by Jon Queally “Millions of Americans depend on the mail every day,” said Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. "One political appointee does not get to decide the fate of the Postal Service."
by Jon Queally An expanded Garzweiler lignite operation, she warns, "means people's cultures will be destroyed, people's traditions, people's histories of this place."
by Jon Queally "Efforts like this to undermine faith in our democracy are no longer just about overturning the 2020 election," said one Democratic leader in the state, "they’re about eroding trust and laying the groundwork to overturn the next election."
by Russell Mokhiber "Nobody in Congress can be counted on to stand with what the people need as opposed to caving to the demands of party leadership," warns veteran single-payer activist Amy Scheetz.
by Jessica Corbett A Sunrise Movement leader said the Arizona Democrat's reported proposal for the Build Back Better package is "not surprising since she's been meeting nonstop with corporate executives."
by Brett Wilkins "It's not too late for the administration to take the moral high ground here and put a stop to ICE's cruel, costly, and unnecessary detention expansion."
by Brett Wilkins Frances Haugen said the company's leaders know how to make their platforms safer, "but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people."
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