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Registered Nurses conduct a demonstration in Lafayette Park to read aloud names of health care providers who have contracted COVID-19 and died as a result of treating infected patients on Tuesday, April 21, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need to be prepared for the next pandemic, and we can't be under the current for-profit system."

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Numerous progressive groups expressed support for a March 16, 2021 letter from 50 House Democrats calling on President Joe Biden to seek a reduction of the $740 billion Pentagon budget. (Image: Win Without War)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The U.S.' budget priorities are dangerously out of whack," said Win Without War. "It's time to put them back in order."



Demonstrators stand outside of the Georgia Capitol building to oppose HB 531, a recently passed bill that seeks to add voting restrictions to the state's upcoming elections including restricting ballot drop boxes, requiring an ID requirement for absentee voting, and limiting weekend early voting days, on March 3, 2021 in Atlanta. (Photo: Megan Varner/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
By passing the For the People Act, as the House recently did, the Senate can "n ullify new voter restrictions currently advanced by Republicans at the state level."



Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Washington on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell is clearly getting desperate as momentum grows to eliminate the filibuster as a weapon he can use to maintain power from the minority."



A new Politico investigation sheds light on the Federal Trade Commission's probe of Google under former President Barack Obama. (Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Law professor Zephyr Teachout called the series a "devastating takedown" of the Federal Trade Commission and its economists under the former president.



An unarmed Trident II missile is fired during an exercise off the California coast. (Photo: Ronald Gutridge/U.S. Navy/Flickr/cc)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"As the world wrestles with the pandemic and climate chaos, it beggars belief that our government is opting to increase Britain's nuclear arsenal."



Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train passing the Railroad Junctions of Los Angeles Union Station. All the public transportations include the Amtrak train have a tough time during COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: iStock/Getty Images)

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If the winter storm taught us anything, it is that we need our infrastructure to be more resilient and sustainable," said Austin, Texas Mayor Steve Adler.



A gas drilling rig sits in an area of southeastern Utah managed by the Bureau of Land Management. (Photo: Richer Images/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We call on President Biden to keep his promise: a full and complete ban on fracking and fossil fuel extraction on public lands. Full stop."



A large power line lies across a Chevron gas station following the passage of Hurricane Laura through Lake Charles, Louisiana on August 27, 2020. (Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The world's second biggest polluter shouldn't advertise that they're good for the environment."



Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on November 10, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's time to change the Senate rules and stop holding this Senate hostage."


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Signs give social distancing instructions at the Orange Circle at Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue in Orange, CA on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. (Photo by Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

by Derrick Z. Jackson
Fauci and Walensky are flashing a yellow light to us. Governors are dangerously close to running a red.



Protesters gather during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on January 10, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
America has become increasingly polarized politically. But democracy—and the right to vote—must be above partisanship.



If only it were true that a child raised in an impoverished home had the same life chances as children brought up in affluent homes, where food, medical care, and personal security are never in doubt. (Photo: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images)

by Diane Ravitch
Our society has not taxed itself to make sure that all kids have great schools.



After people protested police violence, lawmakers are making it a crime...to protest. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo/SEAN GLADWELL)

by Will Bunch
Citizens in the affected states need to get out and fight these anti-democratic measures—while they still can.



Moderna, a U.S. biotech firm, announced on November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95% effective. (Photo illustration: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
The other plague is ignorance. Shout it to the rooftops -- take the vaccine.



Government supporters are waving Venezuelan flags in a protest against the announcement of new US sanctions against the Venezuelan airline Conviasa.(Photo by Pedro Rances Mattey/picture alliance via Getty Images)

by Ramzy Baroud
Washington's agenda in Venezuela has unmistakably failed, and no amount of additional sanctions is likely to change the political outcome.


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