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As Death Toll Tops 410,000, Biden Pushes “Wartime Effort” to Fight COVID. But Could More Be Done?
On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden unveiled a 198-page national plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll tops 410,000. He signed 10 executive orders to create a new national COVID-19 testing board, to help schools reopen, to mandate international travelers to quarantine… »
The Biden/Harris Inauguration: When the Wall Becomes a Door
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris leapt into action after taking the oath of office on Wednesday. Biden signed 17 executive orders, dismantling many of Donald Trump’s signature policies. Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization, ended the Muslim travel ban, halted most deportations… »
Moscow police detain Navalny supporters staging unsanctioned rally to demand release of jailed opposition figure
Protestors who have taken to the streets of Moscow on Saturday to demand the release of prominent activist Alexey Navalny have been confronted by law enforcement officers, apparently determined to break up the unsanctioned rally. Hundreds of people have gathered in Moscow’s Pushkin Square, in defiance of warnings that the… »
The Republican Dam on Immigration Is Cracking, and Now They Will Pay for Their Racism
We saw what Trump’s anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric did to the country over four long years. The GOP has no right to oppose Biden’s plan for mass legalization. By Sonali Kolhatkar On day one of his presidency, Joe Biden signed numerous executive orders to undo his predecessor’s “deeply… »
Living in Turbulent Times: College Students’ Reactions to Recent Challenges in America
By Rebecca Diers – SUNY Cortland For the past several months, Americans have faced numerous challenges in regards to politics and how American citizens feel the country should be run. These recent events have been incited by both Republicans and Democrats in the form of protests and riots in an… »
Far-right terrorism in Germany: Walter Lübcke’s murder and the NSU
The main suspect in Germany’s most prominent far-right political assassination since World War II has closed his defense in court. He and his alleged accomplice have been linked to the National Socialist Underground. The lawyer defending Stephan E.*, the neo-Nazi on trial for the assassination of regional governor Walter Lübcke in… »
Stiglitz says Covid-19 pandemic showed consequences of neoliberalism
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prizewinner in Economics, lashed out at neoliberalism and assured that the Covid-19 pandemic is currently showing the consequences of 40 years of impositions by neaoliberalism. The prominent US economist gave a keynote lecture as part of the sessions of Future Congress 2021, Chile’s major scientific event, held… »
Biden Signs Executive Orders on Environment, Immigration, Civil Rights, Economy & Pandemic
President Biden signed 17 executive orders Wednesday in his first official act from the Oval Office. Among other things, the orders strike down Trump’s ban on travelers from majority-Muslim nations, end construction of Trump’s border wall and strengthen DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for young immigrants. Biden rejoined… »
Listen to the Children!
It is said that pictures are worth a thousand words, and this is, of course true. Yet, in these months of COVID, when children have been deprived of their “life as usual”, parents, teachers, our friends and neighbors have taken steps to ease the burden for each other and strangers… »
I am the Inaugural Poet
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman delivered a powerful message with her poem “The Hill We Climb.” Watch below. ‘There is always light.Only if we are brave enough to see it.There is always light.Only if we are brave enough to be it.’ —… »
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