From CommonDreamsFor Immediate Release Monday, November 23, 2020Organization Profile: Environment AmericaContact: Matt Casale, U.S. PIRG Environment Campaigns Director, 609-610-8002, mcasale@pirg.orgAndrea McGimsey, Environment America Sr. Director of Global Warming Solutions, 703-477-4722, amcgimsey@environmentamerica.orgMark Morgenstein, Director of … [Read more...] about U.S. Set To Retake Global Leadership on Climate With Choice of John Kerry as Biden’s “Climate Czar”
Social Justice/社会正義
'Elite Strike Force'? Trump Legal Team Throws Right-Wing Attorney Sidney Powell Under the Bus as Coup Attempt Flails
From CommonDreamsPublished on Monday, November 23, 2020byCommon Dreams'Elite Strike Force'? Trump Legal Team Throws Right-Wing Attorney Sidney Powell Under the Bus as Coup Attempt Flails "It's OK to laugh at this hilarious clown car and yet appreciate that what's going here is deadly serious. These tactics will go nowhere but still infect our … [Read more...] about 'Elite Strike Force'? Trump Legal Team Throws Right-Wing Attorney Sidney Powell Under the Bus as Coup Attempt Flails
It’s Not That Complicated. Cancelling Student Debt Is Good.
From JacobinFairness and Restitution The first thing to notice about this objection is that it would apply to any reform that makes people’s lives better in the present. If we passed Medicare for All, no one from that point forward would have to pay for private health insurance premiums, co-pays, … [Read more...] about It’s Not That Complicated. Cancelling Student Debt Is Good.
The FBI’s War on Folk Music
From JacobinCultural Foreclosure With so much destroyed by McCarthyism, one cannot help asking, how might the US cultural landscape look today if not for these anti-Communist attacks? In 1970, the New York Times interviewed Tex Ritter, actor, cowboy singer, onetime president and founder of the … [Read more...] about The FBI’s War on Folk Music
The Tories Want Cash for Drones and Cuts for Workers
From JacobinA large increase in spending, in an area beset by cuts in recent years. A victory for the prime minister over a typically recalcitrant Treasury. An unexpected announcement — “in the teeth of the pandemic,” as Boris Johnson put it — deemed vital to “keep the … [Read more...] about The Tories Want Cash for Drones and Cuts for Workers