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'No More Excuses': With Senate Majority Reclaimed, Progressives Demand Bold Agenda From Biden

Then-Vice President Joe Biden after reenacting the swearing in of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to the 114th U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2015. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Progressives Back Rep. Cori Bush's Resolution to Expel Lawmakers Who Incited Violent Siege of Capitol

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Then-Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush (D-Mo.) spoke outside of the Democratic National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, D.C. She was sworn in on January 3, 2021. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

"This is the standard for Democratic members of Congress right now."

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Biden Already Facing Pressure to Tackle Backlog of 'Unfunded' Toxic Waste Sites Threatened by Climate Crisis

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Formerly an open pit copper mine, the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana is now part of the largest Superfund site in the United States. (Photo: Janie Osborne/Getty Images)

More broadly, campaigners are calling on the incoming president to deliver on...

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'A Perfect Choice': Progressives Applaud Biden Pick of Deb Haaland for Interior

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks at a press conference at the Longworth Office Building on September 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)

"We can make real progress on stopping climate change and ensure sovereignty...

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Climate activists gathered outside the CNN studios in New York, where a Town Hall on Climate Policy was held on September 4, 2019.

Groups Provide Biden With Draft Climate Emergency Order to Help Put Out 'Fire Fanned by Trump'

'They Don't Care About the Little Guy': Progressives Take Aim at Greed of GOP Senators in Crucial Georgia Runoffs

Protesters gathered outside ExxonMobil's annual shareholder meeting in May 2019.

'Grossly Insufficient': ExxonMobil Lambasted Over Emissions Reduction Plan That Pledges No Reduction in Absolute Emissions

Convention chair Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) delivers remarks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia. (Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage)

Biden Provokes Frustration by Sidestepping Rep. Fudge for USDA, Treating HUD as 'Consolation Prize'

Climate Action, Indigenous Rights Groups Among Those Championing Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary

Antony Binken (R) speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden for secretary of state. (Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)

Disdain and Disbelief After Biden Claims 'Significant' Progressive Presence in Administration

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) attends the fourth day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on October 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

As Feinstein Steps Down as Top Judiciary Democrat, Sunrise Movement Demands She Go One Step Further: 'Resign'

'We Simply Cannot Afford Half-Measures': Outside DNC, Progressives Demand Biden Go Big for Green New Deal

Climate justice protesters march in San Francisco on September 8, 2018 (Photo: Sunshine Velasco./Survival Media Agency)

Indigenous and Progressive Activists and Lawmakers Plan Rally at DNC to Push Biden in Greener Direction

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was greeted by U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) as he arrived in Columbus, Georgia, on October 27, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

'Today Feels Like a Betrayal': Sunrise Movement Blasts Biden Pick of Big Oil-Backed Cedric Richmond for Key Post

Scores of progressive groups on Tuesday came out in opposition to President-elect Joe Biden possibly picking former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota as his agriculture secretary. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Citing Her Ties to Agribusiness and Fossil Fuels, 160+ Groups Tell Biden That Heitkamp Is 'Wrong Choice' for USDA

Vice Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) wears a face mask during a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing looking into the firing of State Department Inspector General Steven Linick on September 16, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

47 Groups Back Rep. Joaquin Castro for House Committee Chair Post to 'Build a More Restrained and Progressive Foreign Policy'

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Biden's American Rescue Plan Is "Bold", But Plan for Bipartisan Support Is "Delusional and Dangerous"...

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Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement’s Statement on Coup Attempt

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Progressives Win Key Appointments To Biden’s Economic Team

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Haaland is a "Fierce Ally" and Her Appointment to Lead the Interior Marks a "Historic Moment for Native Americans & the Green New Deal Movement"...

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Biden’s New Climate Office Picks "A Big Victory, But They Need Tools, Power & Resources to Be Successful"...

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Sunrise Movement Staff Form Union with Communications Workers of America

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Varshini Prakash

Let's Keep Organizing: An Inside Look at the Biden-Sanders Task Force on Climate

Jeffrey C. Isaac

The Promise and the Peril of the Millennial Left

David Goodner

In Iowa, Rashida Tlaib and the Sunrise Movement Push the Green New Deal—and Bernie Sanders

Naina Agrawal-Hardin

Young People Are Escalating to Sit-ins in Politicians’Offices Today. Here’s Why.

Julie Hollar

Dear DNC, What Happened to All Those 'Early and Often' Climate Debate Questions?

Tom Weis

DNC Dithers While the World Burns

Sonali Kolhatkar

It's Time to Strike for the Climate

Peter Kalmus

How to Live With the Climate Crisis Without Becoming a Nihilist

Naomi Klein

Why the Democratic National Committee Must Change the Rules and Hold a Climate Debate

Jeremy Brecher

The Green New Climate Deal