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No, Biden’s Not Banning Burgers — But Meat Is a Real Climate Problem
A study seized on by the right shows replacing meat with plant-based foods could help confront the climate crisis.
Biden Admin Plans to Help 34 Million Kids Losing School Lunches in Summertime
Families who rely on free or reduced-price meals during the school year will be enrolled for summer coverage.
Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver
COVID knows no borders. Neither should we.
Justice Department Investigations Don’t Actually Challenge Police Violence
The proceduralism of the DOJ won’t stop police killings, just as years of “police reform” didn’t save George Floyd.
Americans View Biden as Doing Much Better Than Trump Did in First 100 Days
Biden only fails to receive positive marks on one important issue to Americans: immigration.
Biden Is Reviewing US Policy in North Korea. The Brutal Sanctions Must End.
U.S. sanctions in North Korea weaponize human misery, hurting 25 million civilians. Biden should end this deadly policy.
At India’s Request, Twitter Blocks Posts Critical of Modi COVID Response
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the pandemic has come under scrutiny both within India and abroad.
Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries
Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
Sanders and Warren Urge Biden to Expand Medicare in the American Families Plan
Lawmakers argue that lowering the Medicare eligibility age would enact a broadly popular reform to the program.
Democratic State Legislatures Seek to Expand Voting in the South
Some of the pro-democracy proposals are coming out of states with a long history of voter suppression.