Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Malley should be celebrated for his ability to understand how adversaries see problems and find common ground, for this is the art of diplomacy."
Sunnivie Brydum
We may be bruised; we may have even believed that we are broken. But we made it out. We still face vast uncertainty, and desperately need deep, systemic change if we are going to survive the years ahead.
Lora Lumpe
It would save American taxpayers billions of dollars and diminish the threat to the American people—and to the world.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The rich got advantages in the healthcare system long before Covid, but when we're in a plague you expect everybody to follow the rules."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Unless he pledges to implement significant safeguards for scientists, Tom Vilsack should not be confirmed. The days in which federal agencies function as scientific gulags should be behind us."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If only leaders were as good [at] taking real action as they were giving speeches," said Greta Thunberg.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"It's a life with constant fear," one of the petitioners said. "You're always afraid to leave the village because you think you might be mistaken and targeted."
Tina Gerhardt
Indigenous groups and environmental activists are also calling on President Biden to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and Enbridge Line 3.
Dean Baker
In a normal flu season, close to 2 million shots are given every day, without any heroic efforts by the government. Given the urgency of getting the pandemic under control, it is hard to understand why we could not have administered shots at this pace, if not considerably faster.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Victims of environmental pollution, land grabbing, or exploitation now have a better chance to win a legal battle against the companies involved."
Ramzy Baroud
As B'Tselem has succinctly worded it, Israel is a regime of Jewish supremacy "from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea."
Steven Hill
The recent attack on the US Capitol reveals the danger of digital media platforms. Here’s what we must do to transform Silicon Valley’s corruption of the media infrastructure.
Doug Henwood
The online pranksters behind the great GameStop bubble of 2021 are probably going to lose a lot of money. But they’ve done the world a service by reminding us of the absurdity of the stock market.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The wealthiest in this country are paying less in taxes than everyone else," said the Democratic senator. "If they added a two-cent wealth tax, they'd still be paying less than most of the people in this entire nation."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's just wrong that big business is deciding who gets vaccinated, with zero transparency. We must scrap patents and massively scale up production globally."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Hateful conspiracy theories and suggestions that our children's violent deaths never happened have no place in our society, much less the United States Congress."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Oh look, another billionaire is mad that he might have to pay more taxes while children in America go hungry and veterans sleep on the street."
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The study "changes the baseline and emphasizes just how critical it is to take our situation seriously," its lead researcher said.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Unless we truly, as a nation, come together and follow public health guidance to flatten the curve, as that strain becomes more commonplace, we will see the numbers go up dramatically."
Alex Kotch
Major companies and executives of Wall Street firms, fossil fuel businesses, a casino empire, and a shipping giant supplied super PACs and other outside spending groups with hundreds of millions of dollars to elect the Republican election deniers.
