Biden Made Big Compromises on Climate — and Movements That Backed Him Are Livid
The climate crisis rages on as Biden prioritizes bipartisanship on an infrastructure bill that guts climate action.
To Win a Green New Deal, Pass the PRO Act
The PRO Act would establish a baseline for ensuring that working people can fight for and win transformative climate policies that benefit everyone.
Biden’s Relief Package Is a Huge Victory for Workers
It’s one of the largest antipoverty programs ever passed — and will save worker pensions throughout the country.
With the Election Over, Congress Needs to Focus on Burning Issues
Even before the next Congress and administration take office, the 2020 election will have enormous consequences.
Looming Failure of Stimulus Exposes GOP’s Double Standards on the Deficit
Millions of people are still unemployed, facing eviction or foreclosure, and scrambling to get enough to eat.
Congress Must Deliver COVID-19 Relief
Where is the concern for the families of the more than 215,000 Americans who have lost their lives to the coronavirus?
Senate Invokes War Powers Act On Yemen War
The bill marks a rare show of partisan unity against the President.
What Did Ilhan Omar Say?
Several members of Congress have weighed in on comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar. The problem is, in their outrage, they were misrepresenting what she said. We’ve got the transcript.
Criticizing Israel Isn’t Anti-Semitic. Here’s What Is.
Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to.
The Democratic Party Attacks on Ilhan Omar Are a Travesty
I’m Jewish and have worked against anti-Semitism for decades. I was sitting a few feet from Omar at Busboys & Poets and I heard nothing—nothing—that smacked of anti-Semitism, overt or coded or otherwise.
Can the Next Congress Chase Down America’s Runaway Wealth?
The last Congress ensured that America’s wealth will concentrate ever more rapidly at the very top — unless the next one does something about it.
The House Has Gone Democratic. Can It Now Go Bold?
Vague rhetoric about ‘access to health care’ and ‘good jobs’ won’t challenge the plutocracy that keeps our lives brutal. These proposals could.
6 Women of Color Who Campaigned for Congress on Inequality and Won
Each is heading to Washington to advance a bold social and economic justice agenda, with a strong focus on reversing inequality.
The GOP Wants Trumpism, Just Without Trump
Critics like that anonymous op-ed writer have no problem with how Trump’s actually hurting people. They just want the leader doing it to look more presidential.
North Korea: The Costs of War, Calculated
Even a limited war with North Korea would kill millions, devastate the environment, and bankrupt the U.S.