Sanders Urges Tax on Windfall Oil Profits as Companies Exploit Ukraine Crisis
Oil companies Profits are your goal off of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) is calling for officials to place a tax on oil profits and implement price controls in order to lessen the effects of the crisis on the public. “We can no longer allow big oil companies, huge corporations and the […]
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Poll Finds Most Voters Think Companies Are Exploiting Pandemic to Raise Prices
New polling suggests that nearly two-thirds believe that corporations are taking advantage the pandemic to raise prices as large corporations report record profits. The poll of over 1,500 likely votersData for Progress and Groundwork Collaborative conducted a survey this month to find that 63 percent of respondents believe that corporations are using the pandemic as […]
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Russian Missile Strikes Main Square of Ukraine’s Second-Largest City
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President, Tuesday accused Russia of engaging in “frank, undisguised terror” after a missile struck the main square of Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least seven people, injuring dozens, and damaging an administrative building. “They are using terror trying to break us,” Zelenskyy said in an address to the European Parliament on day […]
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Activists Push Biden to Expand Renewables for Energy Independence From Russia
On the heels of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a dire new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate justice activists are pressuring President Joe Biden to do whatever he can to accelerate a just transition to renewable energy through more aggressive executive action ahead of this evening’s State of the Union […]
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Our Fight for Disability Justice Must Also Confront War and Militarism
Militarism has rarely been part of disability rights organizations’ policy priorities or discussions. Instead, most of the mainstream disability community’s advocacy efforts related to the military have centered around veteran rightsIt is important to have disability inclusion in military serviceOr disabled refugee rightsThe Americans with Disabilities Act. These priorities may be beneficial for individual rights […]
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UN Diplomats Walk Out as Russian Foreign Minister Addresses Human Rights Council
To protest Moscow’s war on Ukraine, roughly 100 diplomats from countries around the globe walked outRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday. Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Yevheniia Filipenko, led the walkout, which left a mostly empty conference hall to hear Lavrov’s pre-recorded video message during […]
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US Military Escalation Against Russia Would Have No Victors
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine took much of the world by surprise. In an exclusive interview, Noam Chomsky argues that it is an unprovoked attack that was not justified. TruthoutThis is what you will see. The following is the conclusion. In the face of this horrific invasion, though, the U.S. must choose urgent diplomacy over military […]
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House Takes Step Toward Banning Stock Trading For Members of Congress
The Committee on House Administration will soon hold an hearing on proposals to prohibit members of Congress from trading individual stocks. This is a step towards eventually voting on such legislation. According to InsiderThe committee, which spoke to anonymous sources, requested testimony from government watchdog organizations like the Project on Government Oversight and Citizens for […]
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What These 5 Congressmen Expect From Biden’s State of the Union
The nation and the world will be watching President Joe Biden Tuesday night, as he delivers his first State of the Union address. Monday was Capitol Hill’s Monday meeting with members of Congress. They discussed the issues the president should address and their expectations regarding the speech. Here’s what they had to say: 1. Rep. […]
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7 Major Failures of the Biden Presidency
With President Joe Biden set to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night, it’s a good time to ask: How has Biden done as president and what is the actual state of our union? According to the American people, things aren’t going great. A CNN poll in early February asked Americans […]
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