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Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Young COVID Long Haulers
Doctors are now reporting the emergence of downstream complications that mimic what’s seen in adult “long haulers.”
House Rejects Cori Bush’s Amendment on Voting Rights for Incarcerated People
The proposal exposed a deep rift among Democrats over how far to push their agenda on racial justice.
To Renew Our Democracy, We Need to Tax the Ultrarich
After the tech sector, Wall Street is the second highest source of wealth for American billionaires.
Joe Manchin, Worth $7.6 Million, Wants to Cut Unemployment Checks by $100 a Week
The $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposes $400 unemployment checks which Sen. Joe Manchin wants to cut down to $300.
FBI Has Found No Evidence of Antifa Involvement in Capitol Attack, Says Director
In testimony, FBI Director Christopher Wray said acts of white supremacist violence have nearly tripled since 2017.
Democracy Is More Than the Vote. It’s Also Our Health and Reproductive Rights.
Many of the tactics used to undermine voting rights are also being leveraged against reproductive justice.
Anti-Choice Forces Use Pandemic as Pretext to Slash Abortion Access
States have tried to use COVID to ban abortion as a nonessential service.
In the Middle of a Pandemic, We Shouldn’t Be Funding a New Cold War With China
The U.S. is in a crisis of the first order. Focusing on the wrong threats is the last thing we can afford now.
If Biden Wants to Protect Troops, He Should Bring Them Home — Not Bomb Syria
Biden seems determined to continue the failed policies of his predecessors, regardless of their illegality.
Manchin Yells He Will “Never” Vote to Kill Filibuster
The outburst came as Senators Warren and Sanders stressed the necessity of scrapping the 60-vote threshold.