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'Something's Gotta Give Here': Urgent Action Demanded as 23 Million US Families Face Possible Eviction by October

'The Public Has a Right to Know': Fed Refuses to Release Documents on Fossil Fuel Industry's Covid-19 Bailouts

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"As the climate crisis demands an abrupt shift away from fossil fuels, the federal government should not be creating programs to bail out these polluters."

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Citing 'Unconscionable and Irresponsible Omission,' ACLU Demands Equal Covid-19 Protections for Immigrants

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Immigration status shouldn't be a death sentence, but if Congress doesn't act...

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'Threat to Our Privacy and Civil Liberties': Nearly 40 Groups Demand Congress Ban Facial Recognition Surveillance

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Even if the technology were accurate, it cannot be dissociated from the racist...

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Congress Urged to Repeal Program That Transfers 'Weapons of War' to Local Police

'Outrageous': Trump Administration Waived Ethics Reviews for Lawmakers and Federal Officials Seeking Small Business Loans

'Cruel and Bad Economics': Analysis Warns Devastation Will Follow If GOP Cuts Off $600 Unemployment Boost

Listen to the 'Calls Ringing Out in the Streets Across the World,' Says George Floyd's Brother in Emotional Testimony

A police officer charges forward as people protest the killing of George Floyd in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 2020.

Pushed by National Uprising, Democratic Lawmakers Unveil Legislation to Overhaul Policing

Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Jamaal Bowman's Progressive Primary Challenge Against Longtime Rep. Eliot Engel

'Should Be Bigger News': Analysis Finds Nearly One Third of Owed Unemployment Benefits Have Not Been Paid

Clamoring for Mic at Black Lives Matter Event, Rep. Eliot Engel Admits "If I Didn't Have a Primary I Wouldn't Care"

'They Need Our Help': As CBO Projects $16 Trillion GDP Loss Due to Pandemic, Sanders and Schumer Demand Relief for Working Families

Pumpjacks on Lost Hills Oil Field in California on Route 46.

Former Federal Reserve Governor Rebukes Central Bank for Using Covid-19 Lending Power to Bail Out 'Dying' Fossil Fuel Industry

child holds up save the news sign

'Save the News' Campaign Urges Immediate Covid-19 Relief Funds to Sustain Local Journalism in Time of Crisis

'National Day of Mourning' Protests This Week to Condemn GOP Failures Amid Mass Suffering Caused by Covid-19

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American Sustainable Business Council

ASBC and Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Call on Business Community to Support Eliminating Qualified Immunity

People For the American Way (PFAW)

DC Statehood Is a Racial Equity Issue

ACLU

ACLU Comment on Bill Stopping Face Recognition Surveillance

Fight for the Future

Congress Introduces Legislation That Effectively Bans Law Enforcement Use of Facial Recognition Surveillance in the US

Bend the Arc

Justice in Policing Act 'Falls Short of Meaningful Accountability'...

Food & Water Watch

Actor and Activist Mark Ruffalo Endorses Mondaire Jones for Congress

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James Zogby

Is AIPAC Losing Its Grip on Democrats?

Glenn Greenwald

Media Continue to Ignore That Both Parties Almost Always Agree That More War Is Good

William Hartung

Police, Prisons, and the Pentagon

Richard Eskow

The War on Logic: Contradictions and Absurdities in the House’s Military Spending Bill

Rachel Stohl

Defense Industry Cheers as the Trump Administration Is Poised to Loosen Restrictions on Drone Exports

Yohuru Williams, Savannah Shepherd

There’s No Excuse for Blocking the Anti-Lynching Bill

Kanya Bennett

Congress Can Lead the Charge on Divesting From Law Enforcement

Max Richtman

Trump, USPS and Seniors

Paul J. Baicich

Here Are Alternate Names for 10 Confederate-Named Army Bases

Andrew Bacevich & Danny Sjursen

Rename the Army Posts—These 10 Soldiers Deserve the Honor