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“These are policy choices,” said one economic justice group. “We don’t have to choose this. All of this is 100% unnecessary and avoidable.”

Republicans are trying to peddle the old worn out “trickle down” economic theory that they insist will greatly stimulate growth and create millions of jobs.

These measures are noteworthy because they don’t just regulate emissions or mandate transitions. They actually do things like help the economically insecure, create material incentives for individual change, restore ecosystems, and reassert the authority of local entities over corporate polluters.

You can have radically different experiences with getting pulled over depending on your skin color.

"That union-busting campaign has been led by Howard Schultz."

There are 13 People on Donald Trump's new Economic Advisory Council. All 13 are men. None are actual economists.

Meritocracy remains a deeply held ideal in America. But the nation is drifting ever-farther away from it.

With a Republican majority currently held in all three branches, there will most likely be a lot more barriers and restrictions in the times ahead.

Whatever trust has been rebuilt over the last three years is now being damaged by your refusal, as DNC chair, to speak up for party democracy in the states where it is now under threat.

“Donald Trump knows that if the people are heard in November, he and Republicans up and down the ballot will lose,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “This is what we’re up against—and this is why we have to fight back with all we’ve got.”