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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) making remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on April 23, 2020. (Photo: C-SPAN/Screenshot)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"If you had urgency, you would legislate like rent was due on May 1st and make sure that we include rent and mortgage relief for our constituents," said New York Democrat ahead of vote.

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A U.S. fighter jet practices maneuvers over the desert.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A new report examining the federal budget illuminates the deep connections between the climate emergency and the U.S. military, arguing that the shift to a green economy requires a just transition away from both fossil fuels and endless war.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell and Trump don't have to worry about where their next meal is coming from—but they don't think others should be afforded the same right."


Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif.)., speaks during her weekly news conference in Washington on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Forgive me for asking, but who won control of the US House in the 2018 election?"

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Dr. Anthony Fauci (R), director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on April 22, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
As U.S. president champions anti-science movement and publicly contradicts his own experts, WHO warns of Covid-19 fight for 'long time' to come.


In this photo illustration, a person files an application for unemployment benefits on April 16, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The federal government announced Thursday that roughly 26.5 million people nationwide have filed jobless claims since mid-March—a revelation that sparked yet another wave of demands for the Trump administration and Congress to respond to the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic in ways that actually serve the needs of people hardest hit by the crisis.


People take part in an Alliance for Boys and Men of Color car rally in downtown Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, April 16, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Failing to protect incarcerated people will hurt all of us."


"Sanctions kill innocents indiscriminately just like bombs."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"In a context of global pandemic, impeding medical efforts in one country heightens the risk for all of us."


Third grader Emilia Cisneros (left), and her sister, Eden, who is in fourth grade, do their schoolwork at home on March 18, 2020 in San Anselmo, California. Both of the schools that the girls attend are closed because of COVID-19. (Photo: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
With children across the U.S. connecting with their teachers through technology as schools remain shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey shows that many parents are deeply concerned about the drastically increased time children are spending online and in front of screens. 


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives for a pro forma session at the U.S. Capitol on April 21, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We've seen this before—it's crisis opportunity focused on a power grab, not help for the people."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Despite widespread coverage of anti-social distancing demonstrations in Michigan, Texas, and other parts of the U.S., new polling from CBS News shows that the vast majority of Americans oppose protesters who are demanding that U.S. businesses be reopened as soon as possible.

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In early April this year, as 22 million Americans lost their jobs and the U.S. employment rate approached 15 percent, the combined wealth of America’s billionaires had increased from March 18 by $282 billion — nearly a 10 percent increase. That’s among the findings in a new report published today by the Institute for Policy Studies, "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes, and Pandemic Profiteers." (Image: Insitute for Policy Studies)

by Chuck Collins
As percentage of wealth, billionaire taxes have fallen 79% since 1980


While Wall Street continues to hand out bonuses that dwarf the average worker’s salary, the rest of us have continued to struggle. (Photo: Phillipp/cc/flickr)

by Ericka Taylor
Back during the Great Recession, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, we need to make sure the bailout is for the rest of us.


Doctors and nurses of Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade pose with a portrait of Cuban late leader Fidel Castro as they are bid farewell before travelling to hard-hit Italy to help in the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, at the Central Unit of Medical Cooperation in Havana, on March 21, 2020. (Photo: Yamil LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

by Medea Benjamin
As we move through this crisis, we see the tragedy of the rich superpower with its privatized, dysfunctional health care system failing its people, while its impoverished neighbor — under constant attack from the superpower — reaches out to help the world.


In this photo illustration, President Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Former vice president Joe Biden as Former president Barack Obama looks on at the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2017. (Photo:Jonathan Newton /The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
Some say preventing the re-election of Trump isn't important. That amounts to ignoring political reality, an evasion with potentially vast consequences.


People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH) Buffalo is working to advance strong neighborhoods with quality & affordable housing, local hiring opportunities, and economic & environmental justice. (Photo courtesy of PUSH Buffalo)

by Frances Moore Lappé
Despite lack of federal leadership and underappreciated by most of us, key states and cities are not only getting it, they’re getting going—plowing ahead with solutions to the climate crisis grounded in social equity.


(Photo: flickr / cc / The Accidental Photographer)

by Robert C. Koehler
People still need help for more than just COVID-19. The blowback of our wars is still with us, complicating the present moment.

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