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House Democrats Unite in Urging Biden to Keep Climate Goals in Infrastructure
The letter, signed by more than 130 House Democrats, asks Biden to maintain climate goals he set earlier this year.
In Echo of Trump, Boris Johnson Says UK Must “Learn to Live With” Rising COVID
The endgame to this unfolding scenario, both in the U.S. and in the U.K., appears to be a desperate one.
AOC Calls Out “Racist and Colonial” Cannabis Policy in Olympic Games
The New York congresswoman also described the IOC's ban on a swim cap designed for Black swimmers as problematic.
Free Press Advocates Call on Biden to Dismiss Trump’s Appeal Against Assange
Biden has paid lip service to a free press. Will he follow through on this ideal in relation to Assange?
Exxon Lobbyists Tricked Into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action
Greenpeace UK released a video of lobbyists discussing Exxon’s efforts to fight climate initiatives in Washington.
Unvaccinated Americans Make Up 99% of Current COVID Deaths, Fauci Tells NBC
“The overwhelming proportion of people who get into trouble are the unvaccinated,” Fauci said on Sunday.
Pipeline Company Files $15 Billion Claim Against US for Canceling Keystone XL
An advocate for progressive rural policies called the move “disgusting yet predictable.”
Grace Lee and James Boggs Showed How We Can Unite Our Struggles for Justice
There is much we can learn from Lee and Boggs’s 40-year partnership as an interracial couple in movement activism.
The Constitutional Right to Bear Arms Carries a Racist History
A new book details how the Second Amendment was written to empower local militia groups to put down slave revolts.
Oil Companies Cancel Pipeline Plans Amid Grassroots Pressure
Two oil companies halted plans to build a pipeline that would have run through low-income, majority-Black neighborhoods.