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Conservative SCOTUS justices dance around but avoid key abortion rights issue

November 2, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Their immediate concern should be the need to immediately halt the ongoing denial of the constitutional right of pregnant people in Texas to legal and safe abortions.

Constitutionality of Texas governor’s ‘catch and jail’ immigration policy challenged

November 1, 2021 By Jolie McCullough

Congressional Democrats ask feds to investigate whether Texas migrant arrests violate constitutional rights.

Seeing the forest, and the trees: Labor backs trimmed Build Back Better

October 29, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

“No one got everything they wanted, including me,” Biden said. Corporate Democrats squeezed out many progressive measures, but the current plan will still revamp social policy—if it passes.

Poor People’s Campaign confronts lawmakers on eve of key votes

October 28, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

When it comes to the BBB plan, we've been hearing too much about the numbers and not enough about the people, Rev. Barber says.

Expel Jan. 6th coup conspirators from Congress and prosecute them

October 27, 2021 By C.J. Atkins

With the House's inquiry heating up and criminal consequences looming, some of Trump’s lower-level foot soldiers are turning state’s evidence. Two people involved with organizing the Jan. 6th rallies that resulted in the storming of the...