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Your Week in Review
After GOP Blockade of For the People Act, Progressives Mobilize 'Deadline for Democracy'
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by by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We need wide-scale public pressure. Not in September. Not in early
2022. Right now."
The Real Fraud: Republicans’ Voter-Fraud Scare
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by by Frances Moore Lappé, by Richard R. Rowe
Setting the record straight is our duty to democracy itself.
'Move Forward' on Infrastructure, Ocasio-Cortez Says Amid GOP 'Fury' Over Two-Track Approach
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by by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
She says to "rebuild infrastructure and draw down carbon, lower the age
of Medicare and extend it to cover vision and dental, expand childcare
and housing accessibility, and serve the American people."
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As Chauvin Sentenced, George Floyd's Family, Advocates Call for Systemic Policing Reform
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by by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"We have a long way to go and many changes to make before Black and
Brown people finally feel like they are being treated fairly and
humanely by law enforcement in this country," said sister Bridgett
Floyd.
'Horrible and Unconscionable Betrayal': Biden DOJ Backs Trump Line 3 Approval
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by by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"You are siding with a handful of corrupt corporate elites over honoring
treaty rights, climate, water, and the future of life on Earth."
Why Corporate Democrats Are Desperately Trying to Keep Nina Turner Out of Congress
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by by Norman Solomon
Powerful backers of the Democratic Party's top leadership—cozy and
enmeshed with corporate America and the military-industrial
complex—realize that "Congresswoman Nina Turner (D-OH)" would
significantly increase the leverage of genuinely progressive members of
the House.
Democrats Urgently Need a Plan B for Voting Rights and Filibuster Reform
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by by Miles Mogulescu
If they can't figure this out, the GOP will continue to pass partisan
voter suppression laws in states nationwide and activists pushing to
save democracy will become disillusioned and demobilized.
Juneteenth and Filibuster Fuel Fight for Democracy That Works for Everyone
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by by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Some U.S. lawmakers are all too willing to sign off on another holiday,
especially if they can use it as cover while actively working to
suppress voting rights, block living wages and reparations, fight
against healthcare, and more.
We Must Do What Is Popular and Right, and Expand Medicare
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by by Pramila Jayapal, by Bernie Sanders
We cannot come out of this national public health crisis only to retain
the status quo—one that leaves at least 87 million uninsured or
underinsured.
A Bipolar Nation in Danger of Destruction. We Can't Delay.
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by by Michael Winship
We've reached the "In Case of Emergency, Break Glass" moment.
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