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Opinion

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AR-15 assault rifles on display in a gun store

The Problem Is the Guns. The Guns. The Guns. The Guns.

Chuck Idelson ·
It's not school security or mental illness or anything else—it’s just all the guns.
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Gun Massacres Are the Grotesque Pinnacle of 'American Exceptionalism'

Amy Goodman ·
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The GOP's Way of Doing Things Was Given a Chance—and the Results Were Catastrophic

Thom Hartmann ·
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Further

A column by Abby Zimet
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A column by Abby Zimet
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WHY ARE WE HERE? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DO SOMETHING?!

Small bodies drop. Ghouls pray and babble. Most of us rage, weep, howl for action. In Uvalde, the families of 19 children - who all had a heartbeat so where are the alleged protectors of young lives? - had to get DNA tests to help identify now AR-15-ravaged corpses. Meanwhile, evil freaks and their bought pols who love guns more than children blame meds, morals, not enough God, anything but the over 400 million guns adrift in a nation held hostage, steeped in blood. This is the country they have chosen. May their obscene reign end soon. And may their fucking souls rot in hell.

Abby Zimet · May 24, 2022

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'We Need Fewer Guns in Schools, Not More': Teachers Reject GOP Call for Armed Educators

Brett Wilkins ·

Letitia James

NY Appeals Court Rules Trump and Two of His Kids Must Testify in Financial Fraud Case

Kenny Stancil ·

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at a press conference

After Racist Massacre in Buffalo, Senate GOP Blocks Domestic Terrorism Bill

Jake Johnson ·

DSA For the Many slate

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Entire Slate of Democratic Socialists in NY

Brett Wilkins ·

Crosses adorn a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022.

'We Continue to Fail to Protect Our Youngest': Guns Leading Cause of Death in Kids

Andrea Germanos ·

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appears at a press conference

'Counting Dollars While They Were Counting Bodies': Abbott Attended Fundraiser Hours After Massacre

Jake Johnson ·

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) bump elbows prior to a hearing in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2021.

Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham to Kick Off New Debate Series

Kenny Stancil ·

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks at a roundtable discussion

With 'Bounty-Hunting' Law, Oklahoma Enacts Nation's First Total Ban on Abortion

Jake Johnson ·

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  1. 'Ted Cruz, F-ck You!': Anger Erupts at Gun-Loving GOP After Mass Slaughter in Texas
  2. 'We Refuse to Go On Like This': US Students Walk Out to Demand Gun Control
  3. 'Perverse' Supreme Court Ruling 'Effectively Ensures That Innocent People Will Remain Imprisoned'
  4. Florida Student's Graduation Speech About Curly Hair Highlights Cruelty of 'Don't Say Gay' Law
  5. 'Counting Dollars While They Were Counting Bodies': Abbott Attended Fundraiser Hours After Massacre
  6. 'You'll Learn Why': GOP Lawmaker Threatens Biden If Democrats Try to Take Away Guns
  7. Trump-Loving Americans Drinking Deep From Orban's Fascist Well
  8. Omar Leads Charge Against Baby Formula Monopolies Amid US Shortage
  9. 'This Is on You!' Beto Interrupts Abbott Press Conference on Texas Massacre
  10. Millions More Kids Going Hungry Since GOP, Manchin Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit

The Newswire

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Breaking news, press releases, and action alerts from the progressive community

NEA Rejects Call to Arm Teachers in Wake of School Massacre in Uvalde, Texas

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Oklahoma Becomes First State to Entirely Ban Abortion

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War & Peace

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'Ashamed' of 'Warmongering' and 'Lies,' Veteran Russian Diplomat Resigns

"Am I concerned about the possible reaction from Moscow?" said Boris Bondarev. "I have to be concerned about it."
Julia Conley ·
Body bags in Bucha, Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on May 23, 2022.

'Truly Dangerous': Biden Vows US Military Response If China Invades Taiwan

Kenny Stancil ·

US troops Somalia

Rights Group Urges Civilian Safeguards as Biden Sends Troops Back to Somalia

Brett Wilkins ·

Thousands turned out to march for peace in Ukraine on February 6, 2022 in central London

Peace Advocates Sound Warnings as Progressive Lawmakers Go All-In for $40 Billion Ukraine War Package

Brett Wilkins ·

Activists take part in a candlelight vigil outside the U.N.'s Economic and Social Commission for West Asia building in Beirut to denounce the killing of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh

'We Were Expecting This,' Says Family After Israel Says No Criminal Probe Into Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh

Andrea Germanos ·

Climate Emergency

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Scientists to BlackRock Vice Chairman: New Fossil Fuel Development 'Incompatible' With 1.5°C

"The only responsible course of action is to do everything in our power to stop fossil fuel expansion and further emissions."
Jessica Corbett ·
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'Resounding Victory': Court Rules Exxon Must Face Trial Over Climate Lies

Kenny Stancil ·

Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference

UN Chief to New College Grads: To Help Save the Planet, 'Don't Work for Climate Wreckers'

Jake Johnson ·

Lauren Petrie, of Food & Water Watch, holds up a map showing all of the fracking sites along the Front Range as she addresses members of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission during a public comment session on October 30, 2017 in Denver.

Map Shows Over 17 Million People in US Threatened by Toxic Fossil Fuel Pollution

Kenny Stancil ·

A gas flare is seen at an oil well site

Greenhouse Gases Trapped Nearly 50% More Heat Last Year Than in 1990: NOAA

Jessica Corbett ·

Covid-19

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Nurse From Liberia Holds 'Clap for Pharma Profits' Protest at Davos

"Me and my frontline colleagues saw pain, misery, death," said George Poe Williams. "Bourla and the other pharma executives here in Davos saw a chance to pump up profits."
Brett Wilkins ·
George Poe Williams
Pfizer CEO speaks at the World Economic Forum

'Too Little, Too Late,' Campaigners Say as Pfizer Pledges Lower Vaccine Costs for Poor Nations

Jake Johnson ·

UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima speaks Tuesday at a panel session at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo: Screengrab/WEForum)

In Davos, UNAIDS Chief Condemns Clear 'Racism' of Global Vaccine Apartheid

Andrea Germanos ·

Respiratory Therapist Adel Al Joaid treats Melissa Wartman, a Covid-19 patient, in the ICU at Rush University Medial Center on January 31, 2022 in Chicago. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

WHO Chief Warns Humanity Lowers Guard Against Covid-19 'At Our Peril'

Andrea Germanos ·

People waiting in food line during pandemic

Tax Billionaire Wealth and Pandemic Profits, Says Oxfam, to End 'Inequality That Literally Kills'

Jon Queally ·

Economics

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'Not About Nostalgia': Poor People's Campaign Marches in Memphis Ahead of DC Gathering

"It's been 54 years since the sanitation worker's march," said Bishop William J. Barber II, "and right here in Memphis they still don't have union rights."
Kenny Stancil ·
Economic justice advocates march in Memphis, Tennessee on May 23, 2022.
Doctors protest the Medicare Direct Contracting program

Campaign Launches 'Summer of Action' to Protect Medicare From Stealth Privatization

Kenny Stancil ·

Kids draw at a playground in Washington, D.C.

Millions More Kids Going Hungry Since GOP, Manchin Killed Expanded Child Tax Credit

Kenny Stancil ·

Closed restaurant

Nearly 90,000 Small Businesses in US Expected to Close After Senate GOP Kills Main Street Relief Bill

Julia Conley ·

Baby formula is seen on Target shelves

Documents Show Baby Formula Maker Enriched Shareholders Amid Deadly Bacteria Outbreak

Jake Johnson ·

Politics

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NY Appeals Court Rules Trump and Two of His Kids Must Testify in Financial Fraud Case

"Our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is above the law," said New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Kenny Stancil ·
Letitia James
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at a press conference

After Racist Massacre in Buffalo, Senate GOP Blocks Domestic Terrorism Bill

Jake Johnson ·

DSA For the Many slate

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Entire Slate of Democratic Socialists in NY

Brett Wilkins ·

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appears at a press conference

'Counting Dollars While They Were Counting Bodies': Abbott Attended Fundraiser Hours After Massacre

Jake Johnson ·

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) bump elbows prior to a hearing in Washington, D.C. on February 10, 2021.

Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham to Kick Off New Debate Series

Kenny Stancil ·

Rights & Justice

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With 'Bounty-Hunting' Law, Oklahoma Enacts Nation's First Total Ban on Abortion

"For the first time in nearly 50 years, abortion is illegal—at every stage of pregnancy—in an American state," said the head of Planned Parenthood Great Plains.
Jake Johnson ·
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks at a roundtable discussion
Voting Rights

Faith Leaders Call for Federal Election Monitors in Georgia to Protect Black Voters

Brett Wilkins ·

Tributes to the victims left at the shrine set up around the town's Christmas tree in Sandy Hook after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut, on December 17, 2012. (Photo: Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Le Monde Editorial Says America 'Exceptional' at One 'Bloody' Thing: Mass Shootings

Andrea Germanos ·

planned parenthood in St Louis

Progressives in Congress Push Google to Stop Collecting Abortion Patients' Location Data

Jessica Corbett ·

Police and protesters

Two Years After George Floyd Murder, Biden to Issue Executive Order on Police Reform

Julia Conley ·

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