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Bernie Sanders Calls Jeff Bezos to Testify Before Senate About Income Inequality
The hearing will feature testimony from a pro-union Amazon employee as Alabama Amazon workers vote on union formation.
Biden Condemns Racist Violence Against Asian Americans in Prime-Time Speech
Advocates say, however, that Biden’s empowerment of the Justice Department is not the answer to rising hate crimes.
GOP-Run States Saw Higher COVID Death Rates, Study Shows
Republican governors' partisan actions may have “influenced the spread of the virus,” one of the study's authors said.
USPS’s DeJoy Gives Himself an “A” and Asks for More Funds to Further Slow Mail
An inspector general found Postmaster General Louis DeJoy imposed policy changes without considering potential impacts.
Wealth Gained by Billionaires Amid COVID Could Pay for Two-Thirds of Relief Bill
The wealthiest 657 billionaires in the U.S. are $1.3 trillion richer than they were last March.
New Federal and State Programs Set to Address Broadband Inequality
At least 21 million Americans lack access to high-speed internet, with some estimates doubling that number.
White Supremacist Christianity Drives Trump’s Loyal Mob. We Must Scream It Down.
Rabbi Abraham J. Heschel said true prophets don’t allow for indifference and “scream in the night” against oppression.
Community Health Centers Are Fueling Vaccine Equity. The Relief Bill Funds Them.
Data shows that 54 percent of those who received their vaccines at a community health center were people of color.
Senate Advances Confirmation of Climate and Native Champion Deb Haaland
Progressives are celebrating the advancement of Haaland, a Green New Deal supporter.
50 Days Into Office, Biden Has High Approval Rating, Polling Shows
Capping off his 50th day in the White House, Biden signed into law a $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package.