by Kenny Stancil "Passing the infrastructure bill without passing the Build Back Better Act first," said Rep. Ilhan Omar, "risks leaving behind child care, paid leave, healthcare, climate action, housing, education, and a roadmap to citizenship."
by Brett Wilkins Reporting reveals the households of at least 28 senators own a combined minimum of $3.7 million and as much as $12.6 million in fossil fuel assets.
by Julia Conley "We don't need any more distant, non-binding pledges. We don't need any more empty promises... Yet that is all that we are getting and no, that is not radical to say."
by Jake Johnson "The emissions from a single billionaire spaceflight would exceed the lifetime emissions of someone in the poorest billion people on Earth."
by Jake Johnson "The U.S. must use its vast legal powers to force or compel Moderna to share the tech and help boost global production of the vaccine."
by Jessica Corbett "We've had enough of these theatrics," declared an Indivisible activist, calling on Democrats to "remove the filibuster from the Senate Republicans' obstructionist toolbox."
by Jessica Corbett "This is for all of us," he said. "This is about the people of Kentucky, this is about the challenges that we are facing, that we are sick of being ignored and abandoned and left behind."
by Thom Hartmann Neoliberalism is a wounded, dying animal. America is returning to populism, whether our politicians want it or not: the big question is will it be progressive or fascist populism?
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