Julia Conley, staff writer
Pfizer has pledged to send less than 2% of its vaccine doses to the Global South—while reporting record profits from its sales to wealthy countries.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Governments need to step in and force pharmaceutical companies to share their intellectual property and vaccine know-how with the world."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry said Tuesday that "we just have to end the subsides" for fossil fuels to tackle the climate emergency.
Abdulkerim Said
"It should be obvious that we need to make getting vaccines to people all over the world a priority."
Karen Greenberg
"The closing of Guantánamo would finally signal an end to the otherwise endless proliferation of exceptions to the laws of war as well as to U.S. domestic and military legal codes."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need to make public policy choices, both in the U.S. and at the WTO, that put lives first."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Below the surface of fields covered with monoculture crops of corn and soybeans, pesticides are destroying the very foundations of the web of life," said study co-author and scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity.
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Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The OCHCR and European Union on Tuesday joined human rights defenders in condemning Colombia's deadly crackdown against ongoing protests over scrapped tax reforms and a host of other issues.
Timothy Karr
"Free Press believes that creating a diverse and thriving news sector in the United States can be achieved by imposing a tax on online-advertising revenues that fuel the platforms and the attention economy."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Our warming estimate from current policies is 2.9˚C, still nearly twice what it should be, and governments must urgently step up their action," said Climate Analytics' Bill Hare.
Peter Arno, Philip Caper
"The national vaccination program has all the features of a single-payer health care system including no copays, no premiums, no insurance company blocking payment, and universal, affordable healthcare for all."
Steven Stone
"Governments' pledges for a green recovery are popular because people everywhere understand business cannot go on as usual."
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Daniel Sherrell
"The neoliberal cohort will no doubt call our dreams of stable work and a sustainable future 'idealistic,' demanding fealty to the status quo. Let them wring their hands as they fade out of relevance."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"India is in crisis... We must work to save lives everywhere," said U.S. Rep. Cori Bush.
Cynthia Kaufman
"Those of us working for those changes know that we are working against an incredible headwind of the profit driven machine which continues to give decision making power to those who have bought that power."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
The top Democratic recipients of Big Pharma cash in Congress are echoing industry talking points in opposition to an effort to ramp up global vaccine production.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
President Joe Biden on Monday announced the U.S. would raise the annual refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500—while admitting it will fall short of the ceiling this year.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On World Press Freedom Day, a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press report about the United States in 2020 reveals "the startling extent of police violence against journalists during a year of protest."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"We can't count on the benevolence of Big Pharma corporations" to end the pandemic, said one advocacy group as Moderna offered 500 million vaccine doses to the Global South, to be made available at the end of 2021.
