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'This Should Probably Be Illegal': Rights Advocates Target Lawmakers and Lobbyists With Facial Recognition Technology in US Capitol

Activists with Fight for the Future took to Capitol Hill in the U.S. on Thursday to demonstrate to lawmakers, lobbyists, and journalists exactly why stronger restrictions are needed on facial recognition software. (Photo: Fight for the Future)

To Stop Threat of 'For-Profit Surveillance,' Rights Groups Demand End to Partnerships That Give Cops Access to Amazon Ring Data

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Our elected officials are supposed to protect us, both from abusive policing practices and corporate overreach. These partnerships are a clear case of both."

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Citing 'Troubling' Refusal, House Democrats Subpoena Pompeo for Documents as Part of Trump Impeachment Inquiry

Common Dreams staff

"Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence...

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Capitol Hill Screening of Netflix Series 'Unbelievable' Part of Push to Reauthorize Rape Kit Backlog Law

Julia Conley, staff writer

"What a difference it makes when a woman who says she's been assaulted is not...

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Ahead of Climate Strike, Greta Thunberg Tells US Lawmakers to Their Faces: Sorry, You're Not Trying 'Hard Enough'

House Democrats Denounce DHS For Blocking Lawmakers' Access to Detention Centers Amid Reports of Rampant Abuse

Warnings of Grave Climate and Human Rights Impact as US Export-Import Bank Approves $5 Billion for Natural Gas Project in Mozambique

Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Explains What She and Rep. Tlaib Planned to Accomplish Before Israel Barred Them

CodePink Files Complaint Over AIPAC's 'Illegal Propaganda Trip' to Israel for Members of Congress

'Timely Action Is Critical': Doctors Call On Congress to Investigate Children's Deaths In Migrant Detention Centers

Democrats Propose Constitutional Amendment to 'Wipe Clean the Dark Stain' of Citizens United

'Congress Needs to Wake Up': Demanding Lawmakers Declare Climate Emergency, Extinction Rebellion Activists Superglue Themselves to Capitol

On First Anniversary of Kavanaugh Nomination, Groups Demand Democrats Follow Through on Promise to Probe Perjury and Assault Accusations

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

Advocates Push for Structural Reforms at House Hearing on Reparations for Slavery and Racial Injustice

'Not a Popular Position,' But a Consistent One: To Fight Corruption on Capitol Hill, Ocasio-Cortez Backs Pay Raise for Congress

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National Iranian-American Council

NIAC Statement on House Passage of Resolution to Halt Iran War

Demand Progress

Demand Progress Statement on War Powers Resolution Vote

Food & Water Watch

Food & Water Action Endorses Bold, Progressive Challengers for Congress

Congresswoman Barbara Lee

Congresswoman Barbara Lee on the Killing of Qasem Soleimani

Amnesty International - USA

Despite Progress Around Gun Violence Research, Final 2020 Congressional Funding Bills Fall Far Short of Making Human Rights a Priority

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Major Missed Opportunity on Clean Energy Incentives to Reduce Carbon Emissions

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Ashley Pratt , Susan Nahvi

Presidential Candidates Must Promise to Rein in Use of Force

Tiffany Muller

As Citizens United Turns 10, We Need Candidates Who Will Fight to Get Money Out of Politics

Bill Blum

Trump’s Unprecedented Attack on Iran and the Rule of Law

Jessica J. González

We Must Remedy Discrimination in Our Media System

Scott Goodstein

Has Facebook Learned Nothing?

Kate Kizer

Congress's Work to Prevent War With Iran has Only Just Begun

Harry Blain

We Need More Than the Relatively Useless War Powers Resolutions

Sarah Anderson

Congress: War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It.

Wim Laven

A More Perfect Union

Dave Zweifel

Trump's 'Moral Character' Is Severely Lacking