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Isaiah J. Poole
The new populists are devoted, in contrast, to diversity, tolerance, and inclusiveness. (Photo: Dr Case/Flickr)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ayanna Pressley joined 1,700 people Tuesday evening to launch Renew New England, a coalition of grassroots volunteers and advocates fighting to elect candidates who are committed to a rapid shift to renewable infrastructure and energy.
Alex Lawson
Emergency Medical Service workers unload a patient out of their ambulance at the Cobble Hill Health Center on April 18, 2020 in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo: Justin Heiman/Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If urgent action isn't taken now, NSW is taking a chainsaw to the last koala tree in the bush."
Zoe Weil
In the midst of so much fury, trauma, and terror, hearts refuse to be crushed. (Photo: Oleksandr Lapin/ Ukrinform/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Carl Gibson
It’s tempting for progressive Kentuckians to want to check out of this election, as many of us have after the corporate wing of the Democratic Party threw a wet blanket on Bernie Sanders’ post-Nevada momentum to circle its wagons around Joe Biden. (Photo: @Booker4KY/Twitter)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"These were not races that progressives could afford to sit out, but too many organizations did."
Josue De Luna Navarro
The decision on DACA is a huge victory for our undocumented communities, but it’s also a reminder to the present administration, and future administrations, that we won’t stop mobilizing and organizing for people’s collective freedom to move—and stay—in unity and peace. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Immigrant rights advocates applauded a Trump-appointed federal judge's rebuke to the White House on Wednesday as the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. blocked the administration's anti-asylum rule targeting Central Americans.
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Nothing stands as a greater reminder to the Great Sioux Nation of a country that cannot keep a promise or treaty than the faces carved into our sacred land on what the United States calls Mount Rushmore."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In response to the national outrage, armored vehicles, assault weapons, and military gear once again filled our streets and communities, turning them into war zones."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The law is named for Alec Smith, an uninsured 26-year-old who died in 2017 after rationing his insulin.
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Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
We will not rescue our country from the iron grip of the military-industrial complex by picking the lesser evil and hoping for the best. (Photo: CD/CC BY 2.0)
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Following the fatal shootings of two people in Seattle's Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone, Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order early Wednesday morning and sent the city's police into the area to force the removal of dozens of protesters.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The Palestinian struggle today is not just about fighting annexation, which we must continue to do. It is about dismantling the entire system of apartheid."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's a very concerning precedent because if we see the vaccine coming from a U.S. company, we're likely to see the same type of behavior and hoarding by the U.S. and other developed countries."
