by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Every single one of these Senate Republicans voted to give the Pentagon billions more than what they're willing to give to the American people."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "Today, the first domino of our cruel and inhumane war on drugs has fallen—setting off what we expect to be a cascade of other efforts centering health over criminalization."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own shouldn't be constantly worrying that they are going to lose their income overnight."
by Jon Queally, staff writer "Just pepper spray her at this point," one officer can be heard saying about a young girl already in the backseat of a cruiser, just before another officer says, "I got her. I got her."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "We are going to see something like we have not seen yet in this country," warned Dr. Michael Osterholm, who advised President Joe Biden's transition team.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "My Republican colleagues used reconciliation to give almost $2 trillion in tax breaks to the rich and large corporations... You know what? I think we can use reconciliation to protect the needs of working families."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The concurrent arrests of prominent political activists and human rights defenders sends a chilling message that the military authorities will not tolerate any dissent amid today's unfolding events."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "We owe it to future generations, to the Indigenous communities we've signed treaties with, and to every living being on this planet to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure."
by Sarah Anderson In the new political landscape, poultry workers have already managed to scuttle a Trump administration reform that would’ve made their jobs even more dangerous.
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