Tag: Congress
350.org on Senator Schumer’s support for the Climate and Community Protection...
"Now, the legislature must pass the strongest possible climate justice bill, and Governor Cuomo must sign it into law. The world is watching.”
Congresswoman Barbara Lee passes defense amendment that would repeal 2001 endless...
Rep. Lee has offered this amendment several times over the years and has long championed the need to repeal the outdated and overly broad authorization and force a debate and a vote on current wars.
Robert Reich: The House now has a Constitutional duty to impeach...
This may not be the practical political thing to do. But it is the right thing to do.
A Constitutional crisis of immense proportions has descended upon our nation’s...
There is no question, but that this modern day dictator wants to take full control of this government and control the direction of this country with no one to challenge him. We cannot allow that to happen.
House Democrats allocate $50 million to study gun violence
While funding for this type of study hasn't been allocated in more than two decades, gun violence prevention organizations and doctors' groups have sought this money to address gun violence.
Trump vetoes War Powers resolution that would end U.S. support for...
After both chambers of Congress voted in favor of the War Powers resolution, which would end United States' support of the Saudi-led...
How McConnell is killing the Senate
He is the epitome of unprincipled power. History will not treat him kindly.
House approves Save the Internet Act, votes to restore net neutrality
"The Save the Internet Act ensures that consumers have control over their Internet experience, rather than Internet service providers [controlling that experience]."
Congress is about to ban the government from offering free online...
A bill supported by Democrats and Republicans would make permanent a program that bars the IRS from ever developing its own online tax filing service.
Mueller and Barr: Are we witnessing a dual cover-up?
If there are any canny politicians who could do it, it is these two who have done just that in the past.
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
How the psychology of oppression perpetuates harm to animals and the environment
To achieve justice for all species and the environment, we must create a more relational world.
“The People’s Historian”: Dave Zirin’s New Book Explores “Remarkable” Life of Howard Zinn
We speak to Dave Zirin, author and sports editor at The Nation , about his new book, The People’s Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn , chronicling the life and activism of the legendary historian Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States .
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species to extinction
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.