by Jessica Corbett "Now is the moment to do everything in your power to ensure that we get the best, most inclusive, reconciliation bill possible across the finish line."
by Julia Conley "It should not be a partisan issue to condemn the explicit harassment and dangerous abuse of a colleague based on their religion, but this is the level to which the GOP leader and too many members of the Republican party have sunk."
by Jake Johnson One Democratic lawmaker said Republicans' plot to shut down the federal government over a vaccination rule is "extraordinarily cynical and dangerous."
by Brett Wilkins "It's time for the Biden administration to cut off this support as a way to change Saudi conduct and relieve the suffering of the Yemeni people caused by Saudi actions."
by Kenny Stancil "The Biden administration must stop hiding behind a flawed court order to justify" the abuse of asylum seekers, said one immigrant rights advocate.
by Jake Johnson "Our democracy is under attack across the country, and Senate Democrats must do whatever it takes—right now—to get these critical voting rights bills signed into law."
by Julia Conley The congresswoman suggested Justice Brett Kavanaugh should recuse himself from Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, considering multiple sexual assault allegations against him that the FBI failed to investigate.
by Andrea Germanos "The facts don't support the argument that a harsh law enforcement approach, such as permanent classwide scheduling of fentanyl-related substances, will curb drug distribution, sale, and use."
by Michael T. Klare However speculative it may seem, it should be taken seriously by any of us who dread the very idea of a major future outbreak of war, let alone a catastrophe on the scale of World Wars I and II, or with nuclear weapons on a scale yet to be seen.
by Dr. Ashwin Vasan The HIV/AIDS epidemic offers us countless lessons in how to effectively tackle a global crisis that had felt insurmountable. We must apply those lessons to other public health crises, particularly those rooted in stigma, like mental health.
by Juan Cole One way to explain these contradictions in Republican ideology is sexism. Right wing ideology is about male power and men controlling women, including controlling the bodies of women.
by Fran Quigley Elected officials need to spend some time in eviction courts, witnessing first-hand the real tragedies that happen there every day. If they sat where we do, I think they would seize the opportunity to embrace housing as a fully realized human right.
by Robert C. Koehler How do we embrace Planet Earth as a single, organic whole, of which we are just a part? How do we govern with a reverence for this whole?
by Zoe Stevenson As a climate student, I understand the isolation that comes with carrying a burden much of the world prefers to ignore—particularly those with the power to alleviate it.
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