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To Build Back Better, Congress Must (Finally) Invest in Black Caregivers Like Us

Charlene Dickerson ·
We cannot confront or disband the links between structural racism and poor job quality in long-term care and create an equitable caregiving system for all without intentionally investing in a critical workforce that is majority women-of-color.
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It's Been Two-Hundred Years, Not Twenty: Targeted Repression in the US Started Long Before 9/11

Asifa Quraishi-Landes ·
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Echoes of the Past Are Present in Texas' Latest Racist Attack on Education

Chuck Idelson ·
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A column by Abby Zimet
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Outlive Mitch McConnell and Save America

Amidst an ugly if bogus battle over raising the debt limit - which a bipartisan Congress has repeatedly done (thrice for the former guy) but which "nihilist-in-chief" Mitch McConnell in his unbounded cynicism now balks at - he just held a presser with a giant blank check to repeat his refusal to fund the Democrats' "Socialist agenda." His dumb stunt just confirms he's a soulless cretin, the filibuster needs to go, and we should all join Jarret Berenstein in his righteous daily workouts: "There are a bunch of graves I want to dance on. Outlive the GOP. Be an old progressive."

Abby Zimet · Sep 22, 2021

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PG&E Charged With 11 Felony Counts—Including Manslaughter—Over 2020 Zogg Fire

Brett Wilkins ·

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'Hold My Pearls': Debbie Dingell Lets Marjorie Taylor Green Have It Over Abortion Rights

Jon Queally ·

Cisneros Slams Cuellar for Being Only House Democrat to Vote Against Abortion Rights

Jake Johnson ·

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Covid-19 Cases, Deaths Rising Among Children Across US

Julia Conley ·

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Water Protectors Challenge Minnesota AG Keith Ellison's Silence on Line 3 Pipeline

Brett Wilkins ·

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Coalition Sues Biden EPA Over Approval of 'Highly Toxic' Pesticide Linked to Parkinson's

Andrea Germanos ·

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Here Are the 22 Democrats Who Voted Against Limiting Transfer of Military Gear to Cops

Kenny Stancil ·

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'Coal Is Dead': New Global Pact Announced After China's Bold Step

Julia Conley ·

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U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect Abortion Access Nationwide

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As Bids to Slash Pentagon Budget Fail, US Military Spending Slammed as 'Height of Absurdity'

"Spending $780 billion on weapons and war while our communities starve, while the climate crisis worsens, while a pandemic that has killed millions and affected countless more rages on, is a national shame."
Brett Wilkins ·
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'This Is Big': House Passes Amendment to Cut US Complicity in Saudi Bombing of Yemen

Andrea Germanos ·

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), pictured during a hearing on February 27, 2019, decided Friday not to accept Israel's restrictive conditions for her visit to family in the occupied West Bank.

Praised for 'Braving the Smears,' Tlaib Votes Against $1 Billion in Military Aid to Israel

Brett Wilkins ·

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Ex-Prisoners Recall US Torture at 'Afghanistan's Abu Ghraib'

Brett Wilkins ·

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Nearly 50 Groups Demand Passage of Amendments to Cut Pentagon Budget

Andrea Germanos ·

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Water Protectors Challenge Minnesota AG Keith Ellison's Silence on Line 3 Pipeline

"What is your plan?" one demonstrator asked while interrupting a speech by Ellison. "Are you going to take a stand?"
Brett Wilkins ·
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'Coal Is Dead': New Global Pact Announced After China's Bold Step

Julia Conley ·

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'A Choice Point for Humanity': Women Demand Visionary Shift at UN Climate Talks

Julia Conley ·

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New Legal Campaign Aims to Protect People and Nature From Polluters' 'Irreparable Damage'

Jessica Corbett ·

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In 'Landmark' Decision, EPA Finalizes Rule Cutting Use of Super-Pollutant HFCs

Julia Conley ·

Covid-19

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Covid-19 Cases, Deaths Rising Among Children Across US

"Is there an acceptable pediatric body count?" asked a top pediatrician in New Orleans this week. "I think not."
Julia Conley ·
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African Leaders Condemn Vaccine Apartheid as an 'Indictment on Humanity'

Jake Johnson ·

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Peru's Leftist President Calls for Global Agreement to End Vaccine Apartheid

Jake Johnson ·

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Global Vaccine Goals 'Fall Terribly Short' Due to Big Pharma and Rich Nations' Greed: Experts

Brett Wilkins ·

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Health Experts 'Speechless' as DeSantis Taps Anti-Mask Vaccine Skeptic for Florida Surgeon General

Brett Wilkins ·

Economics

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Rapid Shift to Electric Vehicles Could Create Over 150,000 Jobs in US by 2030

A new report says "smart" pro-labor policies by lawmakers would transform the "inevitable" shift to EVs "into a new beginning for U.S. producers and the rebuilding of a foundation for good jobs."
Kenny Stancil ·
For the electric vehicle industry to be a catalyst for good-paying jobs in the U.S., lawmakers must develop better trade agreements and encourage unionization, researchers from the Economic Policy Institute argued Wednesday. (Photo: Shutterstock)
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Unemployment Benefit Cut-Off Will Slash Annual Incomes by $144 Billion: Analysis

Jake Johnson ·

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400+ Economists Press Congress to Permanently Expand Child Tax Credit

Andrea Germanos ·

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'Unacceptable': 3 Corporate Dems Threaten to Block Drug Pricing Reform in Reconciliation Bill

Julia Conley ·

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'Incredible': Covid Stimulus Funds Reduced Overall US Poverty in 2020

Kenny Stancil ·

Politics

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'Hold My Pearls': Debbie Dingell Lets Marjorie Taylor Green Have It Over Abortion Rights

The Michigan Democrat engaged in a verbal altercation with the far-right Republican lawmaker from Georgia on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building.
Jon Queally ·
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Democratic Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) join hundreds of young Sunrise Movement activists at a 'No Climate, No Deal' rally to demand that President Joe Biden support an "infrastructure package that truly invests in job creation and acts to combat the climate crisis," on June 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)

'Hold Strong': Coalition Urges House to Reject Bipartisan Bill Until Reconciliation Package Passed

Kenny Stancil ·

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'You Tell Me What We Should Cut': Sanders Not Budging on $3.5 Trillion

Jake Johnson ·

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11 Senators Support House Progressives' Push to Pass Full Biden Agenda

Jessica Corbett ·

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Letter Urges Progressives to Fight 'Wall Street Democrats' Holding Biden's Agenda Hostage

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Rights & Justice

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PG&E Charged With 11 Felony Counts—Including Manslaughter—Over 2020 Zogg Fire

"PG&E has a history with a repeated pattern of causing wildfires that is not getting better," said Shasta County District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett. "It's only getting worse."
Brett Wilkins ·
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Heavily armed and camouflaged police officers stand by their armored vehicle on November 4, 2016 in Wilmington, Ohio. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here Are the 22 Democrats Who Voted Against Limiting Transfer of Military Gear to Cops

Kenny Stancil ·

As Other States Try to Copy Texas, SCOTUS Asked to Find Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

Jessica Corbett ·

Protesters march around downtown Minneapolis near the courthouse calling for justice for George Floyd after closing arguments in the Chauvin trial has ended on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Minneapolis, MN. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Civil Rights Leaders Decry Senate's Failure to Pass Police Reform Bill

Brett Wilkins ·

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Biden Set to Admit Even Fewer Refugees Than Trump's Record Low

Andrea Germanos ·

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