Julia Conley, staff writer
"Today, the people of Palestine are once again going on strike for their liberation—and calling on the world to join them."
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Jenna McGuire, staff writer
"Transitioning away from the take-make-waste model of single-use plastics will take more than corporate leadership and 'enlightened' capital markets; it will require immense political will."
Ramzy Baroud
"This unity matters the most, is far more consequential than some agreement between Palestinian factions," writes Ramzy Baroud. "It eclipses Fatah and Hamas and all the rest, because without a united people there can be no meaningful resistance, no vision for liberation, no struggle for justice to be won."
Lexi McMenamin
"This election has far-reaching implications beyond Philly’s borders."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"When it comes to putting people before profits, Facebook has forfeited the benefit of the doubt, and we strongly urge Facebook to abandon its plans to launch a version of Instagram for kids."
Kelly Trout
"This is huge. An agency that has consistently boosted new oil and gas development in its flagship annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) is now backing up the global call to stop the expansion of fossil fuel extraction."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Amnesty International USA is calling on President Biden immediately to appoint a high-level official in his administration to take charge of closing Guantánamo and arranging the transfers of all detainees who are not charged with crimes."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Looks like even this little step toward transparency was shut down from the top," said one critic after Rep. Gregory Meeks backtracked on his call for a delay of a $735 million arms sale to Israel.
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Twenty million is a depressingly tiny figure compared to the global need; akin to tossing a bucket of water at a raging inferno," said Peter Maybarduk, director of Public Citizen's Access to Medicines program.
Jonathan Cook
"We have no bosses or advertisers to please or appease. Our owner are the readers. And with an owner that diverse and diffuse, we have been freed of the tyranny of billionaires and corporations."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"The current and near-future mass loss will be largely irreversible," said researchers studying the melting of ice in Greenland. "That's why it is high time we rapidly and substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and re-stabilize the ice sheet and our climate."
Mike Lofgren
Mike Lofgren wants to know "what do you think it would be like if this insane party had unfettered control of the country?"
Andrew Bacevich
If Biden Genuinely Aspires to Build Back Better, He Would Deviate From US Militarism
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Bill McKibben provided a succinct and straightforward summary of the implications of the IEA's new report: "Keep it in the ground."
Robert Reich
"Close this stepped-up basis loophole, and we help finance the programs the vast majority of Americans desperately need and deserve."
Jesse Jackson
"With the U.S. well on the way to beating the pandemic at home, we must lift our sights to join in combating it across the world."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
Rep. Ilhan Omar warned the munitions sale "will undercut any attempts at brokering a ceasefire."
