2021-05-30: News Headlines

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-05-30). Does the US really need another oil pipeline? peoplesdispatch.org A decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company

Mike Ludwig (2021-05-30). Youth Climate Activists Want $10 Trillion for Infrastructure. zcomm.org Sunrise Movement activist says Biden should forget GOP and listen to young people fired up about the prospect of a Civilian Climate Corps that would create thousands of jobs combatting the climate crisis and building a sustainable future…

Staff (2021-05-29). The World Trade Organization Is Threatening Vaccine Equity and Climate Goals. truthout.org The huge COVID-19 vaccine supply gap between rich and poor countries exposes the deadly problem of intellectual property (IP) rights and the dangerous monopoly power of Big Pharma. It also exposes in glaring terms the failures of the entire system of global trading rules regulated by the World Trade Organization (WTO). In this exclusive interview for Truthout, Jayati Ghosh, one of the world's leading development economists, dissects the question of intellectual property rights relating to vac…

Cat Tebaldi (2021-05-29). Biden's Climate Plan Sparked GOP Panic Over Masculinity and Red Meat. commondreams.org "Republican politics often use meat to mobilize an image of working-class, masculine toughness, or heartland American patriotism." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/redmeat-grill-flickr-2600×1361.jpg

Bernie Sanders (2021-05-29). What happens next in Congress will determine the future of our country. zcomm.org We can help save the planet from the ravages of climate change and we can strengthen American democracy…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-05-29). Does the U.S. Really Need Another Oil Pipeline? zcomm.org Native American communities living alongside the route of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota are asking all activists to join them in solidarity this June…

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