filibuster

Gerrymandering and the filibuster are holding back workers’ gains

October 3, 2024 By Paul Sonn

In an echo of Jim Crow, senators today are using the threat of a filibuster to protect a broken labor law system that denies all workers, and especially workers of color, a fair chance.

‘People’s Filibuster for Gun Safety’ launched as Supreme Court tosses N.Y. law

June 24, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

“Haven’t we had enough children shot yet?” Rev. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign asked.

McConnell and GOP hypocritically embrace King while they destroy voting rights

January 19, 2022 By Berry Craig

McConnell and McCarthy—like the other Republicans trying to look like fans of King, are leaders in the GOP’s decades-old effort to roll back voting rights.

With workers’ and voting rights in the balance, labor campaigns against filibuster

January 18, 2022 By Berry Craig

Mitch McConnell and the other heirs of Jim Crow are weakening the foundations of our democracy.

Why the filibuster must go

November 8, 2021 By Nell Myhand And Rev. Tom McAninley

51 votes placed justices on the Supreme Court for life, justices who are now undermining voting rights. Surely, 51 votes should be enough to save our democracy and the lives of the poor and low-wage workers...