by Andrea Germanos The secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders called on the U.S. and U.K. governments to "stop to this more than decade-long persecution once and for all."
by Kenny Stancil "We still need 60 votes to raise the minimum wage, end voter suppression, and save our democracy?" asked one critic. "Kinda like the filibuster is just there to protect the wealthy and powerful."
by Robert C. Koehler This latest massacre—this shattering of young lives, of collective trust and community—is one more revelation that something is profoundly wrong in the world's most powerful nation.
by Cyril Mychalejko This is a war on women, plain and simple. Their bodies are the battleground and their freedom and human rights are at stake. If the far-right gets its way, women will cede their liberty upon conception and become wards of the state.
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