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Your Week in Review
'We Can and Must Do Better': House Passes Massive $3 Trillion Relief Package, But Progressives Say More Must Be Done
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
" We must give people real relief and certainty before this crisis gets
worse—because if we fail to do so, it will."
Our Greener, Climate-Friendly Future Is Going to Be Amazing—It's Our Job to Tell That Story
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by Jamie Henn
A more comfortable apartment. Cheaper electricity bills. Your stove
cooks faster, your dishwasher washes cleaner, and the lightbulbs look
great. Even the food is more delicious!
We Need 'Single Payer Like Yesterday': Medicare for All Case Made as 16.2 Million Lose Employer-Tied Insurance
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In just two weeks, the number of Americans estimated to have lost their
health insurance as a result of the coronavirus pandemic grew by nearly
four million, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
'Slap in the Face': As Bezos Wealth Jumps $30 Billion Amid Pandemic, Amazon to End $2 Per Hour Hazard Pay for Workers
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It just shows how very little regard Amazon has for its overworked
employees."
Vote-by-Mail Under 'Existential Threat' as Top US Postal Service Official Reportedly Forced Out
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump is intent on installing his partisan lackeys in control of the
Postal Service while congressional Republicans try to force it into
insolvency so they can privatize it."
If This 'Doesn't Give You Chills I Don't Know What Will': McConnell Patriot Act Expansion Would Hand AG Barr Unprecedented Spy Powers
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Ron Wyden was joined by privacy advocates Wednesday in forcefully
condemning a new proposed amendment to the PATRIOT Act put forward by
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, which would greatly expand the
U.S. Attorney General's surveillance powers under FISA.
'Massive Giveaway to Health Insurance CEOs': Democratic COBRA Plan Denounced as Costly Taxpayer Gift to For-Profit Industry
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're facing the biggest economic crisis since the Great
Depression—subsidizing the insurers is not going to cut it."
Senate Staffer Warns Congress 'Sleepwalking Toward a Gut-Wrenching, Painful Failure' on Covid-19 Relief
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Congress appears to be on its way to passing a half-assed bill that
underachieves on public health, families/workers, state/local
governments, businesses," the senior Democratic aide fretted.
'Time for a Major Shift': Groups Demand Biden Vow End to Endless Wars and Destructive US Foreign Policy
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a letter Monday to former Vice President Joe Biden, over 50 groups
urged the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for president to
embrace "a principled foreign policy, one that prioritizes diplomacy and
multilateralism over militarism."
Progressive International Launches 'To Form Common Front' in Global Struggle for Justice and a Better World
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Nothing less than the future of the planet is at stake."
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