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115+ Groups Unveil 'Transformational' Actions for Next President to Kick Off Climate Justice Agenda 'From Day One'

Activist group Earth Strike NYC announced a frontline coalition gathering in Brooklyn's Sunset Park to support UPROSE in its campaign for local community-led climate justice at the Communities Strike for Climate Over Colonialism rally and march on September 27, 2019. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

'This Funding Should Be Non-Negotiable': CPC Co-Chair Pocan Joins Progressives to Demand Congress Allocate $4 Billion for Election Assistance

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

An election official checks in a resident at a drive-up polling place set up outside of Roosevelt Elementary School on April 7, 2020 in Racine, Wisconsin.

"Failing to act now would put our democracy and the 2020 election at risk."

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Pelosi, After Railing Against AOC and Others in NYT Interview, Tells Critics in Caucus Not to Vent Criticism on Twitter

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told her caucus Wednesday to take any problems to her and leave Twitter out of it.

"You got a problem? See Maureen Dowd. Going off the past couple weeks, that...

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Watchdog Groups Call on Congress and Federal Regulators to Impose Moratorium on Facebook's Proposed Cryptocurrency

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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According to 33 national organizations, the project "raises profound questions...

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As Bernie Sanders Says 'No Apologies' for His Position, 70+ Groups Back Call for Prisoner Voting Rights

'Message to Rest of the Country': Federal Judge Orders Texas to Stop Voter Purge

Voters line up outside the polling place at Fire Station Number 2 on Election Day November 06, 2018 in El Paso, Texas.

Rights Groups Sue Texas Officials Over 'Unlawful Purge of the Voting Rolls'

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Once a 'Laughingstock' on Voting Rights, Reform Package Moves New York Toward More 'Inclusive Democracy'

At Freshman Orientation, Young and Growing Progressive Caucus Makes Clear It Will 'Fight Like Hell' for Bold Democratic Agenda

The Declaration for American Democracy

'Our Democracy Is Sick': Progressive Groups Join Forces to End Corporate Sabotage of the Common Good

Because Corporate Money 'Poisoning Our Democracy,' Progressives Launch #FixDemocracyNow Campaign

Global Survey Reveals Six in Ten People Think World More Dangerous Place Since Trump Took Power

'We Must Do More Than Resist': Bold, Progressive Agenda Championed at #WeThePeople Summit

Protesters gather during a rally held by the group Common Cause in front of the U.S. Supreme Court January 10, 2018 in Washington, DC.

'Setback for Voting Rights': Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Voter-Purge Process

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'Jaw-Dropping' Report Reveals Rampant Wage Theft Among Top US Corporations

In Win for Women, New Jersey Enacts Nation's Strongest Equal Pay Law

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Fox Sinking, Sun Rising

January's cable news ratings show that Fox News saw the lowest viewershi p in years, with declines of u p to 40% in key demo graphic grou ps - ratings that Politico hastens to call "down but not disastrous." So okay, they're still leading. But MSNBC saw a gain of 11% since last year. Ho pe s prings.

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and Consumer Groups Urge Congress to Protect Marginalized Communities from Discriminatory Privacy Abuses

MoveOn.org

More than 200 Progressive Leaders Sign Letter of Solidarity with Rep. Ilhan Omar

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New Report Shows Climate and Community Protection Act would Add 150,000 Jobs to New York Economy

National Nurses United

Largest U.S. Nurses’ Union Champions New Medicare for All House Bill

Sunrise Movement

Leading Progressive Organizations Back Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey’s Green New Deal Resolution; Plan to Assemble Unprecedented Coalition.

Common Cause

Hundreds of Protests Nationwide Call for Protecting Mueller Russia Investigation & Recusal of Acting A.G. Whitaker

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Sarah Anderson

America Needs a Long-Term Care Program for Seniors

Nancy J. Altman

The Remarkable Mothers of Social Security

Michael Winship

School Daze: Use That Bribe Scandal to Fight for Debt-Free College

Basav Sen

It's Rosa Parks' Birthday. Let's Honor Her Legacy by Continuing Her Struggle!

Steven Rosenfeld

Democrats in Congress Unveil Ambitious Plan to Fix Our Election System

Jeremy Brecher

Climate Jobs for All: A Key Building Block for the Green New Deal

Amy Traub

Social Exclusion and Black Women’s Pay

Rajan Menon

The Wages of Poverty in America

Ebony Slaughter-Johnson

Poverty Won’t ‘Make America Great’

Paul Buchheit

An Update for 2018: More Evidence That Half of Americans Are In or Near Poverty