by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "This is an important first step in ending our material support for war globally, and the genocide in Yemen in particular," said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Our generation will not accept any excuses for delay or inaction on delivering historic legislation to build back better."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer Citizens must "demand... that their governments reorder their priorities and cooperate... to reduce the risk of nuclear war, climate change, and other global disasters, including pandemic disease."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "Treating 'Zionist' as a proxy for 'Jew' would undermine efforts to dismantle real antisemitism... and help the Israeli government avoid accountability for violations of Palestinian rights."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Blocking needed relief for Americans has nothing to do with 'consent and comity' and everything to do with destroying democracy."
by Jon Queally, staff writer "Even this amount of money is no substitute for action by Congress, and I will be doing everything I can in Washington to make sure working people in Vermont and across the country get the relief they need in the middle of the worst crisis we've faced since the Great Depression."
by Emily Kirkland Unless the filibuster is abolished, Democratic candidates in 2022 will have to tell voters that, despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, they were unable to pass the popular policies that they campaigned on.
by Jesselyn Radack, William Neuheisel Breathless coverage of the SolarWinds hack functions to manufacture consent for NSA's internet hegemony and to divert us from considering alternative models of security.
by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II We cannot build back as a nation without confessing the ways we were uniquely unprepared for the multiple crises we continue to face.
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