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$15 Minimum Wage Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty, Says... Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley "The social benefits to lifting real wages of lower-income earners and millions out of poverty are substantial." Read more |
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Omar Leads Bill to Cancel Rent and Mortgage Payments During Pandemic "This isn't a radical idea. It's what is needed to prevent an even bigger crisis." Read more |
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UN Expert Warns Myanmar Coup Regime Likely Perpetrating 'Crimes Against Humanity' "The people of Myanmar need not only words of support but supportive action. They need the help of the international community, now." Read more |
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Nobel Economists: Suspend Vaccine Patents to Halt Pandemic A new paper from the scholars also calls for restructuring of poor nations' debt and rejection of austerity policies. Read more |
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Ocasio-Cortez, Bowman Say Cuomo 'Can No Longer Effectively Lead' A majority of New York lawmakers and over half of the state's Democratic congressional delegation are demanding the governor's resignation. Read more |
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Sanders Invites Amazon Worker to Testify About Inequality Alongside Jeff Bezos "Bezos has become a symbol of the unfettered capitalism that we are living under right now," said the Vermont senator. Read more |
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Biden Urged to Force End to US-Backed Saudi Blockade After Chilling Report on Starving Yemeni Children "President Biden should demand: 'MBS, lift the blockade'... This is a moment for moral clarity and bold leadership." Read more |
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'Total Hypocrisy!' Sanders Rips GOP for Pushing Estate Tax Repeal While Rejecting Covid Relief as Too Costly "While Senate Republicans told us we cannot afford to provide $1,400 direct payments to the working class, they had no problem introducing a bill this week to repeal the estate tax." Read more |
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'Fire This Guy': DeJoy Gives Himself an 'A,' Asks Congress for Money to Further Slow Mail "Frankly, your leadership of the Postal Service has been an utter disgrace," Rep. Rosa DeLauro told DeJoy during a hearing Thursday. Read more |
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Democrats Introduce Bill to 'Help Bridge the Digital Divide Once and for All' "In 2021, we should be able to bring high-speed internet to every family in America—regardless of their zip code," said Sen. Amy Klobuchar. Read more |
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'Unjust and Discriminatory': Mississippi Bans Trans Students From Sports Teams Matching Their Identity LGBTQ+ rights advocates are warning about the law's impact on trans children and sounding the alarm about similar bills in other states. Read more |
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#PeoplesVaccine Day of Action Calls for Big Pharma to 'Drop the Patents' "The pandemic has made clear that we are connected to people around the world, and our futures are tied to theirs," said Ben Levenson of People's Action Justice is Global campaign. Read more |
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UN Experts Urge Biden to Abolish 'Inherently Flawed' Death Penalty "There is no time to lose with thousands of individuals on state death rows across the country and several executions scheduled at state level in 2021." Read more |
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People of Faith Worldwide Rise Up for 'Strong, Principled Climate Action' "No religious tradition sanctions the destruction of nature," said one Catholic leader. "Yet this is exactly what governments, financial institutions, and major corporations are doing." Read more |
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'They Run on Shrinking the Vote': Tens of Millions Threatened by GOP Attack on Voting Democrats can eliminate the filibuster to pass legislation to stop voter suppression, said journalist Ari Berman, "or they can allow [the] GOP to undermine democracy for the next decade." Read more |
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President Biden Signs Sweeping $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Package Into Law "This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation—working people, middle-class folks, people who built the country—a fighting chance." Read more |
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Activists Say Oklahoma Bill Declares 'Open Season' on Protesters "This is an abhorrent use of legislative power that reeks of racial animus and must be stopped," said Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Read more |
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Warning Against 'Democratic Version of Ajit Pai,' Groups Call for FCC Pick Without Telecom Ties "Americans desperately need a return to an FCC that is an empowered advocate for the public, not the telecom industry." Read more |
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Researchers Say 'True Climate Leadership' by US Would Be 60% Emissions Reduction by 2030 "Having the U.S. taking such strong action would reverberate across the world, and result in other countries also stepping up to adopt the kind of targets they need to make global net-zero a reality." Read more |
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'Cuomo Needs to Resign': Calls Grow for Governor's Ouster After Sixth Accuser Claims Being 'Groped' "One resignation will not change the deeply systemic issues we have in our society," said N.Y. State Sen. Michelle Hinchey, a Democrat. "But, it is a start." Read more |
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$1.3 Trillion 'Pandemic Profits' of US Billionaires Could Pay for Two-Thirds of Biden Covid Relief Plan "These obscene gains of wealth during a pandemic prove that our economy is clearly designed for billionaires to profit, while millions suffer." Read more |
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Jayapal Demands Investigation Into 3 House Republicans for 'Involvement in the Deadly Attack on the Capitol' "I didn't know if I would make it out alive on January 6th. GOP members who aided insurrectionists or stoked the flames that day must be held fully accountable." Read more |
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'We Need a People's Vaccine, Not a Profit Vaccine': Sanders Urges Biden to Support Push to Suspend Pharma Patents "Ending this pandemic requires collaboration, solidarity, and empathy. It requires a very different mindset—a mindset that puts people over profits at every turn." Read more |
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Pensioners, Labor Groups Applaud Key $86 Billion Provision in Covid-19 Relief Package "Millions of Americans can feel confident today knowing that the retirement benefits they have earned and paid for will be there when they need them." Read more |
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Journalist Andrea Sahouri, Arrested at Black Lives Matter Protest in Iowa, Found Not Guilty of 'Bogus Charges' "If reporters are arrested and hauled away from protests, that denies people the right to know what's going on in their community." Read more |
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Activists and Rights Groups Sue Clearview AI, Warning 'We Won't Be Safe' Until Facial Recognition Firm Is Gone "There can be no meaningful privacy in a society with Clearview AI," said lead attorney Sejal Zota. Read more |
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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Get Rid of Helms Amendment—'A Racist, Colonial Relic' One analysis estimates the repeal would result in 19 million fewer unsafe abortions each year. Read more |
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Youth Climate Activists Seek Court Ruling That US Fossil Fuel-Based System Is Unconstitutional A win in the case would "hold current and future lawmakers accountable for protecting the rights of youth," said attorney Julia Olson. Read more |
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'Golden Voted Against Helping the People of Maine': Meet the One Democrat Who Voted No on Covid Relief Bill "Imagine voting against a bill that cuts child poverty in half, increases healthcare subsidies, provides direct relief to 90% of Mainers, and supports our schools and town budgets." Read more |
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Resurrected Politically, Lula Goes After Bolsonaro's 'Moronic' Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic "This country is disorganized and falling apart because it has no government," said the former Brazilian president. Read more |
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Doses Hoarded by US, UK, and EU Could Vaccinate Adults in 20 Countries Facing Worst Humanitarian Crises "Vaccinating people living in conflict is not just the right thing to do; it is the smart thing to do." Read more |
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Police De-Militarization Bill Reintroduced to Bar 'Gifts of Grenade Launchers and High-Caliber Rifles' "Before another town is transformed into a war zone... we must rein in this program and revisit our view of the safety of American cities and towns." Read more |
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Not One Single GOP Vote as House Democrats Send 'Historic' $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill to Biden's Desk "This relief bill is the difference between dignity and despair for millions of America's working families," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Read more |
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Rights Groups Say Biden's Denial of Visas to Victims of Muslim Ban Has 'Cemented Trump's Legacy of Harm' "To those families whose dreams were crushed by the Muslim Ban over the past four years, the Biden administration has sent a clear message: sorry, start over and pay us again." Read more |
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New Report to Expose War Industry Lobby Behind $264 Billion US Nuclear Missile 'Boondoggle' Progressive lawmakers are urging Biden to halt the missile program, arguing it would "divert limited resources from higher priority needs." Read more |
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Growing Chorus Implores Biden to Fire Trump Holdovers Who Support 'Dismantling and Cutting' Social Security "Our Social Security system is in danger every day Andrew Saul remains in charge at the Social Security Administration." Read more |
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'Don't Patronize Me': Katie Porter Tears Into Oil Exec for Claiming His Industry Doesn't Get Special Tax Breaks "The wonderful Rep. Katie Porter provides a signal moment in congressional history. And it's a sign of the weakening position of the oil industry—no deference to these liars any longer." Read more |
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House Passage of Historic Union Rights Bill Intensifies Pressure on Dem Senators to 'Stop Hiding Behind' Filibuster "Once again, the key obstacle in the way of passing this legislation is the Jim Crow filibuster." Read more |
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Schumer Vows to Push Through 'Republican Obstruction' and Confirm Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary The Senate majority leader said he "just filed cloture to move ahead" with the New Mexico congresswoman's nomination. Read more |
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'Stop Talking About Dr. Seuss,' Tim Ryan Implores GOP, 'And Start Working With Us on Behalf of the American Workers' His comments came ahead of a House vote on the PRO Act, which aims to protect the rights of workers to unionize and collectively bargain for better pay, benefits, and working conditions. Read more |
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70% of US Supports Removing Vaccine Patents, Sharing Recipes Globally to 'Bring This Pandemic to an End' "In the battle against Covid-19, we must always remember that Covid anywhere is Covid everywhere. We can't end the pandemic or rebuild the economy without a vaccine that is free, fair, and available to all." Read more |
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WHO Finds Violence Against Women 'Remains Devastatingly Pervasive,' Affecting 1 in 3 Worldwide "Violence against women is endemic in every country and culture, causing harm to millions of women and their families, and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic." Read more |
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'A Big, Big Deal': Climate Activists Applaud Rutgers University's Fossil Fuel Divestment Plan "This powerful decision," said Naomi Klein, "sends an unequivocal market message that the era of fossil fuels is finally coming to an end and that our collective future rests with clean, renewable energy." Read more |
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'I Am Disheartened, Saddened, and Angry': Jimmy Carter Condemns Georgia GOP's Voter Suppression Push The former president slammed the Republican-controlled Legislature of his home state for trying to "turn back the clock" on voting rights. Read more |
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'Kill Me Instead': Despite Nun's Pleas, Military Junta Shoots Pro-Democracy Protesters in Myanmar "We heard loud gunshots, and saw that a young kid's head had exploded, and there was a river of blood on the street," said Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng. "We need to value life. It made me feel so sad." Read more |
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'An Enormous Win': Progressives Hail Official End of DCCC Consultant Blacklist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the ban had "created a lot of dissuasion against candidates even considering grassroots organizing firms." Read more |
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'A No-Brainer—And Long Overdue': Report Finds Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Would Boost Pay of 32 Million Three-quarters of the workers who would benefit are represented by senators who opposed including the pay hike in the next relief package. Read more |
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Calling Covid-19 a Crisis of Humanity's Own Making, Coalition Says Healing 'Broken Relationship With Nature' Key to Stopping Next Pandemic Unless preventative action is taken, there is "a high risk that we will make the same mistake again." Read more |
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Applause as Biden Picks 'Antitrust Trailblazer' Lina Khan for FTC Spot "She is a thought leader and the embodiment of the modern antitrust movement. Big move." Read more |
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'Jim Crow in a Suit and Tie': Georgia Senate Approves Massive Assault on Voting Rights "One of the worst voter suppression bills in the country" just advanced in Georgia's Republican-controlled legislature. Read more |
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'It Definitely Stinks': Lawmaker Demands SEC Probe of Huge Stock Buy Just Before DeJoy Announced USPS Vehicle Contract "If that is not suspicious, I don't know what is. Somebody clearly knew something." Read more |
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Progressive Takeover of Nevada Democratic Party Sparks 'Mass Exodus' of Staff, Consultants "What they just didn't expect is that we got better and better at organizing and out-organizing them at every turn," said Judith Whitmer, newly elected chair of the Nevada Democratic Party. Read more |
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As Wells Fargo Sets New Financed Emissions Goal, Climate Campaigners Warn 'Net Zero Is Not Enough' "What matters most now are concrete actions in 2021 to stop funding fossil fuel expansion and setting a timeline for phasing out fossil fuel financing overall." Read more |
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Ruling Restores Right of Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva to Challenge Bolsonaro in 2022 "The election starts today," said one prominent political reporter. "It's virtually impossible Lula won't be a candidate. Read more |
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Hospital-Owning Frist Family 'Made a Killing' During Pandemic, With Wealth Soaring by $8.1 Billion "HCA and the Frists join the ranks of pandemic profiteers that have seen their fortunes soar during a time of national tragedy." Read more |
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Push for Robinhood Tax Grows as Poll Shows Majority in NY Support Levy on Wall Street Trades "There's really no good argument for not doing this except that Wall Street is very nervous about this escalating into the first successful progressive tax reform in 50 years." Read more |
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Biden Signs Two Executive Orders to Advance Gender Equality on International Women's Day "Let us recommit to the principle that our nation, and the world, is at its best when the possibilities for all of our women and girls are limitless." Read more |
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'A Climate Time Bomb': 370+ Groups Urge Biden to Immediately Halt Line 3 Pipeline "It's up to President Biden to continue with the country's renewable energy agenda and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. After his action to halt Keystone XL, stopping Line 3 is essential." Read more |
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'Frightening' New Data Shows Humanity Has Degraded or Destroyed Two-Thirds of World's Rainforest "We need to stop destroying forests and other nature, for the sake of our health, biodiversity, and climate." Read more |
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'It Should Have Stopped': Rochester, NY Police Again Under Fire After Officers Pepper-Spray, Tackle Mother Holding Toddler "The trauma inflicted on this little girl and her mother will be a permanent scar and will ripple out into the community for years to come." Read more |
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'Bloody Sunday': Left Activists, Labor Leaders Executed in Philippines After Duterte Says 'Finish Off' the Communists "The government's increasingly brutal counter-insurgency campaign... no longer makes any distinction between armed rebels and non-combatant activists, labor leaders, and rights defenders." Read more |
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Unlike $1.9 Trillion GOP Tax Scam, Democrats' $1.9 Trillion Relief Plan 'Puts Money in Hands of Working People' Sen. Bernie Sanders called the American Rescue Plan "the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working families in the modern history of this country." Read more |
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'Hard to Overstate How Big This Is': Joe Manchin Signals He Is Open to Filibuster Reform Manchin floated a return to the talking filibuster, which would represent a major change to the current "no-show filibuster" that allows obstruction via email. Read more |
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As Biden Unveils Order to Boost Voting Access, Dems Urged to Beat Back GOP Voter Suppression "Government, at all levels, should tear down barriers to the ballot, not build them as we are seeing in far too many places," said Wade Henderson of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Read more |
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'We Must Deliver on This Issue': Jayapal Vows to Fight for $15 Minimum Wage The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair said that despite the Senate failing to include the wage boost in the relief bill, the fight for $15 must go on. Read more |
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Sanders Praises Passage of Covid Relief Bill to Address 'The Myriad Crises That We Face' Following a lengthy overnight session, the U.S. Senate passed the rescue bill 50-49 with no Republican support. Read more |
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Covid Relief Bill Nears Vote After Manchin Works to Further Limit Aid "To be clear, Senator Manchin is choosing to vote against his constituents, but clearly support his donors," said Democratic Rep. Marie Newman of Illinois. Read more |
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'Shameful': Millionaire Senators Vote Against Popular Minimum Wage Raise That Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty "It is despicable and unacceptable that there is not unanimous support among Democrats in Congress for a $15 minimum wage," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. Read more |
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'It Has to Go': The Demand to End Filibuster Intensifies in US Senate "The filibuster didn't come from the Constitution, or from our founders," argued Sen. Tina Smith, one of a growing number of Democrats now coming out against the arcane procdure. Read more |
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Award-Winning Playwright, Longtime Common Dreams Contributor Bill C. Davis Dies at 69 Award-winning playwright, artist, political activist, and veteran Common Dreams contributor Bill C. Davis has died at the age of 69 due to complications from COVID-19. According to the Washington Post , Davis' death on February 26 at a care facility in Connecticut was confirmed by his sister,... Read more |
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'Saving Lives Is Never a Crime': Aid Groups Reject Charges Over Mediterranean Refugee Rescue Missions "This is a political declaration of intent to criminalize solidarity, and it has a deadly consequence: people die, when they could be saved," said the crew of the vessel Iuventa. Read more |
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'Good Jobs for All': Sunrise Movement Launches Campaign to Fight Climate Crisis With Work Guarantee "With so much work to do building a better society that works for all of us, there's no reason anyone in the richest country in the history of the world should be unemployed, underemployed, or working a job that isn't in the public interest." Read more |
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'We Need to Make Sure It's Done Right': Peace Advocates Welcome Biden Move to Limit War Powers The president and Congress, said one leading anti-war campaigner, "must work together to actually end the decades long fighting, killing, dying, and spending that is on automatic pilot." Read more |
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Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders' $15 Minimum Wage Amendment "Every single Dem who voted against a $15 minimum wage should be primaried." Read more |
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'We Need to Be on a War Footing': Head of WHO Calls for Vaccine Patent Waivers to Halt Pandemic "Dr. Tedros is right," said Oxfam International. "It's time to end vaccine monopolies." Read more |
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ACLU to Biden: Do Not 'Review' Drone Killing Program—End It Once and for All "Tinkering with the bureaucracy of this extrajudicial killing program will only entrench American abuses," said the group's national security expert. Read more |
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House Progressives Urged to 'Wield Their Power' to Fight Senate Sabotage of Covid-19 Relief Bill "Democrats as a whole will pay the electoral price if they fail. The costs will not be simply borne by a few moderates who buck the Democrats' popular agenda items." Read more |
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'They Should Be Ashamed': With Jobless Benefits to Expire in 9 Days, Republicans Pull Out All Stops to Obstruct Relief Bill "When Sen. Johnson voted to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans, he didn't force staff to read the bill. But now that working people need help, he's forcing a delay." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Slams Ron Johnson After Republican Forces Reading of 628-Page Coronavirus Relief Bill on Senate Floor "Good thing we have time during a national emergency to do this," quipped the independent senator from Vermont. Read more |
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GOP Senators Opposed to Becerra for HHS Have Taken Nearly $10 Million From Big Pharma: Analysis "While Xavier Becerra has spent his career taking on the pharmaceutical industry for their corrupt price gouging, Senate Republicans have spent their political careers lining their pockets with millions of dollars from Big Pharma." Read more |
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FBI Urged to Probe Corrupt Vaccine Favoritism by Florida's GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis "If this isn't public corruption, I don't know what is." Read more |
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'We Need to Remain Vigilant': Health Experts Warn Rollback of Covid Restrictions Threatens Life-Saving Gains "We must not relinquish the ground we've gained," said Dr. Barbara Alexander, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Read more |
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Analysis Finds Jan. 6 Insurrectionist Mob Was 'Hodgepodge' of Unaffiliated Right-Wing Extremists "Inspired by a range of extremist narratives, conspiracy theories, and personal motivations, individual believers made up a significant portion of the crowd at the Capitol." Read more |
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'Stop Nickel and Diming the American People': Anger Grows as Senate Democrats Move to Deny Relief Checks to 17 Million "While you're quibbling over who you want to exclude, people are suffering. SEND THE CHECKS." Read more |
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'No One Is Above the Law': Rashida Tlaib Rips Biden Admin's Opposition to ICC War Crimes Probe of Israel The Michigan congresswoman said the ICC "has the authority and duty to independently and impartially investigate and deliver justice to victims of human rights violations and war crimes in Palestine." Read more |
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GOP Bill That 'Does Nothing But Criminalize Peaceful Protest' Advances in Florida Legislature "We know the true nature of this bill and its origins," said the ACLU of Florida. "It is not about public safety, but about criminalizing peaceful protesters advocating for racial justice." Read more |
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'Outrageous,' Says Sanders After Corporate Lobby Calls Sharing Vaccine Recipe With World's Poor 'Misguided' "I urge the Biden administration to support the proposal to waive vaccine-related IP rights at the WTO to rapidly expand supplies of vaccines." Read more |
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As House Passes For the People Act Without One GOP Vote, Progressives Warn Bill Is 'Dead' If Senate Filibuster Remains "Let's not be coy: Mitch McConnell will filibuster these reforms to death unless pro-democracy senators stop him." Read more |
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In Bid to Force SCOTUS Review, Arkansas Lawmakers Pass 'Plainly Unconstitutional' Near-Total Ban on Abortion Amid public health and financial crises, said the ACLU of Arkansas, "it is especially reprehensible that so many lawmakers remain hellbent on a harmful crusade to intrude on people's personal autonomy." Read more |
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'Utterly Damning 'Docs Reveal Meatpacking Industry Fought Feeble Covid-19 Safeguards Under Trump "These documents show that the industry actively pushed back against the few steps the Trump administration took to try to ensure the safety of meatpacking workers and federal inspectors." Read more |
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After Airstrikes in Syria, Senators Introduce Resolution to Repeal Some Presidential War Powers The measure takes aim at 1991 and 2002 authorizations for the Gulf and Iraq wars but not the 2001 AUMF that passed after the 9/11 attacks. Read more |
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Wolf Slaughter in Wisconsin Spurs Call for Biden to Reinstate Federal Protection for Iconic Species "Wisconsin's actions offer a tragic glimpse of a future without federal wolf protections." Read more |
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Indivisible Launches For The People Project to 'Unrig Our Democracy and Make it Work for All' "We're holding nothing back as we work to make D.C. the 51st state, protect the rights of voters, and root out corruption in our government." Read more |
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80 House Democrats Urge Biden to Repeal Trump's 'Cruel' Sanctions on Cuba, Reverse US Hostility "With the stroke of a pen, you can assist struggling Cuban families and promote a more constructive approach," the lawmakers wrote in a letter to the president. Read more |
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AOC Warns Biden That Giving Relief Checks to Fewer People Than Trump Would Be Nonsensical 'Own-Goal' "If anything we should be more generous, not more stingy," the New York lawmaker said to her fellow Democrats. Read more |
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Human Rights Advocates Applaud Confirmed ICC War Crimes Probe in Palestinian Territories as Step Toward Justice "The #cycleofimpunity—and reoccurrence—must be #broken," tweeted one human rights attorney. Read more |
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'Madness': In Cave to Right-Wing Dems, Biden Agrees to Further Limit Eligibility for Direct Payments "Some people who got checks when Trump was president won't get them now that Biden is president. There is no upside to this, only the massive downside of handing Congress to the Republicans next year." Read more |
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Cancel All Coal Projects to Have 'Fighting Chance' Against Climate Crisis, Says UN Chief "Phasing out coal from the electricity sector is the single most important step to get in line with the 1.5 degree goal." Read more |
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'A Test of Our Humanity': Ilhan Omar Unveils Bill to Sanction Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi Murder "Every minute Mohammed bin Salman escapes punishment is a moment where U.S. interests, human rights, and the lives of Saudi dissenters are at risk." Read more |
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'Endangers the Entire Country and Beyond': Grave Warnings as Texas Gov. Abbott Lifts Covid Restrictions "Make no mistake: opening Texas prematurely will only lead to faster Covid spread, more sickness and overcrowding in our hospitals, and unnecessary deaths." Read more |