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Youth defend democracy at the ballot box and in the streets
November 24, 2020The numbers are in, and after four years of Donald Trump’s racist, extreme right, anti-science rhetoric, it’s clear that the youth have stood up.
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Poor People’s Campaign mourns COVID dead, demands immediate help for workers
November 24, 2020“People shouldn’t have to choose between going back to work and having a chance to live,” Rev. Liz Theoharis declared.
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A Broader View: Those at risk on our streets
November 20, 2020Lives riddled with (preventable) poverty and injustice. Cause of death: the failures of politicians unable to address the severity of this pandemic.
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22 million jobless, Senate Republicans go home for Thanksgiving without passing aid
November 20, 2020The Democratic-run House tried twice to reinstate the $600 weekly checks with the Heroes Act, but Senate GOP leader McConnell killed it both times.
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On anniversary of Great Depression, 25 million collecting unemployment
October 29, 2020Nine decades after the first Great Depression started, we are now in the midst of another, with a president who has no plan to get us out of it.
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