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Two blood-splattered Freedom Riders, John Lewis (1940 - 2020) and James Zwerg, stand together after being attacked and beaten by pro-segregationists in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 20, 1961. (Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil
"Remembering and celebrating John Lewis today is important," said Rep. Cori Bush. "Abolishing the filibuster to secure the right to vote for everyone is how we must protect his legacy."


A firefighting tanker drops retardant over the Grandview Fire on July 11, 2021, northeast of Sisters, Oregon. (Photo: Oregon Department of Forestry via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil
"We are living through a climate catastrophe," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. "We have to redesign our economy to respond to the current crisis and to ensure it doesn't get much, much worse."


Line 3 blockade

by Jessica Corbett
"The Hubbard County Sheriff has attempted to illegally construct a de facto open-air prison to trap Indigenous environmental protectors and allies on their own property."


DACA

by Brett Wilkins
"The stakes have been raised, and futures of hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients hang in the balance," said Rep. Jamaal Bowman. "We must move in this Congress to protect DACA and create a path to citizenship for all undocumented people."


Democratic Reps. Cori Bush (Mo.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) join hundreds of young Sunrise Movement activists at a 'No Climate, No Deal' rally to demand that President Joe Biden support an

by Kenny Stancil
"If Sen. Manchin and the rest of the Senate approve the 'reconciliation bill' then we will approve their bipartisan bill. But if they try to strip immigration reform, child care, climate action, etc., then we're at an impasse," said the New York Democrat.


Hikers in Tongass National Forest

by Julia Conley
"The Tongass is not only one of the few truly wild places left on the planet, it is vital to our path forward as we deal with climate change," said the Alaska-based group SalmonState.


An effigy of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is displayed during a protest calling for the suspension of intellectual property barriers to facilitate the increased production of Covid-19 vaccines, at Lafayette Square in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 15, 2021. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil
Germany's continued obstruction of the TRIPS waiver "means more people will die when they could have been saved if they had access to life-saving vaccines."


US military tanks in the US Centcomm Area of Responsibility

by Julia Conley
"Of the many, many sectors of the economy and society that are underfunded, the Pentagon is not among them," said one backer of a letter signed by 48 organizations.


Rep. Jamaal Bowman speaks during a news conference.

by Jake Johnson
"As we deal with a devastating climate crisis caused by decades of unchecked corporate greed, we need to center our children and their future."


fires in Brazilian Amazon

by Jessica Corbett
The findings, said one expert, "show that the uncertain future is happening now."

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