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'We Need to Make Sure It's Done Right': Peace Advocates Welcome Biden Move to Limit War Powers

A member of the U.S. Marine Corps deployed during the Iraq War. (Photo: Cpl. Brian M. Henner/USMC/flickr/cc)

Biden 'Revenge' Bombing of Syria 'Violates International Law': Legal Scholar

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to speak alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a visit to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2021. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

"The use of military force on the territory of a foreign sovereign state is lawful only in response to an armed attack on the defending state for which the target state is responsible."

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To Secure Lasting Peace in Afghanistan, Task Force Proposes Prolonging Longest US War

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

U.S. Soldiers at Forward Operating Base in Baylough, Afghanistan, June 16, 2010. (Photo: DoD/Public Domain)

"This recommendation is a practical guarantee that U.S. troops will be in...

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Warren Blasts 'Unconscionable' $740 Billion Pentagon Budget While Millions Suffer From Poverty, Joblessness, and Covid-19

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"Spending $740 billion dollars a year on this one piece of the federal budget is unconscionable," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said to Kathleen Hicks, one of President Joe Biden's Pentagon appointees, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. (Photo: Screengrab from PBS NewsHour)

"A budget is about priorities," said the Democratic senator.

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A demonstrator holds a "Tax the Rich" sign during a protest in New York on June 27, 2020.

'Unseemly' $1.1 Trillion Billionaire Wealth Gain During Pandemic Could Fully Fund Biden Relief Plan for Working Class: Report

Amid Surging Poverty, 500 Richest Grew $1.8 Trillion Wealthier in 2020

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his then-wife MacKenzie Bezos—now Scott—participated in the opening ceremony of the Washington Post's new location January 28, 2016 in Washington, D.C. Jeff Bezos owns the newspaper. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

With $4.2 Billion in Direct Giving, MacKenzie Scott, Formerly Bezos, 'Puts Shame to the Billionaire Class'

Dozens of protesters gather in front of Jeff Bezos' residency on 5th Avenue in Manhattan on August 9, 2020.

New Research Shows 'Pandemic Profits' of Billionaires Could Fully Fund $3,000 Stimulus Checks for Every Person in US

As Nonprofit Sector Suffers, Coalition Calls on Congress to Force Wealthy Foundations to Ramp Up Charitable Giving

A row of impoverished homes sits in the literal shadow of Trump Plaza hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo: Brett Wilkins)

New Data Show Income of Top 0.1% Soared 345% While That of Bottom 90% Stagnated Over Past 40 Years

Ahead of Thanksgiving, millions of families are in need of food assistance due to Covid-19 related layoffs and the expiration of federal unemployment benefits. Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and 649 other billionaires in the U.S. have amassed a combined $1 trillion in gains since the pandemic began in March 2020. (Photos: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket and Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Stock Market Soars and Billionaire Wealth Swells by $1 Trillion as Food Lines Stretch 'As Far As the Eye Can See'

Protesters demand that billionaires pay their fair share during a July 17, 2020 demonstration in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Billionaire Bonanza Continues as Workers Pounded by Pandemic, Recession, and GOP Relief Refusal

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'The Gilded Age Is Here Again': Billionaire Wealth Has Surged by $931 Billion During Seven Months of Pandemic, Economic Collapse

United Auto Worker Joe Nero pickets outside the shuttered General Motors plant in Lordstown, OH, on Sep. 23, 2019. (Photo: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Trump's Corporate-Friendly Trade, Tax, and Labor Policies Betrayed Manufacturing Workers in Midwest: Study

A man preaches on the street about the dire state of the economy on August 25, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

'Completely Upside Down': As Most Americans Struggled During First Six Months of Pandemic, Billionaire Wealth Surged by $845 Billion

As Trump Pushes New Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Analysis Shows US Billionaires $800 Billion Richer Since Pandemic Hit

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Charitable Gifts May Not Actually Be Gifts …Yet

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Trump’s Billionaire Enablers: The 63 Billionaires Worth $243 Billion Who Bankrolled Trumps Re-Election Bid

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US Billionaires Surpass $1 Trillion in Wealth Gains During Pandemic as Essential Workers and Others Suffer

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New Report Finds that a "Delinquent Dozen" Pandemic Profiteers Failed Essential Workers and Forced Them to Risk Their Health, While Still Profiting Immensely

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Report: "Billionaire Wealth vs. Community Health" Finds Essential Workers Continue to Suffer as US Billionaires Gain Almost $1 Trillion Under Pandemic

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Billionaire Wealth Grew by $845 Billion, or 29%, as America Struggled Through First Six Months of Pandemic

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Chuck Collins

Why We Must Protect Essential Workers From Billionaire Pandemic Profiteers

Olivia Alperstein

As Historic Nuclear Ban Enters into Force, It’s Time for the US to Help Put an End to the Nuclear Age

Chuck Collins

The Perils and Possibilities of Billionaire Charitable Giving: MacKenzie Scott (Bezos) Makes Her First Move

Josue De Luna Navarro

Need Money for a Green New Deal? Get It From ICE

Kayla Soren

Decriminalize Fare Evasion

Sarah Anderson

Shrink Wall Street to Guarantee Good Jobs

Chuck Collins, Helen Flannery

Time for an Emergency Charity Stimulus

Chuck Collins

U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surges as Covid-19 Pandemic Worsens

Dr. Wanda Wyporska

Don’t Listen to Davos. We, the People, Have the Solutions to Inequality

Lindsay Koshgarian

We Must Stop War With Iran. Here's What You Can Do Today.