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Boston tenants, faith leaders, and small landlords rallied and marched, calling for a stronger, longer federal eviction ban as part of a National Day of Action to Prevent Evictions in Boston on January 13, 2021.

Biden Has Extended Eviction Moratorium — Now It’s Time for More

The existing eviction moratorium failed to uniformly keep landlords from pushing low-income families out of their homes.

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Illustration of a person holding out a caduceus and abortion pills

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SCOTUS Issued a Blow to Abortion Pills by Mail, But Advocates Aren’t Giving Up

Reproductive justice activists are urging Biden to back access to abortion pills after a setback from the Supreme Court.

by: Amy Littlefield,; Truthout

Dr Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a White House press briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, January 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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Fauci Says Working Under Biden Is “Liberating” – He Can Speak Candidly on COVID

Fauci, who previously served on Trump's coronavirus task force, is now chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden.

by: Chris Walker,; Truthout

Sen. Ted Cruz walks through the Rotunda headed to the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

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Cruz and Hawley Should Be Investigated and Expelled, Some Democrats Say

Progressive activists also called on Chuck Schumer to deny the two Senators committee seats on Thursday.

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Smoke billows following a reported airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on November 27, 2020.

Op-Ed War & Peace

Yemen Crisis Linked to Weapons Maker Raytheon’s Influence on US Foreign Policy

Weapons makers like Raytheon don’t just follow U.S. foreign policy; they make it through allies embedded in government.

by: Chrisana M. Panzica,; Truthout

An Indigenous Water Protector and an Aitkin County sheriff chat in front of a construction site for the Line 3 tar sands pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota, on January 9, 2021.

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As Biden Axes KXL Pipeline, Water Protectors Urge Him to Reject DAPL and Line 3

Indigenous Water Protectors are taking direct action to stop another tar sands pipeline.

by: Candice Bernd,; Truthout

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Then-Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer listens as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill on December 20, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Pelosi Is Sending the Impeachment Article to the Senate on Monday

The delivery triggers the beginning of proceedings, but McConnell and some Democrats want to push it back.

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Former General Michael Flynn, former President Trump’s pardoned national security adviser, speaks during a protest of the outcome of the 2020 presidential election outside the Supreme Court on December 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Army Denied Role of Michael Flynn’s Brother in Decisions After Capitol Breach

by: Igor Derysh,; Salon

Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conducts a news conference in the U.S. Capitol after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., on Decemnber 15, 2020.

McConnell Is Obstructing to Save the Filibuster. Progressives Want It Abolished.

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

McConnell Is Holding Up the Senate to Protect the Filibuster

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

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Biden Pushes "Wartime Effort" to Fight COVID as Death Toll Tops 410,000

Biden Pushes “Wartime Effort” to Fight COVID as US Death Toll Tops 410,000

Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to increase COVID-19 testing and the production of vaccine supplies.

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

An RN draws up a dose of the Moderna vaccine during the opening day of vaccinations on January 18, 2021, for first responders at the Gillette Stadium / CIC Health COVID-19 Vaccination Site, in Foxborough, Massachussetts.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens during a committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on October 23, 2019.

AOC Calls for Canceling Student Loan Debt as Biden Extends Pause on Payments

Progressives have long argued the president has the legal authority to unilaterally cancel all student loan debt.

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Sen. Mitt Romney attends a hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on January 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

As Romney Quibbles on COVID Relief Bill, Progressives Urge Biden to Move Swiftly

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, nominee for Secretary of Labor, speaks after being nominated by President-elect Joe Biden at The Queen theater January 8, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Biden’s Labor Secretary Pick Personifies Compromise — That’s Not What We Need

by: James Dennis Hoff,; Left Voice

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the public health and economic crises at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on January 14, 2021.

Biden Calls for $15 Federal Minimum Wage With Pandemic Relief Package

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

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Children sit on the rubble of a warehouse after it was hit by airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on July 2, 2020.

US Contributes to Violent Attacks on Yemen While Cutting Back Relief Efforts

Yemeni children are being starved by warring parties whose blockades and bomb attacks have decimated the country.

by: Kathy Kelly,; The Progressive

Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers a speech on May 17, 1967, at UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza in Berkeley, California.

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a Fierce Critic of US Foreign Policy

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on January 12, 2021.

Pompeo Urges US to “Confront” What He Calls the “Iran-al-Qaeda Axis”

by: Sam Knight,; Truthout

U.S. soldiers assigned to the 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade load onto a Chinook helicopter to head out and execute missions across Afghanistan on January 15, 2019.

On the 20th Anniversary of the “War on Terror,” Is There Any End in Sight?

by: Nick Turse,; TomDispatch

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