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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) listens as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Means testing is a form of austerity. Scaling back on stimulus would be a mistake."

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Sign says "Cancel rent or people die"

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"To prevent an eviction disaster and the public health crisis that would come with it, we need immediate action that provides full debt relief."



Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks during a press conference outside the DFL Headquarters on August 5, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Republicans will do anything to distract from the fact that they have not only allowed but elevated members of their own caucus who encourage violence."



A scene from outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. during the January 6, 2021 attack on the complex by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. (Photo: Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The use of violence and lies to overturn an election is not worthy of debate," the staffers wrote. "Either you stand with the republic or against it."



On January 29, 2021, hundreds of people gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota to demand that President Joe Biden and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz take action to stop the Line 3 pipeline. (Photo: @ResistLine3/Twitter)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After a Minnesota court allowed construction to continue, Rep. Ilhan Omar appealed to President Joe Biden to stop the contentious project.



A postal worker gives a thumbs-up to demonstrators protesting the Trump administration's sabotage of the U.S. Postal Service on August 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The unreasonable prefunding mandate has threatened the survival of the USPS and placed at risk vital services for the millions who rely on it."



Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a vote on May 18, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is time to make the ultra-rich pay their fair share."



Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on October 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This would save over $250 billion, which should be repurposed to help Americans who have lost income due to the pandemic and its economic fallout."



An Amazon Flex driver loads their personal vehicle with packages outside the 1.2 million-square-foot BWI2 Amazon Fulfillment Center in the Chesapeake Commerce Center on April 14, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
What needs to happen "is for the government to step in and take much more serious action than it's ever really contemplated to restrain, control, and ultimately break up Amazon," said Public Citizen's Robert Weissman.



Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen, confirmed as Treasury Secretary in January 2021, spoke in Wilmington, Delaware on December 1, 2020. (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The IRS's regulation and enforcement related to 501(c)(4) organizations has been woefully inadequate in the post- Citizens United era."


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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks outside of the Democratic National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and others called on the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden to take bold action on issues of climate change and economic inequalities. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by John Nichols
Why Biden and the Democrats must go bold.



Even in the American empire’s neocolonial phase, the role of the U.S. military and the CIA was to kick open doors through which American businessmen could “follow the flag” to set up shop and develop new markets. (Photo: Calvin Shen)

by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Instead of opening doors for American big business or supporting America’s diplomatic position in the world, the U.S. war machine has become a bull in the global china shop, wielding purely destructive power to destabilize countries and wreck their economies.



An aerial view of Raymond James Stadium ahead of Super Bowl LV on January 31, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

by Chuck Collins, Omar Ocampo
Even in a pandemic, 64 billionaires have seen incredible gains from the major league sports teams they own.



People demonstrate against restrictions on abortion law in Poland. Krakow, Poland on January 29, 2021. The protest was organized by Women Strike after Poland's highest court has officially published today the law that states that all abortions in Poland will now be banned except in cases of rape and incest and when the mother's life or health are considered to be at risk. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Neil Datta
This is not just 'Poland being Poland.' These actions are illegal, inhumane and could spread across Europe.



Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) greets supporters after speaking to a crowd during a rally against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) on January 28, 2021 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Gaetz added his voice to a growing effort to vote Cheney out of office after she voted in favor of impeaching Donald Trump. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
If this country’s media institutions are to truly function as means of public enlightenment and civic education in this very dark time, then they had better be very clear about this difference.



You can’t fix Wall Street by becoming it. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Hamilton Nolan
Pumping up GameStop will do nothing to change what people hate about Wall Street. There’s a better way.


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