"This unconscionable action is a betrayal of suffering communities that are still years away from a permanent solution that will restore their access to clean water," said Megan McDonough, Pennsylvania state director of .
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"Utility companies have chased higher and higher profits and enriched investors rather than keep prices stable for working families." —
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"Once again, a massive spill has reminded us of a simple truth: oil pipelines put clean water at risk."
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The justice attended a party with former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller, whose legal organization has interests in at least one case the court is deliberating.
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"Problems with Medicare Advantage are systemic and widespread," says . "Not only do they too often deny care—they're ripping off taxpayers."
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The GOP "spent the past few decades organizing and polarizing communities on the ground to build power. And they're not stopping now. If they win, it will mean a death sentence for our generation."
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"The antidote to hate is love," said during a White House signing ceremony of the #RespectForMarriageAct. "This law and the love it defends strike a blow against hate in all its forms."
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"We have a huge opportunity to remove unauthorized U.S. support for deadly and inhumane actions from Saudi Arabia, and Congress must act immediately" to pass ' Yemen war powers resolution, says ' Cavan Kharrazian. #YemenCantWait
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"This unconscionable action is a betrayal of suffering communities that are still years away from a permanent solution that will restore their access to clean water," said Megan McDonough, Pennsylvania state director of .
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"Problems with Medicare Advantage are systemic and widespread," says . "Not only do they too often deny care—they're ripping off taxpayers."
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The bloc "is being held hostage by a handful of European tax havens," 's lamented.
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The GOP "spent the past few decades organizing and polarizing communities on the ground to build power. And they're not stopping now. If they win, it will mean a death sentence for our generation."
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"The Biden administration should immediately announce that adults with disabilities can marry and continue to receive the Social Security benefits their parents have earned for them."
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"The UC strike is not just an effort to raise thousands of academic workers out of near poverty. It's a movement whose success requires a reversal of the austerity that has subverted public higher education across America."
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The justice attended a party with former Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller, whose legal organization has interests in at least one case the court is deliberating.
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"I'm hopeful that 2024 will be a change election. In the meantime, hold on tight; we're traveling through rough water."
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"These people did not prevail today and they will not prevail tomorrow," said incoming Justice and Public Security Minister Flávio Dino.
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"Experts from Nobel Laureate economists to business leaders agree: adding more fuel to the fire risks throwing our economy into a painful recession."
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"The heating of the planet is turning landscapes into tinderboxes."
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"We have a huge opportunity to remove unauthorized U.S. support for deadly and inhumane actions from Saudi Arabia, and Congress must act immediately" to pass ' Yemen war powers resolution, says ' Cavan Kharrazian. #YemenCantWait
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"Locking up a country's environmental defenders is not only wrong from a human rights perspective, but will only slow down the massive shift that is needed to avoid the worst impacts for people and nature."
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"Instead of persuading authoritarian and aggressive leaders to change their ways, broad sanctions have reinforced anti-democratic tendencies and incentivized nuclear and other proliferation."
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"You can't say the rules keep you from doing something when you have the power to change the rules," says .
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"The controversy over Irving's Tweet was an opportunity for the NBA to step forward and promote public education about anti-Semitism and the importance of solidarity in defense of any group whose human rights are threatened."
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Holiday reads: "Breaking Through Power: It's Easier Than We Think (City Lights Publishers, 2016) and The Day the Rats Vetoed Congress (Fantagraphics Books, 2020)."
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"A public rap sheet for corporations is a welcome proposal."
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"Governments must address subsidies to extractive and otherwise harmful industries and stop encouraging such business models through trade and investment," asserts at #COP15 #biodiversity summit.
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"Utility companies have chased higher and higher profits and enriched investors rather than keep prices stable for working families." —
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"These attacks like the one at #ClubQ are designed to scare us from living authentically and honestly. But to our community and to the world, just know this: We are not afraid, we are empowered, we are strong, and we are proud."
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"When employers like Tecnocap break the law, workers rely on the National Labor Relations Board to enforce their rights. But a funding crisis imperils that mission at a time more and more Americans need the agency’s protection."
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"Our constituents have a right to a state that works for them, not unaccountable corporate donors."
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"This would be a shameful cave by Biden and Democrats," argued one progressive strategist.
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"Once again, a massive spill has reminded us of a simple truth: oil pipelines put clean water at risk."
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"You cannot afford to let history record that over a two-year period you did not use every method at your disposal to pass the For the People Act, Voting Rights Act Restoration, $15 dollar minimum wage, and protection of a woman's right to choose."
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"Ultimately, only a sustained peace will allow families to rebuild their shattered lives and begin to plan for the future."
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"Messi is a kind man whose humanitarian work improves health and brings food and hope to thousands of disadvantaged children."
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GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed over the weekend that the January 6 insurrectionists "would've been armed" and "would have won" had she and Steve Bannon been in charge.
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"This would be a shameful cave by Biden and Democrats," argued one progressive strategist.
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"The only safe way to transport tar sands oil is not to do it at all," says amid cleanup of a 600,000-gallon Keystone Pipeline spill into a Kansas watershed. "Leave it in the ground where it is so it doesn't end up where it doesn't belong."
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