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'We Need Medicare for All': Video Shows People Worldwide Appalled by High US Healthcare Costs

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)

Warren and Cleaver Lead Introduction of 'Historic' Bill to Address US Housing Crisis

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Supporters of a Massachusetts bill to stop evictions during the coronavirus pandemic gather outside the State House in Boston on March 14, 2021. (Photo: Jim Davis/<em>The Boston Globe<em> via Getty Images)

"It's time to stop nibbling around the edges and, instead, pass this big, bold proposal," said the Massachusetts Democrat.

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Jewish Voice for Peace Action Endorses McCollum Bill Placing Conditions on US Aid to Israel

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A group of five Palestinian children ages 8 to 13 were gathering wild vegetable near the illegal Jewish settlement of Havat Maon when they were arrested by Israeli troops. (Photo: Nasser Nawaj'ah/B'Tselem/Twitter)

"Congress must stop ignoring the unjust and blatantly cruel mistreatment of...

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Rashida Tlaib Hails Shift in House Dems' Views on Palestinian Human Rights

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is the first Palestinian American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress. (Photo: Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

"Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable to have 12 members of...

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A man wears a sticker showing his college debt during an Occupy Wall Street rally against the high cost of college tuitions on April 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

'We Need Full Abolition,' Advocates Say as Biden Reviews Authority to Cancel Student Debt

U.S. lawmakers are signing on to a new pledge that promotes investing $10 trillion over the next 10 years in creating millions of union jobs that address climate change, economic inequality, and systemic racism. (Image: Sunrise Movement)

Progressives in Congress Commit to Sunrise Movement's $10 Trillion 'Good Jobs for All' Pledge

Construction workers upgrade the Green Line light rail system run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in Boston on August 6, 2020. (Photo: Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Democrats Unveil 'Build Green' Infrastructure and Jobs Act

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) wears a protective mask while walking through the Canon Tunnel to the U.S. Capitol on January 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

House Progressives Implore Biden State Dept. to Center Palestinian Rights

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) attend a news conference to discuss proposed legislation entitled Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act outside the U.S. Capitol on March 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. The bill aims to institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Omar Leads Bill to Cancel Rent and Mortgage Payments During Pandemic

Roger Garbey and Andres Hernandez install a solar panel system on the roof of a home on January 23, 2018 in Palmetto Bay, Florida. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

'Good Jobs for All': Sunrise Movement Launches Campaign to Fight Climate Crisis With Work Guarantee

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) speaks as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) looks on during a press conference about student debt outside the U.S. Capitol on February 4, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

To 'Ensure Justice and Accountability for Police Brutality,' Pressley Leads New Bill to End Qualified Immunity

Students at City University of New York (CUNY) demonstrate on November 12, 2015 for free tuition and student debt forgiveness. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

New Economic Study 'Demolishes' Myth About Student Debt Parroted by Joe Biden

Demanding 'Dignified Work and a Living Wage' as Legal Rights, Ayanna Pressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution

The reality of college tuition debt was on display at the Northeastern University graduation at the TD Garden in Boston on May 3, 2019. (Photo: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Biden 'Can and Must Go Big,' Say Progressives Urging President to #CancelStudentDebt

Iranian medical personnel cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for an elderly woman who has infected by the new coronavirus disease in a COVID-19 section of the Rasoul-e-Akram hospital in western Tehran at midnight on December 14, 2020. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Citing 'Moral and Public Health Imperative,' Progressive Lawmakers Press Biden on Sanctions Relief

Participants seen holding a banner at the press conference in Manhattan on February 6, 2021.

Outrage After ICE Accused of Deporting 'Defenseless Babies' to Haiti During Pandemic

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Sunrise Movement

Sunrise Movement's Good Jobs for All Campaign Gains Momentum, Pledge Is Launched and Signed by Senators Sanders, Markey; Reps. Bowman, Pressley, and More

Sunrise Movement

Sunrise Movement Launches "Good Jobs for All" Campaign, Demands Biden and Congress Avoid Obama Year Failures, Mobilize $10 Trillion Federal Recovery to Create 15 Million Jobs and Stop Climate Crisis

Alliance for Youth Action

Leaders of Youth Movements Say Biden Must Earn Their Support

Friends of the Earth

Omnibus Extends Ex-Im Bank for Seven Years

350 Action

350 Action Endorses Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), and Deb Haaland(NM-01) for House in 2020

Peace Action

Peace Action Endorses ‘The Squad’ — Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib for Congress

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Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd

The Squad and Their Allies Should Unite to Block Biden’s Massive Military Budget

Natalie Shure

The Squad Is Growing: A New Crew of Left Challengers Is Bringing Movement Politics to Congress

Juan Cole

The Squad Was Right About Trump Impeachment

Norman Solomon

The Danger of Nancy Pelosi’s Bad Attitude Toward Progressives

Michael Winship

Trump, Go Back Where You Came From

Sarah Anderson, Negin Owliaei

‘The Squad’ Keeps the Focus on Bold, Inequality-Busting Policies

Sonali Kolhatkar

Why I'm Glad About Trump's Latest Twitter Tirade

Bonnie Castillo

Nurses Stand in Solidarity With Congressional Women of Color

Peter Certo

Washington vs. The Squad

Natasha Hakimi Zapata

I Know What It’s Like to Be Told to ‘Go Back’ to My Own Country