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Sanders Warns Biden Attack on Syria Puts US on 'Path of Continuing the Forever War Instead of Ending It'

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill examining wages at large profitable corporations February 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Susan Walsh-Pool/Getty Images)

Noting 'Most Americans Do Not Give a Sh*t' What Parliamentarian Says, Campaigners Urge Biden-Harris to Fight for $15

Jake Johnson, staff writer

A protester holds a sign reading "our votes matter" at a Count Every Vote protest near Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on November 4, 2020.

"Why is President Joe Biden fighting harder for Neera Tanden's nomination than for the tens of millions of Americans who desperately need a raise?"

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Majority of US Voters Want Government to Invest More in Healthcare, Education, and Fighting Poverty: Poll

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

A person sleeps on a park bench on September 10, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

57% of the electorate thinks the government doesn't spend enough on anti-...

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Diverse Coalition Calls on Congress to End 'Forever Wars' and 'Unaccountable, Interventionist' US Foreign Policy

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Two coalitions of groups—some overlapping—sent letters to Congress and President Joe Biden on Wednesday demanding an end to forever wars.

A separate letter, signed by some of the same groups, lays out how the Biden...

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Then-President Donald Trump arrives at the "Stop The Steal" Rally on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

'The Senate Must Convict. America Is Watching': Watchdogs Demand Trump Be Held to Account

Pro-Trump rioters invaded the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. (Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

To Make 'Most Compelling Case' for Conviction, Progressives Say Trump Trial Must Include Witnesses

Former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump take the stage prior to delivering remarks at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 20, 2021. (Photo: Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images)

Schumer: GOP Embracing 'Fringe Legal Theory' With Claim That Trump Trial Is Unconstitutional

Budget Chair Sanders Hails CBO Score as Proof Congress Can Pass $15 Minimum Wage Through Reconciliation

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy leaves the Capitol after a meeting on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.

As DeJoy Readies New Assault on Postal Service, Pressure Grows for Biden to 'Clean House'

Ilhan Omar Warns Progressives Will Revolt If Dems 'Poison' Relief Bill by Curbing Eligibility for $1,400 Checks

In Fiery Floor Speech, Cori Bush Demands Accountability for Every Republican Who Incited 'Vile White Supremacist Attack' of January 6

A Yemeni child holds missile shrapnel outside a factory destroyed in airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition, which also killed three civilians and injured six others, on January 20, 2019 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

'A Day Peace Activists... Have Been Waiting For': Biden Vows to Curb US Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) heads to the Senate floor before being called into session on January 26, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

'So Utterly Disingenuous': Republicans File Slew of Unrelated Amendments as Dems Push Ahead With Covid Relief

A postal worker gives a thumbs-up to demonstrators protesting the Trump administration's sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service on August 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

New Bill Aims to Scrap 'Ludicrous' Mandate Forcing Postal Service to Prefund Retiree Benefits Decades in Advance

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

120 Democrats Demand Repeal of 'Obscene' Tax Cut for Millionaires That GOP Buried in Previous Covid Relief Bill

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) during an Instagram livestream on Monday, February 1, 2021. (Photo: Instagram/Screenshot)

Republicans Who Incited Insurrection Still a 'Danger to Their Colleagues,' Warns AOC in Harrowing Account of Mob Attack

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Demand Progress

Joint Statement on US Airstrike in Syria

Corporate Accountability

Congress Just Introduced the Answer to America’s Water Woes With Unprecedented Support: The WATER Act of 2021

Food & Water Watch

Amid Unprecedented National Water Crises, Comprehensive Water Access, Safety and Affordability Bill Introduced in Congress

Sunrise Movement

Sunrise Movement Calls on Congress to Pass the U.S. Citizenship Act, Celebrates the Work of Movement Groups

Border Network for Human Rights

Border Communities Welcome the Introduction of Holistic Immigration Proposal Providing Pathway to Citizenship for the 11 Million Undocumented

Patriotic Millionaires

Patriotic Millionaires on Walmart's Minimum Wage Announcement: Only Congressional Action Will Ensure a Living Wage

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Ben Jealous

Congress Must Fight for a Better Democracy and Pass the For the People Act

Monique Morrissey

Congress Should Go Big to Improve the US Postal Service

Joseph Stiglitz

Congress Must Pass Biden's Relief Package or Risk an Anemic and Devastatingly Incomplete Recovery

Laura Packard

Hedge Funds Tried to Kill GameStop. Now They’re Coming for Our Health Care System Too

Robert Reich

The Real Reason the GOP Don’t Want Biden’s Plan? They Fear It Will Work

Tom Engelhardt

The Imperial Presidency Under Joe Biden

Karyn Strickler

It’s Biden’s 'Climate Day' and Vote Climate U.S. PAC Has a Present for America

Josh Balk

Protecting Animals Isn’t Just the Right Thing—It’s Uniting Politics

Robert Reich

Ten Ways Biden Can Be Transformational (Even Without Congress)

Bernie Sanders

We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises