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Five Activism Suggestions That Worked: When Your Representatives Don’t Listen
One key to success: Keep your tent wide and your path narrow.
Congress’s Budget Dysfunction Is More Than Four Decades in the Making
A brief history of how US lawmakers got into this mess to begin with.
Activist Coalitions Fight for Justice for Dreamers
Hundreds called for the passage of a bill to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation in New York City.
After String of GOP Retirements, Pence Aims to Secure Congressional Majorities
Republican incumbents continue to drop out of Congress left and right.
Government Set to Reopen for Two Weeks; Schumer Accepts McConnell Promise of Dreamer Bill by February 8
The Senate moved overwhelmingly on early Monday afternoon toward ending a brief government shutdown.
As Shutdown Looms Over Immigration, Trump’s Rejection of Refugees Could Have Global Domino Effect
As the humanitarian crisis grows, the US and many other nations are limiting immigration and closing their borders.
#MeToo Reaches Members of Congress: New Bills Demand Accountability
New bills remove major hoops in complaint procedures.
What Jeff Sessions’ Latest Attack Means for the Future of Legal Marijuana
Sessions preserved a “tool” for making arrests.
What to Expect in Congress This Session
Here's what to expect from Congress in 2018.
“But How Will We Pay for It?”: Modern Monetary Theory and Democratic Socialism
Socialism is financially viable.