Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Crossing our fingers is not a sustainable public health strategy," said one researcher from Public Citizen, which has advocated for public manufacturing of vaccines to meet global need and end the pandemic.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
A new poll from Data for Progress and the League of Conservation Voters found that a majority of U.S. voters support the American Jobs Plan and its individual climate, jobs, and justice components.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
“If the Fed did not begin moving aggressively on Day One of the Biden administration (if not long before that), then the Fed is contributing to the climate crisis."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned that many workers "will be forced into poverty" if the Biden Labor Department allows GOP governors to end emergency unemployment benefits.
Julia Conley, staff writer
A federal judge denounced an investigation into two Indigenous leaders as "an illegal embarrassment."
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John Buell
"A TRIPS suspension may only be a first step, but it is an important one. It puts in play questions of who really makes and who profits from these miraculous vaccines."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This is a testament to the years of organizing McDonald's workers have put into the #FightFor15," says the Fight for $15 and a Union movement. "The truth is that this raise will affect fewer than 5% of McDonald's U.S. locations and it will only be an average increase by 2024. Workers still strike May 19."
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"It's up to us to keep demonstrating and keep hammering home that people will not sit back and tolerate Israel's system of apartheid."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Scientists have detected a surge in fission reactions inside an inaccessible chamber around the ruins of Reactor Four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Tamara Pearson
"The media needs to stop misreporting Covid-19 numbers now, and desist from minimizing the hardships in the parts of the world that are facing the worst—economically, socially, and health wise—aspects of this pandemic."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Combating climate change—it's not optional. It's essential," said EPA Administrator Michael Regan.
John Feffer
"When it comes to Covid-19, this country is only as strong as its weakest links."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Moms work hard to protect their babies, but big corporations are putting these, and other toxic chemicals that can contaminate breast milk, in products when safer options are available," said Toxic Free Future of a new study of PFAS in breast milk.
Monica Grover
"No country will be free from COVID-19 as long as any country is still fighting it."
