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Climate Activists Put 'All Eyes on BlackRock' With Protests Demanding Shareholder Action

Covid-19 Death Toll Tops 3 Million, Bolstering Call for #PeoplesVaccine

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"As things stand, many countries in the southern hemisphere may not manage to achieve widespread vaccination until 2024. This long delay puts us all at risk."

Youth Demand US Action on Climate-Induced Loss and Damage in Global South

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

This picture taken on April 5, 2021 shows damaged homes after a flash flood in Waiwerang village, East Flores, as at least 157 people have been killed in Indonesia and neighboring East Timor with dozens more still missing after a tropical cyclone battered the Southeast Asian nations. (Photo: Reynold Atagoran/AFP via Getty Images)

"The climate crisis is already causing severe impacts, leading to the loss of...

End of an Era as Raúl Castro Steps Down as Cuba's Leader

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Raúl Castro, seen here in 2016, announced on April 16, 2021 that he will step down from his post as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The longtime first secretary's resignation means Cuba will be led by someone...

New Google Earth Timelapse Feature Offers Devastating View of Climate Emergency

As Biden Plans Withdrawal, Analysis Shows Afghan War Cost At Least 241,000 Lives and $2.26 Trillion

UN Experts Decry Japan's Plan to Dump Radioactive Fukushima Wastewater Into Ocean

Sanders, Senate Democrats Call on Biden to Support Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Waiver at WTO

Jewish Voice for Peace Action Endorses McCollum Bill Placing Conditions on US Aid to Israel

Warren and Smith Reintroduce 'Critical' Bill to Block US From Starting Nuclear War

'Humanitarian Catastrophe': Doctors Without Borders Slams Brazil's Covid-19 Response

97% of Earth's Land No Longer Ecologically Intact, Study Finds

Health Advocates Urge Facebook to Scrap Plan to Build Instagram for Kids 12 and Under

'We Need a People's Vaccine': Ex-World Leaders, Nobel Laureates Urge Biden to Back WTO Waiver

After Nearly 20-Year Assault on Afghanistan, Biden Says 'It Is Time to End America's Longest War'

250 Groups Urge WTO Chief to Ditch Pharma-Friendly Approach and Embrace Vaccine Patent Waiver

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Ranting Again

Stupidity reigns: A year after the deadly fact, the U.S. still has over 70,000 new COVID cases a day thanks to recalcitrant morons like Gym "What-sexual-assault?" Jordan, who spent a House hearing shrieking at Dr. Fauci about "lost liberty" and demanding, "When do Americans get their freedom back?" A weary Fauci: It's not "a freedom thing," it's "a public health thing." It finally took Maxine Waters to quash Jordan with, "Shut your mouth." Amen, auntie.