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Roy Eidelson
If Biden now selects only corporate-friendly, status-quo-defending advisors and Cabinet members, and if he touts watered-down bipartisan "solutions" as stunning successes, it will further cement a betrayal.
Roy Eidelson
We're witnessing a brutish assault designed to suffocate the hopes and life prospects of asylum seekers.
Rev Dr Liz Theoharis
The new politics of the poor in Joe Biden’s (and Mitch McConnell’s) USA.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"I do not expect Joe Biden to use this power on Inauguration Day to instantly turn the United States into a single-payer country. But there's nothing in the law that would appear to prevent him from doing it."
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Julia Conley, staff writer
The nation's top organization of long-term care providers released a report Tuesday showing that the recent spike across the country has corresponded with rising cases in nursing homes.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Mirroring Obama's choice to "look forward" not back, one critic said this a "preview of an epic failure" by the President-elect
Jeff Cohen
Big corporate media outlets are great at policing progressive Democrats who "go too far." They're not so watchful over Democratic presidents who cling to a go-slow, corporate-friendly "middle ground."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"She has aligned herself with corporate agribusiness at the expense of family farmers, supports fossil fuel interests, and holds views that are out of step with the Democratic Party and the majority of Americans."
Andrew Bacevich, Adam Weinstein
No serious person believes that the war is winnable in any meaningful sense.
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Juan Cole
Any US military action against Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities would be a massive war crime.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
We must "shift from an economy that is extractive and exploitative to one that regenerates and repairs," the new report says.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Trump's request for military options to strike Iran's nuclear program in his waning days in office encapsulates the bankruptcy of the pressure-only approach toward Iran favored by so many in Washington."
Julie Hollar
By repeatedly conferring legitimacy on a fundamentally antidemocratic president and his actions, media paved the way for the dangerous place we find ourselves in today, and hobbled their ability to protect our democracy.
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Eat, drink, and be merry, because tomorrow my policies may kill you."
Zoe Weil
Let’s teach 16-year-olds to be election-savvy and help them register to vote.
Laura Flanders
We need coverage of people as active citizens, not just as consumers.
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