Day: March 6, 2021
Voter Suppression Bills In Georgia: Companies Donating To Republicans’ ‘Big Lie’ Stay Silent
Opinion | The Choice for Democrats in Congress: Go Big or Go Home.
The President’s party almost always loses ground in Congress in the midterms. But Democrats have the chance to defy the normal political gravity and gain ground in 2022—if they go big in 2021.America is still reeling from the historic crises of COVID and the economic devastation that followed. With many millions of Americans still unemployed and tens of millions more
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/05/choice-democrats-congress-go-big-or-go-home
Opinion | Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s Lifting of Covid Restrictions
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week lifted the Texas mask mandate and allowed businesses freely to open.Roughly half the deaths and severe illness owing to Covid-19 are among minorities, including African-Americans and Latinos, even though those two groups make up less than a third of Americans. State Sen. Borris Miles, D-Houston, tweeted, “Black
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/06/typical-republican-racism-and-anti-science-behind-texas-gov-greg-abbots-lifting
Opinion | Global Obsession With Economic Growth Will Increase Risk of Deadly Pandemics in Future
As governments around the world roll out COVID-19 vaccine programmes and seek to kickstart their economies back to life, recovery seems to be within reach. However, hard questions must not be sidestepped. How did this pandemic happen? And how resilient are we to future global risks, including the possibility of deadlier pandemics?Importantly, COVID-19 was not a “black swan”
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2021/03/06/global-obsession-economic-growth-will-increase-risk-deadly-pandemics-future
‘Stop Nickel and Diming the American People’: Anger Grows as Senate Democrats Move to Deny Relief Checks to 17 Million | Common Dreams News
“While you’re quibbling over who you want to exclude, people are suffering. SEND THE CHECKS.”
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/04/stop-nickel-and-diming-american-people-anger-grows-senate-democrats-move-deny-relief
‘Shameful’: Millionaire Senators Vote Against Popular Minimum Wage Raise That Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty | Common Dreams News
“It is despicable and unacceptable that there is not unanimous support among Democrats in Congress for a $15 minimum wage,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/05/shameful-millionaire-senators-vote-against-popular-minimum-wage-raise-would-lift
Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Amendment | Common Dreams News
Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Amendment
“Every single Dem who voted against a $15 minimum wage should be primaried.”
— Read on www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/05/here-are-8-democrats-who-just-joined-gop-vote-down-sanders-15-minimum-wage-amendment
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