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Vaccines Are Still Overwhelmingly Our Best Weapon Against COVID
Even as concerned are raised, we must remember vaccines are by far the best weapon we have in this fight.
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Education & Youth
Communities Hardest Hit by COVID Are Also Harmed Most by Standardized Testing
Standardized testing under pandemic conditions will only magnify the inequities the tests were designed to perpetuate.
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Dem-Aligned Pollsters: Our Data Was Off in 2020 and We’re Not Sure How to Fix It
Five polling organizations that work with Democrats have several theories (but no consensus) on why things went wrong.
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Brooklyn Center Police Use Tear Gas on Crowd 15 Minutes After Its Use Was Banned
The police used cruel crowd tactics like tear gas and pepper spray to attack protesters Monday night.
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Prisons & Policing
Residents of Minneapolis Suburb Rise Up Against Police Killing of Daunte Wright
Police reportedly pulled Wright over for having air fresheners hanging from his rearview mirror.
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Environment & Health
Why I Cut Ties With Insurance Giant Liberty Mutual
I want protection not just for my car but for life on Earth, and Liberty is one of the biggest insurers of fossil fuels.
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“Zero Troops” in Afghanistan by 9/11 Anniversary, Biden White House Says
Biden Poised to Break a Promise on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Outrage Over Daunte Wright’s Killing Highlights the Risk of Driving While Black
Corporations Back Away From Georgia Voting Bill After Funding Its Sponsors
New Mexico Passes Marijuana Legalization — Including Racial Justice Provisions
Economic Pressure on GA Grows as Will Smith Pulls Film Production Out of State
Racial Justice Activist Charles Booker Launches Exploration to Unseat Rand Paul
Biden Fulfills Campaign Pledge to Create Commission on Supreme Court Reforms
Biden’s Domestic Spending Plan Is Welcome, But More Military Spending Isn’t
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Outrage Over Daunte Wright’s Killing Highlights the Risk of Driving While Black
The shooting took place about 10 miles from where Derek Chauvin is on trial for killing George Floyd.
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Rainforests Could Turn Into Savannas as Climate Warms, New Study Warns
Heat stress is disrupting a critical component of photosynthesis in trees found in the Amazon and Cerrado belt.
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Biden Poised to Break a Promise on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
Like the racist crackdown on crack cocaine, a crackdown on fentanyl is filling prisons, not preventing deaths.
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Corporations Back Away From Georgia Voting Bill After Funding Its Sponsors
The GOP-backed bill introduces a series of stringent voter restrictions under the auspices of "election integrity."
