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'You Do Love to See it': Progressives Cheer Withdrawal of Neera Tanden's OMB Nomination "The reason to celebrate the end of Neera Tanden's nomination has nothing to do with her late-night out-of-control rage-tweeting and everything to do with her record." Read more |
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A 'Green New Dud'? Progressives Warn House Climate Bill 'Fails to Grasp the Fundamental Truth' of Planetary Crisis "Democrats should be making a big, bold push on climate—and the CLEAN Future Act is simply not strong enough." Read more |
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'A Disgrace': First Nation Pipeline Opponent Gets 90 Days in Jail After Ceremony Along Trans Mountain Route "Gallagher is one of more than 200 people, many Indigenous, who have been arrested for mobilizing against the $12.6 billion pipeline." Read more |
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'Reprehensible Power Grab': Outrage as Georgia House Passes GOP Bill Restricting Voting Rights "Georgia Republicans didn't like the results of the 2020 election so they decided they would try to dictate who they will let vote and who they won't let vote." Read more |
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New IEA Data Shows World on Path to Resume 'Carbon-Intensive Business-as-Usual' The agency's chief said the new figures offer "a sharp reminder of the immense challenge we face in rapidly transforming the global energy system." Read more |
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Experts Say J&J-Merck Deal—Though Welcome Step—Does Not Get to 'Heart of the Matter' on Vaccine Apartheid "Our elected leaders are choosing to allow a few Big Pharma companies to maintain their monopoly control over these drugs in order to maximize their profits." Read more |
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'We Should Be Taxing the Rich, Not the Unemployed': Millions Set to Receive Surprise Bills for Pandemic Jobless Benefits Democrats are facing pressure to act fast to stave off an "easily avoidable political disaster." Read more |
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'Now Is the Time for Boldness': Senators Urge Biden to Back Recurring Payments for Covid Relief Package "This crisis is far from over, and families deserve certainty that they can put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads," the 10 members of the Democratic caucus wrote. Read more |
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Reporters Without Borders Files Unprecedented Suit Against Saudis for Khashoggi Murder, Other 'Crimes Against Humanity' "No one should be above international law, especially when crimes against humanity are at stake. The urgent need for justice is long overdue." Read more |
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'It's Like Nobody Cares': After Two Weeks Without Running Water, Jackson, Miss. Pleads for Help "Water is a basic necessity and it just brought a lot of frustration, anger, and disappointment," said one of the city's residents. "If you don't know when it's coming back, what is being done to help us?" Read more |
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As Manchin Yells He Will 'Never...Jesus Christ!' Vote to Kill Filibuster, Warren and Sanders Demand End to Archaic Rule "Moderate Democrats in the Senate have a choice to make: They can either defend democracy and the Constitution by passing H.R. 1 or they can save the McConnell filibuster. They can't do both." Read more |
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'Bad Policy and Bad Politics': Manchin Is Trying to Cut Unemployment Benefits, Limit Survival Checks in Covid Relief Bill "Cutting UI from $400 to $300 or reducing checks will cause a full blown revolt from progressives." Read more |
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Urging Senate to 'Ignore the Parliamentarian,' Sanders to Force Vote on $15 Minimum Wage Amendment "I regard it as absurd that the parliamentarian, a Senate staffer elected by no one, can prevent a wage increase for 32 million workers." Read more |
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'The Time Is Now': Survey Finds Overwhelming International Support for Greater Environmental Protection Ahead of UN Climate Conference "We face huge challenges protecting the environment, but global public opinion may no longer be chief among them." Read more |
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As White House Backs For the People Act, New Calls to Get Rid of Filibuster "The For the People Act could be the last best chance to fix our broken democracy," Common Cause told lawmakers. Read more |
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Investigation Into Chemical Exposure From Fracking in Pennsylvania Provokes Call for Rapid Phaseout "Pennsylvania's children should not be used as laboratory rats," said biologist Sandra Steingraber, who called fracking "an uncontrolled human experiment" that involves "toxic exposures." Read more |
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Biden Criticized for Lack of Transparency After Refusing to Publicize Virtual Visitor Logs "We're in a pandemic. People meet by video conference instead of in person. Why offer to release visitor logs and then keep virtual meetings secret?" asked one watchdog. Read more |
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'Fight Is Not Over,' Say Rights Groups as Biden Admin Lets Separated Families Remain in US "We will not stop fighting until we end family detention everywhere. President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Secretary Mayorkas must immediately end family detention." Read more |
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To 'Ensure Justice and Accountability for Police Brutality,' Pressley Leads New Bill to End Qualified Immunity "There can be no justice without healing and accountability, and there can be no true accountability with qualified immunity." Read more |
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Report Finds Biden Can Potentially Freeze Dozens of Trump's Last-Minute 'Egregious and Damaging' Rollbacks "Trump's sloppiness and incompetence has created an opening to undo some of the damage caused by his destructive anti-regulatory agenda." Read more |
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UN Leaders Demand Myanmar Coup Regime 'Stop the Repression' as Military and Police Kill 18 "The international community must stand in solidarity with the protestors and all those seeking a return to democracy in Myanmar." Read more |
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150 Former Aides, Surrogates Urge Sanders to Help Secure Citizenship Pathway for Undocumented Immigrants "Undocumented workers and their families continue to face the possibility of deportation and family separation. This is unacceptable." Read more |
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To Help Fund Covid Recovery and Redress Inequality, Warren Unveils Wealth Tax on 'Ultra-Millionaires' and Billionaires "A wealth tax is popular among voters on both sides for good reason: because they understand the system is rigged to benefit the wealthy and large corporations," said the Massachusetts Democrat. Read more |
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'Failure to Deliver Is Not an Option': Khanna, Omar, AOC, and 20 Other House Dems Push VP to Overrule Parliamentarian on $15 Wage "If we don't overrule the Senate parliamentarian, we are condoning poverty wages for millions of Americans." Read more |
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'A Huge, Huge Deal': Biden Issues Public Statement of Support for Alabama Amazon Workers Fighting for Union "We haven't had this aggressive and positive of a statement from a president of the United States on behalf of workers in decades." Read more |
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'This Will Embolden the Murderous Prince': Biden Rebuked for Letting MBS Off Hook for Butchering of Khashoggi "That President Biden has chosen not to pursue that course suggests that the 'fundamental' change he promised in U.S.-Saudi relations will not include holding to account its reckless ruler, who consequently is unlikely to be deterred from further criminal behavior." Read more |
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AOC Among NY Lawmakers Saying Gov. Cuomo Cannot Hand-Pick Investigator Into Allegations Against Him "With all due respect," echoed N.Y. State Sen. Liz Krueger, "you can't pick a federal judge who works with your good friend and decide that that's going to be the investigator," Read more |
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'Democrats Will Lose in 2022' If $15 Wage Dies in Senate: Anger Grows as Biden-Harris Bow to Unelected Parliamentarian "If you were writing a Dickensian novel, it would be about millions of desperately poor people being promised a $15 starvation wage, and then watching their millionaire senators tell them that a parliamentary adviser in the palace said no." Read more |
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Calling Walton Family 'Poster Child for Greed,' Sanders Says Taxpayers Should No Longer Subsidize Walmart's Starvation Wages "They've got mansions. They have all kinds of art collections. But somehow or another they can't pay their starting wage at more than 11 bucks an hour." Read more |
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'All You Need to Know': Here Are the 210 House Republicans—and Two Democrats—Who Voted to Deny Struggling Nation Covid-19 Relief "When we voted to raise the minimum wage this morning," said Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr., "every single Republican (210-of-210) voted no." Read more |
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150K+ Voters Back $15 Minimum Wage as Biden and Harris Pushed to #Keep15In Pandemic Relief Bill "Decency is Democrats using the political power they've been handed to finally deliver for the hardworking people of this country." Read more |
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'Life-Changer for Millions': FCC Approves Program to Help Poor Families Overcome Digital Divide During Pandemic "As the pandemic nears its one-year mark, it's only gotten harder for many people to afford essential internet connections to the remote learning, work, and healthcare services they need." Read more |
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'Utter BS': Human Rights Advocates Outraged Biden Won't Punish MBS Over Gruesome Khashoggi Murder After release of U.S. intelligence report, one critic said letting Saudi crown prince "get away with the murder" of dissident journalist "is absolutely abhorrent and horrific." Read more |
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Sanders Warns Biden Attack on Syria Puts US on 'Path of Continuing the Forever War Instead of Ending It' "Our Constitution is clear that it is Congress, not the president, who has the authority to declare war," the senator asserted. Read more |
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'Blood on Our Hands': 400+ Groups Call on Biden to Support Making Vaccine Recipes Available to the World "This should be a no-brainer. President Biden must grant the [WTO] waiver so that millions around the world can develop the vaccine and save lives." Read more |
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Noting 'Most Americans Do Not Give a Sh*t' What Parliamentarian Says, Campaigners Urge Biden-Harris to Fight for $15 "Why is President Joe Biden fighting harder for Neera Tanden's nomination than for the tens of millions of Americans who desperately need a raise?" Read more |
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Lawmakers Say Biden Admin Must Present Congress Legal Justification for Bombing of Syria Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said that "retaliatory strikes, not necessary to prevent an imminent threat, must fall within the definition of an existing congressional authorization of military force." Read more |
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'A Red Alert for Our Planet': New UN Report Shows Radically Bolder Action Needed to Hit 1.5°C Target "It's staggering how far off track countries are to dealing with the climate crisis." Read more |
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Condemns NYPD Test Deployment of K-9 Robot in Bronx Home "Please ask yourself: when was the last time you saw next-generation, world class technology for education, healthcare, housing, etc. consistently prioritized for underserved communities like this?" Read more |
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'The CDC Must Appeal Immediately': Trump-Appointed Judge Strikes Down Pandemic Eviction Moratorium The pause on evictions was put in place to help stem the spread of Covid-19. Read more |
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Biden 'Revenge' Bombing of Syria 'Violates International Law': Legal Scholar "The use of military force on the territory of a foreign sovereign state is lawful only in response to an armed attack on the defending state for which the target state is responsible." Read more |
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'It Should Be Easier to Raise Minimum Wage Than to Drop Bombs on Syria': Progressives Fume at Biden "We assassinate people by drone strike and have a literal prison colony in Guantanamo but where we draw the line is ignoring the Senate parliamentarian when [she] says no to a minimum wage hike." Read more |
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Progressives to VP Kamala Harris: 'This Is Not a Difficult Decision. Use Your Power. Keep $15 In.' "A $15 federal minimum wage is now in the hands of Kamala Harris. There is a path to get it done. Refusing to step up will be seen as a huge failure." Read more |
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'Abolish the Filibuster. Replace the Parliamentarian': Ilhan Omar Says Democrats Must Go Big to Pass $15 Minimum Wage "What's a Democratic majority if we can't pass our priority bills? This is unacceptable." Read more |
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"I'm Sorry," Says Ro Khanna, "An Unelected Parliamentarian Does Not Get to Deprive 32 Million Americans the Raise They Deserve." Sen. Bernie Sanders also denounced the guidance, lamenting that "archaic and undemocratic rules of the Senate" are now standing in the way of ending "starvation wages in this country." Read more |
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'Joe Biden Just Dropped Bombs on Syria. Here We Go Again': US Responds to Rocket Attacks With Airstrikes The president ordered the strikes on facilities the administration says belonged to Iran-backed militia groups. Read more |
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'Long Time Coming': LGBTQ Advocates Applaud House Passage of Equality Act "Today, love and progress triumphed over bullying and hate." Read more |
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Iran Slams Israel for Recent Activity at the 'Region's Only Nuclear Bomb Factory' New imagery raises questions about activities at the Negev Nuclear Research Center. Read more |
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300,000+ Demand Biden Stop Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines to 'Secure the Livable Future We All Deserve' "If we're going to build back better, as Biden says, we'll need to end dangerous pipeline construction, prevent all new fossil fuel infrastructure, and Build Back Fossil Free." Read more |
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Biden Urged to Back 'Bold, Reparative' Water Justice Bill "Grave crises require robust solutions, and this is just what the WATER Act provides." Read more |
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Progressives Urge Biden to Prove 'Pro-Union' Stance by Publicly Backing Amazon Workers in Alabama "One of the most important things a president can do to help working people is to have their backs when they challenge corporate power." Read more |
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Rand Paul Ripped for 'Completely Disgusting' Transphobic Attack on HHS Nominee Rachel Levine "It's always interesting how libertarians claim that people should be left alone, but then expect everyone to conform to their personal views." Read more |
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'A Huge Relief': Families Left in Limbo by Trump Green Card Ban Rejoice as Biden Revokes Policy "This is the first hurdle cleared... We have to demand Biden pour more resources into the National Visa Center so they can clear the massive backlog that has piled up." Read more |
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Investors Managing $250 Billion in Assets Call on Big Banks to Stop Funding Mountain Valley Pipeline "The institutions dumping funds into this unnecessary fracked gas project are just pouring their money into a 300-mile long money pit," said a Sierra Club staffer. Read more |
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'Counter-Terrorism'?: Two Decades After 9/11, New Interactive Map Details Footprint of US War Machine in 85 Countries "The map raises a number of questions. Why is the United States militarily active in so many countries? Are these operations meeting the stated U.S. goals of reducing violence against Americans?" Read more |
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'Outrageous': Sanders Rips Netanyahu for Sending Covid Vaccines to Foreign Allies as Palestinians Denied Access The U.S. senator from Vermont denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for sending spare vaccines overseas "while so many Palestinians in the occupied territories are still waiting." Read more |
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John Thune's Childhood $6 Wage—$24 Adjusted for Inflation—Sure Helps Make the Case for At Least $15 "The worst thing is that these people aren't dumb. They know about inflation... They just don't think people who make their food and clean their bathrooms deserve the same things they got." Read more |
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'Unimaginably Cruel': Bigot Marjorie Taylor Greene Hangs Anti-Trans Sign Across From Office of Marie Newman—Whose Daughter Is Trans "Trans kids have a higher risk of attempting suicide because they so often encounter people who deny their humanity. We are sending our love to Rep. Marie Newman and her daughter." Read more |
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'DeJoy Should Be Sent Packing': Biden Postal Board Nominees Urged to Press for Removal of Postmaster General "Our entire country is fed up with USPS leadership." Read more |
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'Not Gonna Fly': Jayapal Warns Democrats Against Using Advice of Unelected Parliamentarian as Excuse Not to Pass $15 Wage "When people vote in the midterms, you're not gonna be able to say, 'Well I'm sorry we couldn't raise the minimum wage because the parliamentarian ruled that we couldn't do it.'" Read more |
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Avowed Climate Champion Gavin Newsom Sued for 'Completely Unacceptable' Approval of Oil and Gas Projects in California "Newsom can't protect our health and climate while giving thousands of illegal permits each year to this dirty and dangerous industry. We need the courts to step in and stop this." Read more |
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Gerry Connolly Goes Off on Jim Jordan: "I Didn't Vote to Overturn an Election. And I Will Not Be Lectured by People Who Did!" The congressman added that "you lose the right to complain about partisanship once you've fanned the flames of violent insurrection." Read more |
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'Glad That's Settled': Manchin Backs Haaland for Interior The West Virginia Democrat's announcement signals a key hurdle for her confirmation as secretary is cleared. Read more |
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'Join This Struggle,' Says Healthcare Activist Ady Barkan After Santa Barbara Approves Medicare for All Resolution "The pandemic has made it painfully clear that the status quo is unacceptable," said another campaigner after a local community vote that speaks to a national trend. Read more |
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Critics Warn New GOP Bill Shows 'It's Open Season on Voting Rights in Georgia' "Election laws should be structured to increase voter participation, not to suppress it." Read more |
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'We Can't Act Like This Isn't Happening': Marjorie Taylor Greene—and House GOP Caucus—Rebuked for Bigoted, Anti-Trans Speech on House Floor "We're gonna pass the #EqualityAct today, protect our LGBTQ+ family, and make the world a little bit better," tweeted Rep. Ocasio-Cortez following the remarks. "Nothing is going to stop that." Read more |
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Fighting 'Disease of Greed and Destruction,' Water Protectors Blockade Over a Dozen Line 3 Worksites Anti-pipeline campaigners locked themselves to an overturned car and engaged in other forms of civil disobedience as the fight against the tar sands project in Minnesota continues. Read more |
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'All Other States Should Follow': Advocates Applaud as Illinois Approves Elimination of Cash Bail The move comes as part of a broader measure featuring what the ACLU called "important changes to policing and our criminal justice system." Read more |
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Harvard Newspaper to Biden: Cancel More Than $10K in Student Debt and Don't Use Ivy League as Excuse Not To "It's not our student debt—but we still want Biden to forgive it." Read more |
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Jewish Groups Urge Biden to 'Review and Revoke' Trump-Era 'Made in Israel' Settlement Goods Policy The groups said that the previous administration's order "runs counter to the Biden administration's policy of opposing settlement activity and unilateral annexation of territory." Read more |
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Majority of US Voters Want Government to Invest More in Healthcare, Education, and Fighting Poverty: Poll 57% of the electorate thinks the government doesn't spend enough on anti-poverty initiatives, while 56% want to see more investment in education and healthcare. Read more |
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'It's Not Up to Him,' Respond Critics as DeJoy Says He Plans to Remain Postmaster General for a 'Long Time' "DeJoy is daring Senate Democrats to do something about him." Read more |
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As US Mourns 500,000 Lives Lost, Report Shows Billionaires Added $1.3 Trillion to Their Fortunes During Pandemic "It is unseemly that billionaires have experienced such gains as we mark a half a million lives lost and millions more who have lost their health, wealth, and jobs." Read more |
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'All You Telecom Lobbyists Are Bound to Lose': Judge Upholds California's Gold Standard Net Neutrality Law "Now we're one step closer to net neutrality being the law of the land." Read more |
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Coastal Annapolis Becomes 25th US Community to File Climate Suit That Aims to #MakePollutersPay "This lawsuit shifts the costs back to where they belong, on those whose knowledge, deception, and pursuit of profits brought these dangers to our shores." Read more |
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'A Big Mistake': Bowman and Education Experts Blast Biden Administration for Mandating Standardized Tests Amid Pandemic "It's a mistake that reflects a broader problem in American education," the first-term congressman and former educator asserted. Read more |
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Citing Concerns About Corporate Power, Bernie Sanders Votes Against Biden's Choice for USDA Chief The senator said he opposed Tom Vilsack's confirmation "because at a time when corporate consolidation of agriculture is rampant and family farms are being decimated, we need a secretary who is prepared to vigorously take on corporate power in the industry." Read more |
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti—Poet, Publisher, and Activist—Dies in His Beloved San Francisco at Age 101 "Lawrence Ferlinghetti kicked open the door to free up publishing in this country. He risked a great deal for a lot of books that are now considered classics." Read more |
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As Biden Reopens Texas Detention Center, Amnesty Demands Immigration Policies That Put 'Best Interests' of Children First "Kids need a place to call home—that's why they should be with their families, friends, and community members." Read more |
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'Pathetic': Romney, Cotton Condemned for Offering $10 Minimum Wage With Added Xenophobic Touch "This is an anti-immigrant, low-wage bill masquerading as an attempt to help American workers." Read more |
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In Complaint to FTC, Child Advocates Warn Prodigy Math Game Exploiting Pandemic to Prey on Students, Parents "It's bad enough when commercial apps deliberately frustrate and manipulate children into desiring in-game purchases, but Prodigy’s insidious business model is creating a new form of inequality in classrooms." Read more |
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'We Must Heed the Warning': 1 in 3 Freshwater Fishes—Vital to Food and Jobs for Millions—Face Extinction "Humanity can't afford to lose any more of the world's forgotten fishes or the freshwater ecosystems they inhabit." Read more |
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As Australia Reaches Deal With Facebook Following News Blackout, Critics Warn Corporate Power Plays Won't Save Journalism "It shouldn't be up to Facebook and Google to cherry pick and groom publishers it deems acceptable for side deals." Read more |
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'Fight Until We Win': Despite Threat of Deadly Force, Hundreds of Thousands Continue Protests Against Myanmar Coup "We don't want the junta, we want democracy," said one protester. "We want to create our own future." Read more |
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After Trump Was Allowed to Let Lobbyist Run Interior Dept., Manchin Called to 'Do What's Right' and Confirm Haaland "The opposition to Congresswoman Haaland's confirmation is narrow and guided by money, not the qualifications or historic importance of what the nomination of Deb Haaland will do for this country." Read more |
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'A Disgrace': Israel Sending Covid Vaccines Overseas as Occupied Palestinians Left Without Access "Deeply, deeply messed up... Honduras, 7,500 miles away, will get some but Palestinians living under Israeli control still neglected." Read more |
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'This Is Unacceptable': Progressives Reject Manchin Plan to Cut $15 Minimum Wage Proposal to $11 "The $15 minimum wage is overwhelmingly popular with the American people. One person should not be allowed to hold relief hostage." Read more |
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As Millions in Texas Lack Safe Water, Sunrise Movement Rallies at State Capitol Demanding Green New Deal "Texas is the perfect example of what happens when our politicians cater to fossil fuel executives instead of the young people who have been... warning of an impending climate emergency like this." Read more |
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Virginia—the Nation's "Death Penalty Capital"—Poised to Become First State in South to Ban Capital Punishment "Thankfully, the repeal of the death penalty by its leading practitioner gives hope that work for justice is not in vain." Read more |
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'Wear Your Damn Masks, Please,' Says Rep. Pocan After NIH Director Ties Politicization to 'Tens of Thousands' of US Deaths Covid-19 has killed nearly half a million people in the United States. Read more |
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Analysis Shows US Could Help Vaccinate the World for $25 Billion, But Biden Pledged Just $2 Billion at G7 Meeting "The world's going to have to get vaccinated either way," said Peter Maybarduk of Public Citizen. "T he longer we delay, the more the pandemic is going to cost everyone." Read more |
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Progressives Not Mourning as Neera Tanden's Bid to Head OMB on Verge of Collapse One advocacy group urged Biden to instead "nominate someone who will put the public interest ahead of corporate interests." Read more |
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US Supreme Court Denies Trump's 'Shameful' Effort to Block Release of His Tax Returns "This decisive defeat once again shows that no one—including Donald Trump—is above the law." Read more |
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NY Democrat 'Better at Being a Texas Senator Than Ted Cruz': AOC Spends Weekend Raising Millions, Delivering Aid "Charity can't replace policy," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged, "but solidarity is how we'll face climate change and build a better world." Read more |
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Republicans 'Fear' Green New Deal, Argues Naomi Klein, Because It's a Viable Alternative to Free-Market Failure "Texans are living through the collapse of a 40-year experiment in free-market fundamentalism, one that has also stood in the way of effective climate action. Fortunately, there's a way out." Read more |
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Demands Grow for Texas to 'Forgive All Utility Bills' as Price Gouging by Energy Companies Sparks Outrage "The people of Texas should not have to pay these outrageous bills. Exorbitant costs should not be passed on to consumers who are not responsible for poor planning by state officials." Read more |
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Sister Dianna Ortiz—US Nun Who Survived Guatemala Torture and Became Human Rights Champion—Dies at 62 "Dianna walked through the very worst of hell and came out with love... Her legacy is a witness to nonviolence and to love in the face of evil and to redemption. That's her legacy, to teach us that that's possible." Read more |
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'No Safe Amount': Environmentalists Sound Alarm Over Texas Refineries' Release of Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Pollutants During Storm 337,000 pounds of benzene, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur dioxide were flared, as well as an indeterminate amount of methane. Read more |
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'Justice Rooted in Compassion': Asian, Black Progressives Stress Unity and Understanding Amid Attacks on Asian Americans "The ideas that fuel anti-Asian prejudice really come from our nation's white supremacist history and can't be separated from that history." Read more |
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Sanders 'Confident' $15 Minimum Wage Possible Through Senate Reconciliation "Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is not incidental to the federal budget and is permissible under the rules," the independent senator from Vermont said Saturday. Read more |