Rep. Alcee L. Hastings
Ending the death penalty should be part of comprehensive justice reform in the United States and part of our current reckoning with racial inequality.
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata
Britain's vaccination rate has far outpaced the rest of the West. The triumph belongs to its National Health Service.
Brian Wakamo
People in high-income countries that represent 16 percent of the world’s population have received 56 percent of doses.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"People who spend their careers studying our economy are in widespread agreement that climate change will be expensive, potentially devastatingly so."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"There are many millions of seniors who would be very, very grateful if we did that right now."
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Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This goal is both technically feasible and necessary—now we need action."
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Republican-controlled state legislatures across the US are enacting new restrictions on voter participation that target non-whites. Since the Civil War, the white supremacist culture—embraced by a shrinking minority in America—has always based its power on violence and voter suppression.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The president, said one leading advocate, "is demonstrating his commitment to building a diverse bench of qualified, fair-minded judges with a commitment to equal justice under the law."
Bill Quigley
Members knocked on doors, made thousands of calls and texted to get the word out about the importance of the election and the important issues in the DA race.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need a people's vaccine, not only to protect people in the world's poorest countries, but to ensure that people all over the world who've already been vaccinated aren't put at risk again."
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Common Dreams staff
"We are not out of the woods yet, but these numbers are incredibly encouraging and a major morale booster for frontline caregivers who have been working tirelessly for more than a year to protect our residents."
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Stripping youth of this care even when it is recommended by their doctors, supported by their parents, and demanded by the dire situations of the youth is cruel and deadly."
Aviva Chomsky
Biden's plan actually promotes an old economic development model that has long benefited U.S. corporations. It also aims to impose a distinctly militarized version of "security" on the people of that region.
Tom Gallagher
The American political system is fundamentally off.
Jon Queally, staff writer
"The Covid-19 pandemic has been a stark and painful reminder that nobody is safe until everyone is safe."
