Pressure grows on the Biden administration to support a push by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organization to loosen intellectual property rules to make COVID-19 vaccines easier to make and distribute; As the House prepares to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, Rep. Jan Schakowsky urges her Senate colleagues not to oppose the inclusion of a $15-an-hour minimum wage hike in the stimulus package; Author Brendan O'Connor on the roots of the January 6 Capitol attack and how "the right-wing donor class" is implicated in the violence.
Pressure grows on the Biden administration to support a push by India and South Africa at the World Trade Organization to loosen intellectual property rules to make COVID-19 vaccines easier to make and distribute; As the House prepares to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, Rep. Jan Schakowsky urges her Senate colleagues not to oppose the inclusion of a $15-an-hour minimum wage hike in the stimulus package; Author Brendan O'Connor on the roots of the January 6 Capitol attack and how "the right-wing donor class" is implicated in the violence.
Democracy Now! 2021-02-25 Thursday
- Headlines for February 25, 2021
- 100+ Countries Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine Patents. Why Is the U.S. Still Blocking the Way?
- "Not Ready to Give Up": Democrats Push Senate to Keep Popular $15 Minimum Wage in Stimulus Bill
- "Decades in the Making": How Mainstream Conservatives & Right-Wing Money Fueled the Capitol Attack
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