“It’s time to tax billionaires,” said one advocacy group. “This interactive look at how the ultra-rich manage to pay less taxes than regular folks is all the proof you should need.”

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Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Fox News are engaging in “deliberate cruelty that treats human beings like pawns,” said one immigrant rights advocate.

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“The Biden administration is searching everywhere for a solution to high energy and gas prices—but the answer is right under their noses,” said one advocate. “A windfall profits tax is smart, fair, and popular, and Congress is already prepared to move it forward.”

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“Without immediate radical action, we could be witnessing the most profound collapse of humanity into extreme poverty and suffering in memory,” said the director of Oxfam International.

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“I’ve never seen a governor attempting to use charters in such an overtly political way,” one scholar said after Tennessee invited Hillsdale College to open 50 schools in the state.

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Amid congressional inaction, solid majorities of U.S. adults favor policies to slash greenhouse gas pollution, a new Gallup survey found.

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In face of the “escalating climate emergency,” the advocacy group Scientist Rebellion warns that IPCC summary to global policymakers remains “alarmingly reserved, docile, and conservative.”

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“The Forbes rich list shows us that we are living in a tale of two pandemics where billionaire wealth is still booming, while most of humanity is going bust,” said one campaigner.

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“If Biden restarts payments on May Day we know that nearly eight million people will be pushed into default,” said one Debt Collective organizer. “We don’t need to pause this crisis, we need to end it.”

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“I hope Working Group III has the courage to actually call for the elimination of fossil fuels production and use within a Paris agreement compliant timeline,” said one scientist.

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In the wake of the Amazon Labor Union’s landmark win, progressives reveled in the fact that GSG’s anti-worker tactics were unsuccessful.

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“If we continue with fossil fuels, then we’re… not gonna have a planet that we can live on,” said one protestor who locked himself to an oil tanker.

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A new analysis details how oil executives are suppressing production to maximize shareholder returns.

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“Governments should have no excuse as to why they continue throwing money into fossil fuels that profit a few and are fueling war, now in Ukraine,” said one Greenpeace campaigner.

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“Title 42 was never about public health and safety,” said Rep. Juan Vargas. “It was implemented to deny due process to people seeking refuge and protection.”

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“Facebook’s algorithm is ultimately ensuring that the people most in need of good information are the ones least likely to get it.”

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“If there is no successful diplomatic resolution, the implications for the Ukrainian people and the world are dire.”

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“If we decide to just kind of sit back for the rest of the year and not change people’s lives—yeah, I do think we’re in trouble,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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“Failing to fund the global fight against Covid-19 is a choice to extend the pandemic,” said one public health expert.

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“The urgency of the climate crisis demands a rapid reorientation of our societies and economies away from fossil fuels, the key driver of global warming,” says a new open letter.

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If low-income countries—where 2.5 billion people are waiting to receive their first shot—had the same vaccination rate as high-income countries, they would boost their GDPs by tens of billions of dollars, a new United Nations analysis finds.

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“American complicity in this humanitarian disaster has persisted for too long,” said a group of congressional lawmakers, “and we will not allow it to continue.”

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“Even as America applauds how Judge Jackson endured the hearings with fortitude and grace under fire,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, “she should not have been subjected to this treatment in the first place.”

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“What’s happening is a disgrace,” says 76-year-old Elena Osipova, a St. Petersburg artist who has been arrested for protesting Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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“I don’t understand why he is allowing us, the American people, to suffer when he has the power to make the change,” said one person who voted for President Joe Biden because of his promise to make medicines affordable.

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“We’ve choked this planet with plastic, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans—and we’ve no idea at all about costs for public health,” said a British lawmaker.

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“The fracking industry is seeking a long-term strategy to deepen global dependence on dirty fossil fuels,” said one researcher. “It is nothing short of a cynical exploitation of a genuine crisis.”

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“There are only 40 more days until student loan payments restart. Borrowers are not ready,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal warned Tuesday. “Cancel student debt for all.”

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The Future of Water Act, said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, would “protect water from Wall Street speculation and ensure one of our most essential resources isn’t auctioned off to the highest bidder.”

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“My fear, and the fear of many mayors, is that many of our residents are returning to chow lines,” said the elected leader of Richmond, Virginia.

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