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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Everything that keeps the majority of us oppressed is what we designed this campaign to fight against."

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Climate activists protested outside ExxonMobil's annual meeting of shareholders in Irving, Texas.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"There are no more worthy targets of a climate fraud lawsuit than Exxon, Koch Industries, and API: the unholy trinity of climate denial."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Wilson's record against civil rights and healthcare, and his lack of judicial temperament and experience, should have disqualified him."



Robert and Melissa Williams, and their young daughters, appeared in a video circulated Wednesday by the ACLU. (Photo: ACLU/YouTube)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The ACLU on Wednesday urged policymakers to end law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and filed an administrative complaint with Detroit police on behalf of Robert Williams, a Black man who was wrongfully arrested in January after software owned by Michigan State Police misidentified him as a shoplifting suspect.


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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Boston should not use racially discriminatory technology that threatens the privacy and basic rights of our residents."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Attorney General William Barr agreed on Wednesday to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in July, as the panel investigates whether the U.S. Department of Justice has been politicized under the Trump administration. 



A general view shows ongoing construction work in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on June 24, 2020. (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday urged the Israeli government to abandon a developing plan to annex about a third of the occupied West Bank, which "has alarmed Palestinians, many Israelis, and the broader international community."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Today shows that vulnerable communities face barriers to the vote. Long lines, late poll openings, and more show voter suppression is a threat to democracy."




by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a sign that the times are changing."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Two years after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned the Democratic establishment with her primary win, the grassroots progressive movement which helped secure her victory has spread to surrounding congressional districts in New York.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Tonight we are proving that the people's movement in New York isn't an accident. It's a mandate."


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President Donald Trump speaks to the press before departing the White House on June 20, 2020 for a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
In his Tulsa speech and an interview Trump previews his hate-fueled, if incoherent,  2020 campaign strategy.



The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the U. S. (Photo: Ron Cogswell/flickr/cc)

by Yohuru Williams, Savannah Shepherd
It’s 2020—we should’ve made the lynching of Black Americans a federal crime by now.



From a general macroeconomic perspective, raising the minimum wage in a period of depressed consumer demand is smart policy. (Photo: SEIU)

by David Cooper
Higher minimum wages disproportionately benefit women workers and workers of color, both of whom are disproportionately represented in frontline industries and "essential" jobs.


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