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Erin Brockovich
The president-elect has tapped a former DuPont consultant to join his Environmental Protection Agency transition board.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"In this time of national crisis with millions struggling to get by, we cannot afford to grant positions of power to austerity hawks."
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Julia Conley, staff writer
A day after the Trump administration slapped Iran's government with new sanctions and amid reporting that President Donald Trump has considered military strikes against the country, a top government adviser warned that the U.S. would risk "full-fledged war" in the Middle East should it attack Iran.
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Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Legislators are considering a bill that would let drivers off the hook for mowing down protesters."
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
So much vital work to be done—that must be done—for a more a peaceful world.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Our response to the false designation will be to... challenge Israeli policies of occupation and apartheid and galvanize public opinion for freedom and justice in Palestine," vowed CodePink's Medea Benjamin.
Linda McQuaig
The private sector almost always does things to make a profit, and that can leave the rest of us paying a high price—in dollars and deaths.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"A seamless transition is necessary to ensure that the incoming administration is prepared to confront the Covid-19 pandemic from day one."
Cassandra Stimpson, Holly Zhang
A rising China is also guaranteed to lift all boats (submarines, aircraft carriers, and surface ships) as well as fighter planes aiding the military-industrial complex on a planet increasingly at war with itself.
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Julia Conley, staff writer
"The pain this administration has inflicted on so many children and their families is infuriating."
Robert C. Koehler
My God, if complexity were brought into the news—e.g., bombs kill, people suffer, no one ever wins, wars never end—the trillion-dollar annual military budget would be in danger.
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Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A lawsuit alleges that a boss at one facility "organized a cash-buy-in, winner-take-all, betting pool for supervisors and managers to wager how many plant employees would test positive."
Pip Hinman
This means unions and the climate movement need to be bold and step up the pressure on all parties for serious climate action.
Jon Queally, staff writer
"I say to the Walton family: Get off welfare," declared Sen. Bernie Sanders in response to the government study he commissioned. "Pay your workers a living wage—at least $15 an hour."
Michael Winship
"On November 3," writes @MichaelWinship, "a majority of voters dumped mashed potatoes on Donald Trump’s head and he’s still screaming from the injustice of it all."
