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Julia Conley, staff writer
"We don't train our attention on these neighborhoods but many of them are already suffering significantly from these problems."
Jonathan Cook
Fisk was the constant reminder of just how much they had sold out. His very existence shamed them for what they were too cowardly to do themselves. And now in death, when he cannot answer back, they are feasting on his corpse like the vultures that they are.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"All on his own," Warren said during a hearing with Fed chairman Jerome Powell, the incoming president "will have the ability to administratively cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"There may not be bipartisan support for an additional check" among Republican and Democratic lawmakers, said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, "but there is support outside of Congress."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Now that every major American bank has stated unequivocally that they will not finance this destructive activity, it should be clearer than ever that any oil company considering participating in Trump's ill-advised lease sale should stay away."
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Instead of acting to prevent the increase in deforestation, the Bolsonaro government has been denying the reality of the situation, dismantling environmental agencies, and attacking NGOs."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"These findings shock the conscience."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Representing more than 17,000 claimants who support climate action, the international organization Friends of the Earth on Tuesday opened its case against fossil fuel giant Shell at The Hague by demanding that a judge order the corporation to significantly reduce its emissions in the next decade.
Linda McQuaig
Unfortunately, we’ve ventured a long way from the days when we had a publicly owned and medically innovative enterprise that dazzled on the world stage and kept Canadians at the front of the line for vaccines.
Jesse Jackson
The two U.S. Senate races there are a microcosm of America’s struggle to find a way forward.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"In Yemen, airstrikes by the Saudi- and Emirati-led Coalition are responsible for the majority of civilian casualties," 29 groups write in a new letter.
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Robert Reich
If the underlying trends don’t change, after Biden we could have Trumps as far as the eye can see. And health and environmental crises that make the coronavirus another step toward Armageddon.
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Tom Engelhardt
Or what it means to fall on a failing planet.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Atlas brought no expertise in infectious diseases but plenty of misinformation to the position.
Jackie Smith, Joshua Cooper
We have seen over the past four years that the U.S. political system is unable to hold leaders accountable even to its own Constitution, and we’re watching as the system’s legitimacy crumbles, along with protections for basic rights and the most vulnerable.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell and the Senate GOP still haven't reinstated the $600 unemployment checks, extended unemployment programs, passed rental assistance, or anything else in months to help struggling families during this crisis."
Richard Eskow, Sean McElwee
An appointment for the notoriously abrasive former mayor of Chicago should be of even more concern to the new administration and the Democratic Party than it is to the left.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
An attorney for Farmworker Justice warned that, if allowed to take effect, the wage freeze would cause "grave harm to some of the most vulnerable workers in the nation."
