'Unaccountable, Interventionist' US Foreign Policy A separate letter, signed by some of the same groups, lays out how the Biden administration can "end the cycle of endless war of the last two decades." Read more |
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'An Excellent Pick': Labor Advocates Applaud Biden Nomination of Jennifer Abruzzo for NLRB General Counsel "There is no one who has a more thorough grasp of the National Labor Relations Board and the purpose of the National Labor Relations Act than Jennifer Abruzzo," said one union leader. Read more |
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'Right Person to Lead the Charge Against the Existential Threats of Our Time': Nearly 500 Groups Call for Haaland's Confirmation "Rep. Haaland's confirmation would be both an historic and much-needed step toward reckoning with a long and troubling legacy while building new, lasting, equitable achievements." Read more |
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As US Prepares to Reenter Paris Agreement, Campaigners Urge Biden to Contribute 'Fair Share' to Tackling Climate Crisis "We are calling upon you and your administration to walk the walk of real climate leadership." Read more |
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Biden 'Can and Must Go Big,' Say Progressives Urging President to #CancelStudentDebt "Far more than $10,000 in cancellation is required to provide aid that 44 million families and the economy need." Read more |
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40+ Rights Groups Urge Biden to Halt Federal Use of 'Dangerous' Facial Recognition Technology "Facial recognition technology is a threat to civil rights and civil liberties when it works, and when it doesn't." Read more |
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Cotton-Romney Effort to Tie Minimum Wage Hike to Undocumented Workers Denounced as 'Transparently Cynical Ploy' "If you don’t support raising the minimum wage without racist dogwhistles attached, then you don’t support raising the minimum wage." Read more |
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Rush Limbaugh—Prized Propagandist of America's Reactionary Right-Wing—Dead at 70 "If you don't want people to speak ill of you when you die, then live decently," said one critic. Read more |
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Demanding Gov. Abbott's Resignation, Sunrise Movement Says Texas Crisis Shows Urgent Need for Green New Deal "We deserve a government that addresses our basic needs and protects all of us in moments of crisis. Despite the lies you'll hear from Governor Abbott on Fox News , that's truly what the Green New Deal is all about." Read more |
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After Vowing 'No More Blank Checks for Trump's Favorite Dictator,' Biden Seeks $200 Million Arms Sale to Egypt "Here's some missiles. Please stop abusing human rights, please?" Read more |
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New York AG Sues Amazon Over 'Flagrant Disregard' for Worker Safety During Pandemic "We won't let corporate bullies put hardworking New Yorkers in harm's way," said the state attorney general, Letitia James. Read more |
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Role of Climate Crisis 'Can't Be Hand-Waved Away': Scientists Say Freezing Texas Linked to Warming Arctic "This extreme polar vortex event epitomizes everything climate change is: unprecedented, unrelenting, affecting a population unaccustomed and unprepared. Yes, we have always had winter—but not here, and not like this." Read more |
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'Great, Now Do Mar-A-Lago!': Atlantic City's Trump Plaza Razed to the Ground The local fire chief said the complex once owned and operated by Trump "will crumble like a deck of cards." Sound familiar? Read more |
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'Keep Pushing!' Says AOC After Biden Tells Nation 'I Will Not' Cancel $50,000 in Student Loan Debt "The case against student loan forgiveness is looking shakier by the day... We can and should do it," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read more |
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'He Is Lying. People Are Dying': Calls for Texas Governor to Resign as He Blames Power Outages on Wind and Solar "Five million Texans are without power tonight and temperatures are below freezing. People will most certainly die tonight because of it. But Gov. Abbott had time to go on Sean Hannity to blame the Green New Deal." Read more |
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'Unsmiling Political Hack': Trump Fires Off Insults at McConnell, Vows to Work Against Weak Republicans "The problem with Trump and McConnell attacking each other is that they're both kinda right about each other," noted one observer. Read more |
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'Crucial' New Project Exposes How Far-Reaching US War on Drugs 'Has Contaminated Six Critical Systems' "If we want drug war reparations," said Drug Policy Alliance's executive director, "we need to identify ALL the ways the drug war intentionally harms our communities." Read more |
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'Is Our Blood Worth Less?' Afghan Anguish After European Court Sides With Germany Over Airstrike That Killed 90 Civilians "I wanted the court to provide justice, to have mercy on us," the lead plaintiff in the case said following the ruling. Read more |
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'A Failed State': Power Outages Amid Freezing Weather in Texas Threaten Lives and Covid Vaccines "This crisis is brought to you by deregulation." Read more |
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'Together We Fight, Together We Will Win': Workers Strike Nationwide to Demand $15 Minimum Wage "We have won $15 in cities and states across the country. And now, it is time to win $15 nationwide." Read more |
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Democrat John Fetterman Takes 'No Fossil Fuel' Pledge for US Senate Run "Climate change is an existential threat, and we need to transition to clean energy as quickly as possible," says Pennsylvania's lt. governor. Read more |
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Bolstering Alarm Over Scientists' Warnings, New Study Finds Sea Level Rise Projections 'Are On the Money' "If we continue with large ongoing emissions as we are at present, we will commit the world to meters of sea level rise over coming centuries." Read more |
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Citing Anti-KKK Law, NAACP and Rep. Bennie Thompson Sue Trump and Far-Right Allies Over Capitol Attack "Donald Trump needs to be held accountable for deliberately inciting and colluding with white supremacists to stage a coup, in his continuing efforts to disenfranchise African-American voters." Read more |
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'I'm Speaking to You, Senator Manchin': West Virginians Blast Democrat for Opposing $15 Minimum Wage "When will you give us a living wage?" asked one activist with the Poor People's Campaign. Read more |
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Emails Reveal US Officials Joined With Agrochemical Giant Bayer to Stop Mexico's Glyphosate Ban "We're seeing more and more how the pesticide industry uses the U.S. government to aggressively push its agenda on the international stage and quash any attempt by people in other countries to take control of their food supply." Read more |
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'Step Off, United States': Progressive International Voices Solidarity With Haitians Rising Up Against Dictatorship "The Progressive International stands with the people of Haiti, striking across the nation against the dictatorship of Jovenel Moïse." Read more |
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'Sounds Like a Passing Grade': CBO Says $15 Wage Would Have Bigger Budget Impact Than GOP Tax Cut Provisions "I'm gonna fight as hard as I can, and I believe that we will succeed in including the minimum wage in the reconciliation bill," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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As Deb Haaland Faces GOP Backlash Over Role in Pipeline Protests, Progressives Say: 'Confirm Her Immediately' Opposition to fracking and fossil fuel pipelines "are the exact reasons Deb Haaland is the right pick for Interior secretary," said one advocacy group. Read more |
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'We Must Get to the Truth': Pelosi Announces Far-Reaching Probe Into Insurrection Incited by Trump "To protect our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission," said House Speaker. Read more |
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Justice Reform Coalition Urges Biden to Pardon All Non-Violent Marijuana Convictions "It is past time for the harm to stop." Read more |
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'Biggest Risk' for Democrats on Minimum Wage, Says Top Sanders Aide, Is Not Raising It to $15 With the White House and legislative branch under their control, says Warren Gunnels, Democrats "must win" fight on behalf of working people. Read more |
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After Trump Acquittal by GOP, Sunrise Movement Says 'Time Is Now to Abolish the Filibuster' "If Democrats don't deliver in this moment, future Presidents Days will recognize Trump's second term." Read more |
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'More Challenging This Year Than Last': UN Envoy Warns Global Food Crisis Getting Worse, Not Better "We need to look at how we as human beings manage the planet," says Agnes Kalibata, who is leading efforts to convene a food systems summit. Read more |
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Poll Shows Nearly 60% in US Believe Senate Should Have Convicted Trump Over three-quarters believe senators voted based on partisan politics, compared with 23% who think they voted based on the facts. Read more |
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#ReleaseDishaRavi: Global Outrage After India Arrests Climate Activist Over Farmer Protest Toolkit Shared by Greta Thunberg Ravi's arrest "is an unprecedented attack on democracy," said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. "Supporting our farmers is not a crime." Read more |
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'Bring On the Evidence. Bring On the Witnesses': After GOP Refuses to Convict, Criminal Prosecution of Trump Demanded "Trump incited an insurrection to overthrow the elected government of the United States. 43 senators stood with him. It does not end here." Read more |
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GOP Refusal to Convict Trump Is 'A Clarion Call for Eliminating the Filibuster,' Says Ro Khanna "Dear centrist Democrats, you couldn't even get 10 GOP votes to convict the guy who sent a mob to kill you all. You think you can get them to vote on issues like immigration/climate? Come on," said one progressive activist. Read more |
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'Fire DeJoy Before He Burns Down USPS': Postmaster General Pushes Plan for Slower Mail, Higher Prices "Biden should fire the governors of the USPS who appointed DeJoy, install new ones, and have them fire DeJoy. He should not be allowed to continue destroying the Postal Service." Read more |
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43 Republicans Condemned for 'Cowardice' as Senate Votes to Acquit Donald Trump "The Republican senators who voted to acquit are cowards and fascists, and that is all their party stands for today," said Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.). Read more |
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'A Complete Capitulation': Outrage as Democrats Abruptly Back Off Push for Witnesses in Trump Trial "This is retreat. White flag. Malpractice. Completely unstrategic." Read more |
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'He Is Who We Thought He Was': McConnell Tells GOP Colleagues He Will Vote to Acquit Trump "It is disappointing but not at all surprising that Trump's worst enablers will stand with him." Read more |
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'What the Big Lie Is All About': Sanders Rips Trump Lawyer Over 'Pathetic' Refusal to Acknowledge Election Results "Three months after the election, and 61 court decisions later, Trump and his attorneys still refuse to acknowledge that he lost the election." Read more |
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'Subpoena Kevin McCarthy If You Have To': Democrats Urged to Bring Witnesses After Bombshell Report on Trump Call "As evidence of Trump's behind-the-scenes sociopathy mounts, it becomes clearer that Dems must call witnesses." Read more |
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'Sociopathic': New Reporting, GOP Lawmaker Account Suggest Trump Sided With Violent Mob During Capitol Attack "Trump wanted those storming the Capitol to keep him in power. There is no ifs or buts about it," said Rep. Ilhan Omar. Read more |
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'History Is Watching and So Is The Nation': As Impeachment Trial Wraps Up, Senate Urged to Convict Trump "It is time for every member of the Senate to do their duty, to put our country first, and safeguard our democracy not only from the former president but from any future autocrat who would trample on our Constitution." Read more |
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'Beyond Outrageous': Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis "The tax code is so rigged for the rich that even when they kill people they get a tax break." Read more |
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'Yet Another Cry for Help': UN Report Warns Millions of Yemeni Children Face Acute Malnutrition "The increasing number of children going hungry in Yemen should shock us all into action. More children will die with every day that passes without action." Read more |
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'End... This Human Rights Atrocity,' Says Amnesty After Biden Admin Signals Goal to Close Gitmo Asked whether the president will shutter the prison, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said, "That certainly is our goal and our intention." Read more |
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'We Won't Be Intimidated,' Says NY AG After Amazon Files Preemptive Suit Over Covid-19 Worker Safety "This action by Amazon is nothing more than a sad attempt to distract from the facts and shirk accountability for its failures to protect hardworking employees from a deadly virus." Read more |
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Reversing Xenophobic Trump Policy, Biden to Allow 25,000 Asylum-Seekers Stuck in Mexico to Enter US "It remains a legal and moral imperative that the U.S. government abide by national and international refugee law and provide these individuals with an opportunity to request asylum." Read more |
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Ignoring Pleas of Press Freedom Defenders, Biden DOJ Files Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange "The Assange case represents the gravest threat to press freedom in a generation." Read more |
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'Ending US Complicity in the Yemen War Is NOT Ending the War,' Says Ro Khanna "The bombing continues. The threat of famine for 16 million continues... We must call on all foreign parties to stop the bombing, funding, and intervention. Only then can we resolve the civil war." Read more |
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500+ Scientists Demand Stop to Tree Burning as Climate Solution "Companies are shifting fossil energy use to wood, which increases warming, as a substitute for shifting to solar and wind, which would truly decrease warming." Read more |
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WATCH LIVE: Defense to Deliver Rebuttal on Day 4 of Impeachment Trial After Dems Dub Trump 'Inciter-in-Chief' Over three days, House impeachment managers shared graphic footage of the U.S. Capitol attack and compelling testimony alongside arguments that conviction is essential to thwarting future insurrection attempts. Read more |
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'It Is Not a Budget Item,' Democrat Kyrsten Sinema Falsely Says as She Joins Joe Manchin in Opposing $15 Wage "She is incorrect. It has a budgetary impact, and it was verified by CBO. Let's get it done now." Read more |
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Outrage and Disgust as Charges Dropped for Buffalo Police Officers Who Fractured Skull of 75-Year-Old Peaceful Protester "Despite the video evidence of the officers' misconduct, a grand jury has dismissed the charges." Read more |
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To End 'Blank Check' for Saudi-UAE Assault on Yemen, Coalition Demands Biden Permanently Cancel $37 Billion in Arms Sales "Permanently canceling these transfers is an essential step toward ending the cycle of impunity that U.S. policy has helped create." Read more |
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Applause as Biden Plans to Rescind Medicaid Work Requirements, Targeting One of Most 'Cruel' Policies of Trump Era "We celebrate this win—this win that we made happen—even while mourning the loss of every person who relied on Medicaid and didn't survive the calamity of Trump's disastrous administration." Read more |
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'Your Republican Party Everybody': GOP Senators Accused of Violating Oaths by Meeting With Trump Lawyers During Trial Given the "extraordinarily good job" by Democratic impeachment managers the past few days, said Sen. Dick Durbin, "I'd imagine they're pretty desperate to come up with a good defense strategy." Read more |
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"It's About the Future": Democrats Say Conviction of Remorseless Trump Necessary to Avoid Insurrection Efforts to Come "It's about making sure that no future official, no future president, does what President Trump did," said Rep. Ted Lieu. Read more |
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'An Outrage': AstraZeneca Told to Justify Unequal Vaccine Pricing Amid Soaring Profits "Why is the global south paying more than rich countries for your #Covid19 vaccine?" Global Justice Now asks the pharmaceutical giant, which has pledged not to profit from the vaccine during the pandemic. Read more |
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Progressives Applaud FAIR Act Reintroduction Aimed at Ending Anti-Worker, Anti-Consumer Forced Arbitration "There may be no more blatant example of how giant corporations like Wells Fargo, Equifax, Amazon, and Uber rig our economy than forced arbitration." Read more |
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In 'Particularly Cruel' Act, Maine Hospital Vaccinates Out-of-State Union-Busters as Vulnerable Residents Forced to Wait "It's concerning that MaineHealth would put their own anti-union agenda, and their own bottom line, ahead of the health and well-being of Maine people." Read more |
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Advocacy Groups Sue Biden Admin. to Force Release of Trump-Era Family Immigration Detention Records "Children should be able to grow up with their families, friends, and communities—not be detained based solely on their immigration status." Read more |
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WATCH LIVE: House Democrats Present Closing Arguments on Day 3 of Trump Impeachment Trial The House impeachment managers are expected to focus on the former president's complete lack of remorse for his behavior that incited the deadly insurrection. Read more |
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Study Warns Emissions Cuts Must Be 80% More Ambitious to Meet Even the Dangerously Inadequate 2°C Target "And as if 2°C rather than 1.5°C was acceptable," responded Greta Thunberg, calling the findings further evidence "that our so-called 'climate targets' are insufficient." Read more |
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Analysis Reveals Trump Operation Paid $3.5 Million to Organizers of Rally That Led to Deadly Capitol Attack "Thanks to an opaque payment scheme, we may never know the full extent of the campaign's payments to the event's organizers." Read more |
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'Looks Like Trump Wasn't Playing Around': President Was Told Pence in Danger Just Minutes Before Twitter Attack on VP Latest revelation could be put to use by Democratic impeachment managers. And as one observer put it, "When the jurors are also witnesses, strange things happen." Read more |
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Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief The 27 Democrats called for "much-needed and overdue changes to the way we use sanctions as a foreign policy tool." Read more |
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Faced With 'Inarguable Facts' of Trump's Guilt, GOP Senators Falsely Claim Constitution Forbids Voting to Convict "You see, under a strict construction of the Constitution, it is constitutional for the president to try to murder Congress, but unconstitutional for Congress to do anything about it," said one mocking critic. Read more |
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Biden—Handed Road Map for Action—Told US Has Moral Responsibility to Lead on Climate Refugees The new administration, says a Refugees International expert, needs "to understand that people are already on the move and will continue to be on the move." Read more |
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Medicare for All the 'Only Way Forward,' Concludes Lancet Panel in Study Detailing Death and Misery Inflicted by Trump "Trump's disastrous actions compounded longstanding failures in health policy in the USA. We know what it will take to create a healthy society. We just need the political will to do it." Read more |
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'Shameful': Fox News Cuts Away From Senate Trial as Shocking Footage Emerges Instead, the network aired segments on a viral kitten filter video and the Dallas Mavericks national anthem controversy. Read more |
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NYC Taxi Drivers Shut Down Brooklyn Bridge in Demand for Debt Forgiveness "We shut down the Brooklyn Bridge because only direct action will get us what we need: medallion debt forgiveness now!" Read more |
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With Nods to Country's Free Tuition and Paid Maternity Leave, Norwegian University Delivers Epic Response to Will Ferrell's Super Bowl Ad After the comedian noted that per-capita sales of electric vehicles are higher in Norway than in the U.S., a video from the Scandinavian country pointed out a few more reasons why life is better with social democracy. Read more |