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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives to testifiy during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on slowdowns at the U.S. Postal Service ahead of the November elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump confessed he was wrecking USPS to rig the election. His toady Postmaster General DeJoy carried out that arson. It's time to clean house."

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Peace Village ward at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is home for children with disabilities believed to be caused by Agent Orange, the herbicide used by the U.S military during the Vietnam War. (Photo: Hiroko Tanaka/NurPhoto/via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"I'm not fighting for myself, but for my children and the millions of victims," explained plaintiff Tran To Nga.



People line up to receive food packages distributed in Budapest, Hungary on December 30, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This has been the most severe crisis for the world of work since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Its impact is far greater than that of the global financial crisis of 2009."



Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark speaks next to Then-Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. on October 21, 2020. (Photo: Yuri Gripas/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Unconscionable a Trump Justice Department leader would conspire to subvert the people's will," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in response to allegations against former Acting Assistant AG Jeffrey Clark.



"Oxfam believes billionaires are a sign of broken economic system and that extreme wealth should be ended," the international anti-poverty group said Monday. "We believe the world would be a better place if there were a lot less billionaires and a lot more nurses." (Image: Oxfam International)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Rigged economies are funnelling wealth to a rich elite who are riding out the pandemic in luxury, while those on the frontline of the pandemic... are struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table."



Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee to be President-elect Joe Bidens pick for Director of National Intelligence on Capitol Hill on January 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Weird that Susan Collins didn't care so much about the 'rich people getting more than they need' issue when it was massive upper income tax cuts on the table."



Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) attends a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College votes of 2020 presidential election in the House chamber on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Missouri Republican is facing growing calls for his resignation or removal from the Senate for inciting the deadly mob attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.



National Guard soldiers carrying riot shields march near the U.S. Capitol two days after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, on January 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
Amid "ominous chatter about killing legislators or attacking them outside of the U.S. Capitol," thousands of National Guard troops are expected to remain in Washington, D.C. as Trump's trial proceeds in the Senate.



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives at the inauguration of President Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If they want to criticize me for helping to feed children who are hungry or senior citizens in this country who are isolated and alone and don't have enough food, they can criticize me."



Last year, an artist projected "Pay Trump bribes here" and "emoluments welcome" onto the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. to protest President Donald Trump's refusal to divest from his businesses.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
One watchdog critic angered by the court's decision said, "Congress must act now to ensure that no future president can profit off the presidency."


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Governing the gig economy will require both a committed labor policy team and a committed digital policy team, and they will have to work together. (Photo by studioEAST/Getty Images)

by Bama Athreya
The Biden administration must break the unprecedented nexus of capital concentration and big data hoarding or it will have no power to protect workers or citizens.



Malley’s Middle East foreign policy expertise and diplomatic skills make him the ideal candidate to reinvigorate the JCPOA and help calm regional tensions. (Photo: National Press Club)

by Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
Biden’s response to the far-right uproar against Malley will be a test of his fortitude in standing up to the hawks and charting a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East.



Homeless war veteran sleeping with sign and money tin. (Photo: Stock photo/Getty)

by Andrea Mazzarino
The massive and unseen costs of America's post-9/11 wars at home and abroad.



Screenwriter Walter Bernstein (1919-2021) attends The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Presents "Spotlight On Screenwriting: Hollywood's Darkest Moment: An Evening With Blacklisted Screenwriter Walter Bernstein And A Special 40th Anniversary Screening Of The Front" on June 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo: Robin Marchant/Getty Images for Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences)

by Michael Winship
The screenwriter was my friend and my hero, a brave opponent of right-wing repression during a dark period of our history.



Supporters of Yemen's Huthi rebels march with banners during a rally denouncing the United States and the outgoing Trump administration's decision to apply the "terrorist" designation to the Iran-backed movement, in the Huthi-held capital Sanaa on January 25, 2021. (Photo: MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

by Chris Nineham
Joe Biden has suggested a new direction on Yemen—we must seize the opportunity to protest in his first week as US President to make sure he keeps his promise.



Morton C. Blackwell, President of the Leadership Institute. (Photo: Twitter/ Leadership Institute)

by Karl Grossman
Largely flying under the radar has been the training operation for right-wingers to be taught how to work the media, infiltrate government and otherwise promote a right-wing agenda in the United States.


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