by Jake Johnson, staff writer "It is truly outrageous that we still allow a partisan minority to block legislation at will and wholly prevent our government from functioning. Kill the filibuster."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "Let us be clear on this. Not only do undocumented community members pay taxes, they are also suffering as much as anyone else because of this pandemic."
by Kenny Stancil, staff writer "This is what happens when you let the food and chemical companies, not the FDA, decide whether our food is safe to eat."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Delaying a hearing for the head of Health and Human Services in the middle of a pandemic that has claimed more than 450,000 American lives is negligence in plain sight."
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We have the opportunity to give hope to the American people and restore faith in our government by telling them that... we understand the pain that they are experiencing and we are gonna do something very significant about it," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
by Jake Johnson, staff writer "We can't build a better society if members are too scared to stand up and act to reject the white supremacist attack that happened right before our eyes."
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer "For all intents and purposes, that child is stateless, which is going to create a whole host of barriers... because they're unable to establish citizenship."
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer House Democrats and 11 Republicans came together Thursday to remove the GOP congresswoman from her committee assignments.
by Lynn Parramore Only a serious reform of American capitalism can address the kind of distress and insecurity so severe that it kills. Is the country ready for this critical shot in the arm?
by James K. Galbraith, Jayati Ghosh, Mark Weisbrot, et al. Not only has leading presidential candidate Andrés Arauz emphasized that he is committed to maintaining the dollar as the national currency, he and his party have a long track record of taking strong measures to make sure that dollarization did not come under threat.
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