William Hartung
"Between 2016 and 2020, this country accounted for 37% of total international weapons deliveries, nearly twice the level of its closest rival, Russia, and more than six times that of Washington's threat du jour, China."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Medical oxygen has been around for over a century yet countries are struggling to prevent Covid patients from suffocating. It's a tragic example of the violence of health inequity and demands action."
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"All people nationwide can be confident that we now have a civil rights leader who will enforce federal laws that protect us from discrimination and defend constitutional rights," said the executive director of the National Lawyers' Committee.
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Zoe Weil
"The cycle of animal abuse is not only bad for animals, it’s bad for us."
Jeffrey D. Sachs
"The U.S. ranks lower than many socially inclusive economies on every key dimension of life, with a lower life expectancy, higher poverty rate, no guaranteed paid sick leave, longer working hours per year, and, yes, less happiness."
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Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Auchincloss is a shill for pharmaceutical corporations, and we're making sure his constituents know it," said one organizer.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We call on states and other users to commit politically to stop using explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas. The harm recorded over the last 10 years and reflected in this report illustrates the stark urgency needed for a political declaration detailing such a commitment," says Action on Armed Violence.
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Perry Bacon Jr.
"America cannot lead the world in embracing multiracial democracy and rejecting authoritarianism...while also condoning the actions of Netanyahu and the Saudis and launching military strikes wherever it wants."
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"There needs to be a global outcry, because the more that Palestinians stand up for their rights, the more they will be crushed," asserts journalist Abir Kopty.
Sharmeen Ziauddin
"Black communities in the U.S. and the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation have a lot in common. Colonisation, police brutality and discrimination are just some of issues they face."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We implore you to continue using the power of your office to hold Israel accountable for its actions and lay the groundwork for justice and lasting peace," the open letter says.
Thomas Rowley
"The operation to detain Raman Pratasevich is a call to action to protect journalists, dissidents and people seeking protection in Europe—at all costs."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Emily Wilder's firing has left AP employees "wondering how we treat our own, what culture we embrace and what values we truly espouse as a company."
Sidney Tarrow
"The compromises made by the center-left parties in Chile not only squandered their chance to reform the economy, but left the government largely unaccountable to an electorate that had long rejected the country's neo-liberal model of development."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We stay up all night looking for water to fill plastic buckets," said one mother in northern Gaza.
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Rules-based order?"What rules could possibly legitimize the kind of destruction we just witnessed in Gaza, and who would want to live in a world ruled by them?"
Jesse Jackson
"One hundred years later, no one has been held responsible for the Tulsa massacre that left hundreds of Black people dead and their prosperous community in ruins."
