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Opinion

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Moral March on Manchin and McConnell

Juneteenth and Filibuster Fuel Fight for Democracy That Works for Everyone

Rev Dr Liz Theoharis ·
Some U.S. lawmakers are all too willing to sign off on another holiday, especially if they can use it as cover while actively working to suppress voting rights, block living wages and reparations, fight against healthcare, and more.
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We Must Do What Is Popular and Right, and Expand Medicare

Pramila Jayapal ·
Emergency Break Glass

A Bipolar Nation in Danger of Destruction. We Can't Delay.

Michael Winship ·
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Ebrahim-Raisi
Poor people's campaign rally.
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Further

A column by Abby Zimet
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A column by Abby Zimet
Bezos Goes To Space

Planet Earth To Outer Space: When Bezos Blasts Off, Please Keep Him There

Voicing the oft-silenced rage of the oppressed, a whole lotta brutally honest earthlings are urging that "evil overlord hellbent on global domination" Jeff Bezos be banned from returning to the planet once he launches into space soon on his first Blue Origin flight. Arguing "billionaires should not exist" - especially when they pay no taxes but still give their ill-paid, downtrodden workers so few breaks they have to piss in bottles - over 95,000 people have signed a petition "to the proletariat" with the forthright and practical demand: "Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth."

Abby Zimet, Further columnist · Jun 22, 2021

Latest News

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Cuba Embargo

US and Israel Vote 'No' as 184 Nations Condemn American Blockade of Cuba

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Climate Emergency Sign

With Planet's Future at Stake, Biden Told to Be Bold With Pick for Top Energy Post

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Brandi Levy

SCOTUS Solidifies Students' Free Speech Protections, Upholding Right to Say 'F**k Cheer'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Farm workers harvest strawberries on March 13, 2013 near Oxnard, California. (Photo: Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)

Right-Wing SCOTUS Majority Rules Union Organizing on Farms Violates Landowners' Rights

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

child landmine victim

Lawmakers Tell Biden US Has 'Moral Obligation' to Ban Landmines

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

Joe Mejia, hunger striker

Report on ICE Reveals 'Cruelty and Coercion' Against Hunger Strikers

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Oil rig off the coast of Scotland

Proposed New Oil Field in Scotland Ahead of Glasgow Climate Talks Decried as 'Obscenity'

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Rev. William Barber is arrested during a protest

'We're Not Going Away!' Nonviolent Protest Over Voting Rights Ends With Arrests in DC

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Climate Emergency

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Proposed New Oil Field in Scotland Ahead of Glasgow Climate Talks Decried as 'Obscenity'

"If ministers are serious about facing up to the climate crisis they must end their support for climate wrecking fossil fuels at home and abroad."
Julia Conley, staff writer ·
Oil rig off the coast of Scotland
LA refinery 2020

Social Cost of Emissions: 'One of the Most Important Numbers That No One Has Ever Heard Of'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Great Barrier Reef 'In Danger,' Says UNESCO

Jenna McGuire, staff writer ·

Climate crime scene tape at an Extinction Rebellion protest

'Moral Red Line': Legal Definition Unveiled to Put Ecocide on Par With War Crimes

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Sunrise protesters on Cruz's lawn

Sunrise Ends 400-Mile Climate March With Arrests at Ted Cruz's House

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

Covid-19

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Biden Urged to Pressure EU to End 'Outrageous' Opposition to Vaccine Patent Waiver

"As citizens of the world, we cannot sit and watch a repeat of the horror during the AIDS pandemic, when millions of people died while countries and companies refused to share life-saving antiretrovirals."
Jake Johnson, staff writer ·
U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak at a press conference
Person receives Covid-19 vaccine

Doctors Without Borders Calls on BioNTech to Share Vaccine Tech With World

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

#ForaBolsonaro

'Bolsonaro Out!': Massive Protests as Brazil's Covid-19 Death Toll Tops 500,000

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

People's Vaccine

Summit Participants Embrace 'Vaccine Internationalism' to End Pandemic

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Health justice advocates gathered outside Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021, where they called on the pharmaceutical giant to share Covid-19 vaccine formulas and transfer technology to boost the global manufacturing of doses in the face of massively unequal distribution. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

94% of Americans Oppose Big Pharma's Control of Global Covid-19 Vaccine Doses: Poll

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

Economics

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Wealth Hoarding by 'Silver Spoon Oligarchs' Is Endangering US Democracy: Report

"The five wealthiest dynastic families in the U.S. have seen their wealth increase by a median 2,484% from 1983 to 2020."
Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·
Members of the Walton family (L-R) Rob, Alice, and Jim speak during the annual Walmart shareholders meeting event on June 1, 2018 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (Photo: Rick T. Wilking via Getty Images)
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett

'Biggest Tax Story of the Year, If Not the Decade': Analysis Shows Just How Little Richest .001% Pay in Taxes

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference

G7 Countries Reach Deal on 15% Global Minimum Tax Rate for Multinational Corporations

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Car during a caravan protest

GOP Governors' Termination of Jobless Aid Could Cost Local Economies Over $12 Billion: Report

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Sign reads Cancel Student Debt

Biden Under Fire for Leaving Student Debt Cancellation Out of Racial Justice Plan

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Most Popular

  1. Sinema Op-Ed Defending Senate Filibuster Slammed as 'Delusional'
  2. Rev. Barber Says West Virginians Are Ready for 'Non-Violent Sit-Ins' Against Manchin for Abetting GOP Voter Suppression
  3. Reality Winner's Release From Federal Prison Met With Calls for Full Pardon for the NSA Whistleblower
  4. 'Our Democracy Hangs in the Balance': Calls Grow for Justice Breyer to Retire
  5. Progressives Rally to Defend Ilhan Omar After 'Bad Faith' Attack by House Democratic Leadership
  6. On Climate and Covid-19 Emergencies, G7 Judged a 'Colossal Failure' for All the World to See
  7. 'Dangerous and Unconscionable': Amnesty Finds Biden Is Illegally Expelling Thousands of Unaccompanied Children
  8. From MSNBC to NPR, Corporate "Liberal" Media Propaganda Tells the World: America Is First
  9. Scientist Who Spent Year at 'Epicenter' of Climate Crisis Warns World May Already Have Hit Arctic 'Tipping Point'
  10. Sanders Speaks Out Against 'Dangerous' Chorus Pushing for New Cold War With China

Politics

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'The Filibuster Must Go': Senate GOP Blocks Debate on Voting Rights Bill

"Democrats in the Senate can have a functional democracy or the filibuster, but not both."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·
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Sen. Ron Wyden

Key Senate Democrat Applauded for Manifesto on Reducing Drug Costs

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

President Joe Biden speaks at a press conference

'His Silence Is Breathtaking': Biden Under Fire for Going Quiet on Voting Rights

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema arrives for a hearing

Sinema Op-Ed Defending Senate Filibuster Slammed as 'Delusional'

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Jayapal

Progressives Say 'Do What the People Want and Tax the Rich' to Pay for Infrastructure

Jessica Corbett, staff writer ·

The Newswire

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

Rights & Justice

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SCOTUS Solidifies Students' Free Speech Protections, Upholding Right to Say 'F**k Cheer'

"The message from this ruling is clear—free speech is for everyone, and that includes public school students."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·
Brandi Levy
Women wait for medical care at a clinic in Mozambique.

Coalition of 200+ Groups Call for Permanent End to 'Neocolonialist' Global Gag Rule

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Zapatistas Spain

'The Zapatistas Have Invaded': Indigenous Activists Sail From Mexico to Spain

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Washington DC residents hold protest on Capitol Hill.

Report Shows How DC Statehood Would Be Step Toward Racial and Gender Justice

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Denis McDonough

Advocates Cheer VA Move to Offer Trans Vets Gender Confirmation Surgery

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

War & Peace

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US Navy Detonates 40,000-Pound Bomb Off Florida Coast

In addition to concerns about harm to sea life, progressives said the money would be better spent on healthcare and other human needs.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·
U.S. Navy shock test
Iran websites

Press Freedom Advocates Condemn 'Reckless' US Shutdown of Iranian News Sites

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Iraq War veterans march to a rally on Capitol Hill calling for an end to redeployments of soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.

Over 30,000 US Veterans of Post-9/11 Wars Have Killed Themselves Since 2001

Julia Conley, staff writer ·

Ebrahim Raisi

As Iran Elects New President, Experts Urge Biden to Rejoin Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

Barbara Lee

After Iraq War Authorization Repealed, Calls Grow to 'Do the 2001 AUMF Next'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

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