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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The Republican stunt "essentially shut down the impeachment inquiry for a time," said the Washington Post 's Rachel Bade.

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Protesters stood front of the Mars Area High School in Middlesex Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, on July 15, 2015 to demand a ban on fracking near all schools.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Outside of Pittsburgh conference, activists declare, "We need to step up today and protect our water! Because without water there is no life."


Attorney General William Barr chooses not to speak as President Donald J. Trump participates in a ceremony to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Edwin Meese III in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Oct 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
If attorney general refuses to recuse or step aside, the association said he should "be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Trump administration's aggressive regulatory rollback has rapidly led to worsening air quality in the U.S., according to a new study.

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Last I checked, Congress never authorized U.S. forces to be deployed to secure Syria's economic resources."


Organizers in Washington D.C. with D.C. Abolition Coalition and the D.C. Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee deliver the demands of South Carolina Prisoners to the local United Nations Office.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Beyond the basic level of terror in U.S. prison conditions, conditions in South Carolina have been specifically repressive for a few years now."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is the most important stance any candidate has taken affecting press freedom so far. Hopefully this will force others to follow," said Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press foundation

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Economic and sector sanctions are too often designed to inflict maximum pain on civilians, not empower them. (Photo: Syrian Refugees/Josh Zakary/flickr/cc)

by Ilhan Omar
Research has shown that sanctions rarely achieve their desired goals. In the worst-case scenario, they hurt the people of a country—generally the very people we’re purporting to help—without making a dent in the country’s behavior.


U.S. Marines in northern Syria, March 2017 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

by Diana Ohlbaum
The goal is to end the war, not just our participation.


A crowd gathers in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after several decisions were handed down on June 27, 2019, including a decision that blocked a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
If Hispanics, blacks, the poor and other hard-to-count groups go undercounted, seats in Congress and federal funding will be in jeopardy.


Climate activists demonstrate in Washington, D.C. in 2015. One displays a sign admonishing ExxonMobil for its complicity in furthering the climate apocalypse. (Photo: Johnny Silvercloud)

by Elliott Negin
The world’s largest oil company says climate change is real, yet continues to finance climate denier groups.


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), joined by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday October 2, 2019. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Simple is sometimes simplistic. And stupid.


Indigenous Peruvians protest mining pollution, 2015. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jen Moore
In countries like Peru, extractive industries contract police to suppress Indigenous protesters and detain international observers—including me.

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