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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"There's a tremendous amount of power that drives through those streets and parks next to those sidewalks and walks into those buildings. We want them to think about what they're doing with that power."

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The nonprofit Indivisible Project on Wednesday launched a new campaign to pressure U.S. senators and 2020 presidential candidates to commit to ending the filibuster.


Greta Thunberg

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Your journey is a symbolic reminder of the ways we need to work together across every ocean!" tweeted 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In January, 57 percent of Democrats said they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who backs a Medicare for All health system over expanding the Affordable Care Act. That number has now risen to 65 percent."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A viral video showing a voter in Mississippi attempting to cast a vote in the Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday had been retweeted more than 10,000 times by Wednesday morning, as voting rights advocates pointed to the video as evidence that a return to paper ballots would make U.S. elections far more secure.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the planet could talk, it would be screaming in agony or weeping in despair. Maybe both."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
At least four major U.S. companies will close their doors on September 20, encouraging employees to take part in the Global Climate Strike in order to send a clear message that they will not conduct "business as usual" while the world's children are demanding action to stop the climate crisis.

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People carry the coffin of indigenous leader and environmental activist Berta Caceres, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 3, 2016. (Photo: CNS/EPA/Stringer)

by Jovanna Garcia Soto
The United States government bears direct responsibility for the violence—militarizing the region and ensuring U.S. corporations can extract profit and resources.


It’s beyond elitist for wealthy donors to a president who openly incites violence and hate to complain of "harassment" when they face criticism. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Basav Sen
Donors don’t like it, but using this publicly available information is one of the best ways to fight corruption.


Seventy percent of Americans support universal health care as presented in the Medicare for All Act of 2019. (Photo: People's Action Blog)

by Tim Wilkins
Most would not believe that a bunch of grassroots activists could stop a 172-year-old professional organization in its tracks. Such a feat would be nothing short of David felling Goliath. But that’s exactly what we did.


David Koch at the Economic Club of New York in 2012. (Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)

by Alexander Sammon
It’s called step-up in basis, and it wipes away all capital gains in his $50 billion estate.


The media take a somewhat different tack on this country versus country story, but they nonetheless embrace the nonsense Trumpian logic. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Dean Baker
It would be great if trade reporters could get a bit more serious and give some thought to winners and losers from trade policy, and not pretend that everyone in the United States is in the same boat.


While some are denied the right to visit their families, others are dying in isolation in besieged areas, in “closed military zones”, while separated from one another by massive walls and numerous military checkpoints. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

by Ramzy Baroud
This is the story of Palestinian isolation by Israel that we must not allow to die out.

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