Julia Conley, staff writer
The Donziger trial is Chevron's "signal to other activists...that you will have dire consequences if you open your mouth and if you take legal action," said activist Susan Sarandon.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We welcome all of the international condemnations that we are seeing from countries, be it the United States or otherwise, but we want more than just condemnations. We want Israel to be held accountable for its crimes against Palestinians."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Members of the youth-led Sunrise Movement's "Generation on Fire" campaign are marching 400 miles from New Orleans to Houston to demand "good jobs for all."
Jenna McGuire, staff writer
"One nice thing about the sun is that it is hard to take it down with a cyberattack," said Bill McKibben
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The Democratic Party should fight to end rampant militarization and promote multilateralism that enabled the United States to resolve the nuclear issue with Iran without a single shot being fired," says Keith Ellison.
Belén Fernández
"When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict—itself a euphemism for Israel's forever war on Palestinians—the Western corporate media never miss a chance to report blatantly one-sided brutality as 'clashes' and 'scuffles.'"
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Brett Wilkins, staff writer
A new Greenpeace USA report reveals corporations that have spoken in defense of voting rights and democracy are still supporting lawmakers behind anti-voter and anti-protest bills.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It's past time for our nation to tackle racial inequity, injustice, and discrimination that permeates American life and institutions," said one advocate. "While progress has come slowly, hopefully an international inquiry can help produce transformative change more rapidly."
C.J. Polychroniou
"Combatting the climate crisis requires a comprehensive social transformation that only the public sector can undertake."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Fear of discrimination can lead individuals to forgo care, which can have serious negative health consequences," said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, announcing the reversal of a Trump-era rule which allowed discrimination against transgender people.
Robert Reich
"Trump's big lie and all that it has provoked are still with us. If we forget what has occurred the trauma will return, perhaps in even more terrifying form."
William Astore
"War always seems to find a way, even when it goes badly—very badly, in fact, as it did in Vietnam and, in these years, in Afghanistan and Iraq, indeed across much of the Greater Middle East and significant parts of Africa."
Juan Cole
"The Biden administration gives lip service to a negotiated settlement and a two state solution. But Washington has done nothing at all to prevent the gradual colonization of the Palestinian West Bank."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Congress must condition the aid we send to Israel, and end it altogether if those conditions are not followed," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian-American ever elected to Congress.
Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Is the performance thus far really an "A"?
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is utterly shameful that the U.K. remains complicit in this crisis. The prime minister must now read the writing on the wall."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Rejecting top Democrats push for a major tax break for rich households, Sen. Bernie Sanders said, "You can't be on the side of the wealthy and the powerful if you're gonna really fight for working families."
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Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Much more will need to be done to make a 'People's Vaccine' universally available as soon as possible."
