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Instead of Death and Destruction, Poor People's Moral Budget Shows What It Looks Like to 'Invest in Life'

The Poor People's Campaign event

Ocasio-Cortez: "We’re Going to Fight to Repeal the Hyde Amendment"

Common Dreams staff

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a meeting of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform June 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

"Access to safe and legal abortion care in the United States ought to be non-negotiable."

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Horror on the Border: Slew of Recent Incidents Highlight Human Rights Crisis

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Central American migrants cross the Rio Grande river in Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, on June 12, 2019, before turning themselves to US Border Patrol agents to ask for asylum.

More bad news from the southern border

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Protesting Against Air Pollution Crisis, Extinction Rebellion Stalls Rush-Hour Traffic in London

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Extinction Rebellion activists

Campaigners in the city's southeastern borough carried signs that read "This...

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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

Pramila Jayapal, Motivated by Wave of Right-Wing Attacks on Reproductive Rights, Draws Praise for Sharing Her Abortion Story

flint demonstration

Justice Denied, Delayed, or Done Right? Serious Concerns as Prosecutors Throw Out Charges in Flint Water Crisis Cases

Religious leaders

At White House Gates, Hundreds of Religious Leaders Demand Trump and His Enablers "Repent of Their Sins"

Scott Warren, a volunteer for the humanitarian aid organization No More Deaths attends a community meeting to discuss federal charges against him for aiding undocumented immigrants on May 10, 2019 in Ajo, Arizona. The trial ended Tuesday with a deadlocked jury.

Hung Jury in Humanitarian Aid Trial Shows Arizonans Still 'Standing Their Ground' for Justice

Black drivers in Missouri are 91 percent more likely to be pulled over by police than white drivers, according to a new report from the state's attorney general.

'Wake-Up Call' Report Shows Black Drivers in Missouri 91 Percent More Likely to Be Pulled Over by Police

Amazon basin

In Just One Decade, Corporations Destroyed 50 Million Hectares of Forest—An Area the Size of Spain

'Bombshell': Facial Recognition Data Collected by US Customs Agency Hacked

DHS Agents Treat Undocumented Immigrants as Criminals in Hospitals, Shackling Them to Beds and Impeding Care: Study

Melissa Simpson holds up her arm with "My Body My Choice" written on it during a protest against recently passed abortion ban bills at the Georgia State Capitol building, on May 21, 2019 in Atlanta

#DontBanEquality: 180+ CEOs Denounce Attacks on Abortion Access

bombed home in Yemen

Citing Slaughter in Yemen, Senators Launch New Effort to Block Trump From Selling More US-Made Weapons to Saudis

As Democratic Candidates Gather in Iowa, Sanders Marches Alongside McDonald's Workers to Demand $15 Minimum Wage

As Trump Signals Support for Israel's Proposed West Bank Annexation, Lawmakers and Rights Advocates Condemn Plan to Commit 'War Crime'

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Kingston Isn't Sure About the Finale of "Empire"

Happy Father's Day to DJ Pryor and his 19-month-old son, Kingston, who just broke the Internet with a home video of the two happily, thoughtfully chatting about the season finale of "Empire." Pryor, a Tennessee comedian, was ambivalent about it. Kingston was...umm...possibly, babblingly in agreement, but it's hard to tell 'cause he can't talk yet. Pure sweet joy. Kudos to Pryor and all the other dads simply present and listening, even if they have no clue what their kids are saying.

Progressive Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Mistrial in Case of Dr. Scott Warren, Prosecution Must Drop Charges

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Social Media Platforms Increase Transparency About Content Removal Requests, But Many Keep Users in the Dark When Their Speech Is Censored, EFF Report Shows

Physicians for Human Rights

Asylum-Seeking Children from Northern Triangle Suffer Multi-Dimensional, Recurrent, Sustained Trauma

ACLU

Business Leaders Speak Out Against Restrictions on Abortion, Reproductive Health Care

Food & Water Watch

New Subpoenas in Flint: Justice Demands Accountability

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Center for Constitutional Rights Launches Open Records Project

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev Dr Liz Theoharis

'Everybody Has the Right to Live': The Visionary Budget at the Heart of Our Moral Uprising

Christian Christensen

"Not Founded On Anything": The Epitaph for the Sarah Huckabee Sanders Era

Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram

Are You Sure You Actually 'Like' Your Private Health Insurance?

Sarah Jones

Finally, Some Good News for Abortion Rights

Margaret Wurth

What Life Is Like When Abortion Is Banned

Bonnie Castillo

Medicare for All Is Coming... Because Even the "Insured" Are Not Safe in This For-Profit System

Andrea Dehlendorf, Ann Marie Reinhart

Retail Workers Nationwide Are United for Respect

Juan Cole

No, WSJ, Palestinians Have Not Given Up On National Rights

Carmen Perez

Reopen Linda Fairstein’s Cases and Hold New York’s Criminal Justice System Accountable

Bill Bianchi

The AMA Stops Us From Getting Health Care

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