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Stock Market Soars and Billionaire Wealth Swells by $1 Trillion as Food Lines Stretch 'As Far As the Eye Can See'

Ahead of Thanksgiving, millions of families are in need of food assistance due to Covid-19 related layoffs and the expiration of federal unemployment benefits. Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and 649 other billionaires in the U.S. have amassed a combined $1 trillion in gains since the pandemic began in March 2020. (Photos: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket and Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

'Go Big, and Stay Big': Economists Call for $3 Trillion Covid Relief Package to Stop Nation's Descent Into Ruin

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Flight attendants, airline pilots, and other aviation workers hold a protest organized by the Association of Flight Attendants urging the U.S. Congress to pass a Covid-19 relief package and extend the Paycheck Support Program to save aviation jobs during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 9, 2020.

"The Senate's failure to provide crucial relief and recovery aid has left families without a lifeline and will severely damage prospects for recovery."

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'Closest Thing to a Concession' Trump Could Muster: GSA Approves Biden Transition After Weeks of Delay

Jake Johnson, staff writer

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy arrives to testify during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

"It should not have taken the ire of Congress and the American public to...

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'Reckless Incompetence and Intentional Cruelty': House Issues Scathing Report on Trump Migrant Family Separation Policy

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A child, age 2, from Honduras cries as U.S. Border Patrol agents detain her family near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas on June 12, 2018. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

The "inhumane" policy was "driven by an administration... determined to go to...

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Constitutional law experts on Friday endorsed a bill that would create 18-year term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44768401@N07/4122928968/in">Matt Wade</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

Constitutional Law Experts Endorse Democrats' Bill to Create 18-Year Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

"It's Actually AOC Plus 115": Ocasio-Cortez Corrects Trump on Popularity of Green New Deal

Coronavirus relief

As Deadline for Covid Relief Deal Looms, Poll Shows Voters Support $2 Trillion Stimulus by 51-Point Margin

Healthcare workers at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx on April 17, 2020 rallied against a policy change that made it more difficult for them to take paid sick leave. (Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Study Confirms Paid Sick Leave is Crucial in Fight Against Covid-19

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on October 9, 2020.

'People in Need Can't Wait': To Put Onus on Senate GOP, Progressives Urge Pelosi to Take $1.8 Trillion Covid Relief Package

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies about the CARES Act and the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on September 24, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Bolstering Progressive Demand, Fed Chair Says More Stimulus Crucial to Avoid Even More 'Unnecessary Hardship'

Tens of Millions in PPP Loans Went to Corporate Polluters After Companies Were Fined $52 Million, Analysis Shows

(L-R) Assistant to the President and Director of Oval Office Operations Nicholas Luna, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller, and counselor to the President Hope Hicks walk to Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on September 30, 2020. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

'Hope Is Contagious': Fears of Covid-19 Outbreak Upend Capitol Hill

As 21 States Report Surge in Covid-19 and Flu Season Looms, Nursing Homes Implore Congress for Urgent Relief

'The American People Should Be Pissed Off': Critics Say Trump Tax Dodging Exposes System Rotten to the Core

Rep. Pramila Jayapal is one of 39 House lawmakers who sent a letter to the Trump administration asking critical questions about government domestic mass surveillance. (Photo: Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

'Our Right to Privacy Is at Stake': Jayapal Leads Demand for White House Answers on Possible Illegal Mass Surveillance

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is introducing a bill that would limit Supreme Court Justices to an 18-year term, while permitting presidents to appoint new Supreme Court justices every even year. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP/Getty Images)

'Time to Standardize and Democratize the Supreme Court': Ro Khanna Introduces Bill for Justice Term-Limits of 18 Years

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Democracy 21

Democracy 21 Calls on Democratic Representatives to Again Vote for the For the People Act in the New Congress

Economic Policy Institute

Congress Must Urgently Provide $3 Trillion of Fiscal Relief to Stop the Economic Bleeding and Build a Strong Recovery

Common Cause

New Results: Common Cause Releases "Our Democracy 2020" Candidate Surveys...

Public Citizen

STOCK Act 2.0 Would Bring Light to Officials’ Shrouded Financial Dealings

350.org

Members of Congress to Introduce Resolution Supporting Juliana Climate Case Plaintiffs and Other Youths

Corporate Accountability

Millions of People Demand Congressional Action on COVID-19 Relief

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Nancy J. Altman, Linda Benesch

Social Security: Something to Give Thanks For in 2020

Phyllis Bennis

With the Election Over, Congress Must Remember the Rest of the World

Anna M. Phillips

5 Things Biden Can Do to Fight Climate Change Even Without Congress

Derrick Z. Jackson

As the Virus Rampages Through Washington, Essential Workers Nationwide Are Paying the Price

Jeff Schuhrke

The Nightmare Facing the Poor and Working Class If There’s Not Another Stimulus

Mark Weisbrot

If You Could Save a Million Lives, Would You Do It?

Mike Lofgren

Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Peril of America's Aging Elite

Barbara Lee

It's Time to Repeal the President's License for Endless War

Brynne Keith-Jennings

Food Need Very High Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels, Making Relief Imperative

Heidi Shierholz

Total Initial UI Claims Have Risen in Each of the Last Four Weeks