Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow her on Twitter: @corbett_jessica.

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Construction championed by then-President Donald Trump continued on a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border on January 12, 2021 in Sasabe, Arizona. (Photo: Micah Garen/Getty Images) News
Friday, April 30, 2021
In 'Huge Step Toward Justice,' Biden Cancels Trump Border Wall Projects Using Diverted Funds
Advocacy groups and politicians on Friday welcomed the Pentagon's announcement that the Biden administration is canceling all barrier construction projects along the U.S.-Mexico border for which former President Donald Trump used emergency powers to divert billions of dollars in military funds. "It...
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Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) celebrates before President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress on at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2021. (Photo: Melina Mara/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) News
Friday, April 30, 2021
'Bernie Sanders and I Agree,' Says Schumer on Lowering Medicare Age and Drug Prices
Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday made clear that he supports lowering the eligibility age for Medicare and allowing the program to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies to cut the price of prescription drugs, policies that are being pushed by progressive advocacy...
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Supporters and opponents of then-nominee Amy Coney Barrett gathered outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as the Senate is expected to confirm her on October 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images) News
Friday, April 30, 2021
Targeting Roe v. Wade, GOP Has Launched 'Unprecedented' Attack on Abortion Rights in 2021
From Arkansas' near-total ban on abortion to a trio of " cruel and unnecessary " laws enacted in Oklahoma earlier this week, state lawmakers have pushed through an "unprecedented" number of anti-choice restrictions this year, according to an analysis released Friday. "The current barrage of...
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An activist from the environmental group Greenpeace participates in a protest against the use of transgenic corn on November 8, 2004, in Mexico City. (Photo: Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images) News
Thursday, April 29, 2021
80 Groups Blast US Interference in Mexico's Phaseout of Glyphosate and GM Corn
A coalition of 80 U.S. agricultural, consumer, environmental, public health, and worker groups sent a letter Thursday to key figures in the Biden administration calling for them to "respect Mexico's sovereignty and refrain from interfering with its right to enact health-protective policies"—...
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Progressive Democratic lawmakers and advocacy groups are hosting a phone bank on April 30, 2021 to promote the Green New Deal. (Image: People's Action) News
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Phone Bank Will Push Lawmakers to Pass Green New Deal and Invest $10 Trillion in Jobs and Infrastructure
Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush are joining with the advocacy groups People's Action and Sunrise Movement to host a national phone bank on Friday, April 30 to urge members of Congress to support the Green New Deal and "pass a bold $10 trillion jobs and infrastructure package as...
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The THRIVE Act plans to create nine million jobs by upgrading infrastructure for clean water, affordable public transit, and a reliable electric grid and expanding access to wind and solar power, electric vehicles, and healthy buildings. (Photo: aydinmutlu/Getty Images) News
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Dingell and Markey Introduce $10 Trillion THRIVE Act to Tackle 'Our Biggest Emergencies'
On the heels of President Joe Biden unveiling the second prong of his infrastructure proposal, progressives in Congress came together Thursday to formally introduce sweeping legislation that would invest $10 trillion over a decade in advancing climate, economic, and racial justice while putting 15...
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In a new video from the New York Times opinion section, people around the world were shocked and outraged by the high costs of healthcare in the United States. (Photo: New York Times) News
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
'We Need Medicare for All': Video Shows People Worldwide Appalled by High US Healthcare Costs
"I couldn't have survived if I was in America." That's what one woman concluded in a video published Wednesday by the New York Times ' opinion section, after recounting the weeks she spent in the hospital as a child being treated for a brain virus. She was just one of several people from around the...
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President Joe Biden delivers remarks during day two of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate at the East Room of the White House April 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images) News
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Biden 'Has Not Yet Done Enough' on Climate Emergency in First 100 Days, Campaigners Say
After running on vows to boldly tackle the climate emergency and winning a wide range of endorsements , President Joe Biden has taken some necessary steps during his first 100 days to meet or exceed his campaign promises—but he needs to go much further, according to some climate experts and...
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) questions members of the Biden administration during a hearing on April 20, 2021 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) News
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
'Letting the Terrorists Win'? Manchin Suggests Pro-Democracy Reform Would Spark Another Insurrection
Sen. Joe Manchin won praise from the Daily Caller and Fox News contributors while infuriating voting rights advocates on Tuesday with his suggestion that scrapping the filibuster and passing sweeping, popular pro-democracy reforms would spark a second insurrection just months after a right-wing mob...
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The Internal Revenue Service Building is shown on July 22, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) News
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
'Good First Step': Warren Welcomes Biden's IRS Boost to Target Rich Tax Cheats
Sen. Elizabeth Warren was among lawmakers and tax policy experts who welcomed reporting Tuesday that President Joe Biden will propose boosting the Internal Revenue Service's budget by $80 billion in the coming decade and increasing the agency's power to crack down on rich individuals and large...
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