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'Join This Struggle,' Says Healthcare Activist Ady Barkan After Santa Barbara Approves Medicare for All Resolution
Kenny Stancil, staff writer"The pandemic has made it painfully clear that the status quo is unacceptable," said another campaigner after a local community vote that speaks to a national trend.
Critics Warn New GOP Bill Shows 'It's Open Season on Voting Rights in Georgia'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer"Election laws should be structured to increase voter participation, not to suppress it."
Santa Barbara City Council Votes in Support of Medicare for All Resolution
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'We Can't Act Like This Isn't Happening': Marjorie Taylor Greene—and House GOP Caucus—Rebuked for Bigoted, Anti-Trans Speech on House Floor
Brett Wilkins, staff writer"We're gonna pass the #EqualityAct today, protect our LGBTQ+ family, and make the world a little bit better," tweeted Rep. Ocasio-Cortez following the remarks. "Nothing is going to stop that."
Climate and Policy Experts Agree: America Can Achieve Biden’s Goal of 100% Clean Electricity by 2035
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Rush Limbaugh Was Vital to the Conservative Movement—and Paved the Road for Trump
Steve RendallLimbaugh's show taught disparate parts of the right that they should be one big happy family.
Because He Was A Black Man
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Statement on Stalled Tanden Nomination
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What Is a Migrant Worth?
Elsie RoderiquesCommunicating the value of people and nature in financial terms comes at a cost.
50,000+ Petition Delivered to Corporate Offices in 17 Cities Around the World Calling on Facebook to Allow Users to Hold Israeli Government Accountable
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Passage of Georgia’s Extreme Voting Bills Would Be Devastating for Voting Rights
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Fighting 'Disease of Greed and Destruction,' Water Protectors Blockade Over a Dozen Line 3 Worksites
Kenny Stancil, staff writerAnti-pipeline campaigners locked themselves to an overturned car and engaged in other forms of civil disobedience as the fight against the tar sands project in Minnesota continues.
'All Other States Should Follow': Advocates Applaud as Illinois Approves Elimination of Cash Bail
Jessica Corbett, staff writerThe move comes as part of a broader measure featuring what the ACLU called "important changes to policing and our criminal justice system."
Harvard Newspaper to Biden: Cancel More Than $10K in Student Debt and Don't Use Ivy League as Excuse Not To
Jake Johnson, staff writer"It's not our student debt—but we still want Biden to forgive it."
Jewish Groups Urge Biden to 'Review and Revoke' Trump-Era 'Made in Israel' Settlement Goods Policy
Brett Wilkins, staff writerThe groups said that the previous administration's order "runs counter to the Biden administration's policy of opposing settlement activity and unilateral annexation of territory."
New Report Estimating $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost 1.4 Million Jobs Is Wrong
Arindrajit DubeA much-cited Congressional Budget Office estimate doesn’t reflect the best economic evidence.
Mexico's Decision to Ban Glyphosate Has Rocked the Agribusiness World
Timothy A. WiseGM corn presidential decree comes despite intense pressure from industry, U.S. authorities.
Biden's Executive Order Mandating Review of U.S. Supply Chains for Access to Critical Goods Is an Important First Step
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By Putting Big Pharma's Patents Before Patients, Doctors Will Further Erode Trust in Experts
Jonathan CookDoctors have largely been trained into complicity with a medical money machine.
California Net Neutrality Law Clears Major Hurdle
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