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In Louisiana, activists may be winning a battle against environmental racism
Apr 02, 2021 03:31The Biden administration is coming under increasing pressure to address environmental racism and curb production of throwaway plastics that choke oceans and pile up in landfills and communities.
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CDC director warns of 'impending doom' as COVID cases rise across US
Apr 01, 2021 09:41The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, warned of "impending doom" because of steady rise in U.S. Covid-19 cases.
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As Biden restricts media access, photos show children in crowded 'border jails'
Apr 01, 2021 08:13Photos of children packed into makeshift detention centers highlight the need for press access to such centers so people can see the 'inhumanity' in U.S. immigration policy.
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10 biggest pandemic profiteers
Mar 31, 2021 11:36A year ago, the Institute for Policy Studies published "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers," and began tracking billionaire wealth gains as unemployment surged.
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60 largest banks have dumped $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since 2015, report shows
Mar 31, 2021 11:31A detailed new report released recently by a coalition of environmental groups shows that the 60 largest banks in the world have poured more than $3.8 trillion into the fossil fuel industry since the Paris climate accord was adopted in 2015, providing key financing for destructive projects ranging from coal-fueled power plants in Indonesia to Enbridge's Line 3 tar sands pipeline.
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Fending off antitrust push, tech giants now biggest spenders on DC lobbying
Mar 31, 2021 11:23According to a new report released recently by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, Facebook and Amazon spent more money on federal lobbying than any other U.S. corporations during the 2020 election cycle, with Comcast not far behind in third place.
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Quarter of civilian casualties from US-backed, Saudi-led war in Yemen were children
Mar 31, 2021 11:17Warning that millions of children in Yemen remain at risk of death, injury, starvation, or disease, Save the Children detailed how the war is growing deadlier for young Yemenis.
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Report spotlights civilian harm from US drone strikes in Yemen
Mar 30, 2021 04:07A report published recently by Yemeni human rights defenders examines dozens of casualties resulting from U.S. drone strikes and other attacks on civilians in the war-torn nation in recent years, incidents the publication says often occur without accountability, investigation, compensation—and sometimes even acknowledgment.
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America losing the future to China
Mar 30, 2021 04:03As China’s capabilities match – and inevitably surpass – those of the US military, Washington will find itself pushed out of the Indo-Pacific region and its status as the world’s so-called superpower will have been erased.
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Amnesty International: Facebook plan to target children “incompatible with human rights”
Mar 26, 2021 12:08Facebook itself “poses one of the biggest threats when it comes to children’s privacy,” according to the human rights organization.