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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks past the Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on May 15, 2020.

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."



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!


"It is especially terrifying for workers to lose their health insurance as a result of, and during, an ongoing pandemic," wrote EPI. (Photo: @GeoDavenport/Twitter)

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.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It just shows how very little regard Amazon has for its overworked employees."



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."



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.



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."



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.


Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden on Jan. 7, 2020 delivers remarks about the Trump administration's recent actions in Iraq at Current, Chelsea Piers in New York City.

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."


"There is a global struggle taking place of enormous consequence," said Progressive International on Monday. "Nothing less than the future of the planet is at stake." (Image: Progressive International)

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Nothing less than the future of the planet is at stake."

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