As the Biden administration conducts its review of sanctions, the clock is ticking for millions of people suffering from these callous policies in Iran, Venezuela, and elsewhere.
Even as we grapple with the increasingly dire impacts of the climate crisis, opportunities to create a better future abound.
Whether we're talking about righting the wrongs of poverty, patriarchy, racism, or lack of care, affirmative conduct may be required.
Since law school, Chief Justice John Roberts personal political crusades have been to undermine protections for voting rights, enable voter suppression, turn a blind eye to gerrymandering and increase the influence of big money in politics.
However, some noted that not all U.S. troops are leaving, and CodePink addressed Biden's remarks on China with a warning: "Don't let the end of one war be the start of another one!"
The World Health Organization's regional director warns that "the end to this precipitous rise is still weeks away."
An unfilled seat on the commission, say advocacy groups, means an executive order from the president has nowhere to go at the moment.
"Congress has the opportunity to create millions of good-paying jobs in the clean energy economy right now," said one advocate.
The president's new order takes aim at a "growing trend of employers requiring workers to sign away their rights."
The decision was panned as "precisely the opposite of what we should be doing."
"If banks have Arctic exclusions to protect biodiversity and fragile ecosystems... then why don't banks have exclusions for the Amazon?"
The house is burning, burning, burning ... as we all walk past.
"To prevent unnecessary deaths and millions more people being pushed to extreme poverty and hunger, governments... must simultaneously build fairer and more sustainable food systems and support social protection programs."
"Just consider gerrymandering, which could determine control of the House for a decade," said voting rights expert Michael Li. "Hard to 'organize' out of that."
First Donald Trump and now Joe Biden have been playing with fire when it comes to policy with China.
"When will factories stop locking in workers in unsafe conditions?" asked one activist.
"The administration is not living up to its promises from the campaign," says the group behind the project.
"I have been told that combating climate change is expensive. Compared to what?" asked Sen. Bernie Sanders.
"Enough negotiating with Republicans pushing environmental injustice. We should be the ones the Biden administration prioritizes at the table."
While he is a welcome change from the incompetence, venality, and cruelty of the Trump Administration, Biden has continued the Obama and Trump Administrations' support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen.
"Climate policy isn't about imagining a spectrum from left to right and finding the sweet spot in the middle. It's a zero-sum battle with physics."
