Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Ed Markey led the charge on Monday against his colleague, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, after Cruz mocked the notion of providing robust financial assistance to Americans during the coronavirus pandemic as the nation faces a Great Depression-level unemployment crisis.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Trump's erratic, ego-driven, and inconsistent trade policies have not achieved any measurable progress, despite the newly combative rhetoric."
Sam Pizzigati
Members of National Nurses United, the largest nurses union in the United States, protest in front of the White House April 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Outgoing Prime Minister Hassan Diab called the devastating blast a "crime" and blamed it on the "chronic corruption" of Lebanon's political elite.
Robin Tress
Greenpeace activists delivered 500 solar panels with a total area of over 800 square meters to BP's London headquarters in St. James Square Feb. 5, 2020. Activists locked to oil barrels blocked all six office doors around the building. (Photo:Suzanne Plunkett/Greenpeace)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"We have to remove the loaded weapon that sits on the proverbial coffee table in the Oval Office."
Julia Conley, staff writer
The Trump administration appears intent on jeopardizing elections and marginalized communities for decades to come, critics said Sunday of the president's abrupt change to the U.S. Census deadline.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate campaigers charge that "this oil leak is not a twist of fate, but the choice of our twisted addiction to fossil fuels."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In the middle of a global pandemic, it's a winning electoral strategy for the Democratic Party," one organizer said of supporting Medicare for All.
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"Rushing to reopen our schools will directly jeopardize the lives of our students and educators, and that is a risk we cannot take," said Massachusetts Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Juan Cole
A procession of demonstrators marched in front of the statue of the Republic with trade union flags and banners calling for struggle on December 19, 2019, the fifteenth day of a national strike. (Photo: Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
Jay Stanley & Jon Callas
"The sensitive privacy and trust issues that human contact tracers face are likely to be amplified in the technology realm." (Photo: Roger Brown Photography/Shutterstock.com)
Tom Engelhardt
“Why are peace and nonviolence impossible to embrace as national values?” (Photo: Rudi Riet/Flickr/cc)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Literally every new detail about these executive orders confirms that in addition to being wildly unconstitutional, they will do absolutely nothing to help anyone who's suffering."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"He is working to dismantle a fundamental institution of our democracy. He needs to resign or be removed, now."
Peggy Bailey
Tenant right advocates including Karissa Stotts organized a honking vehicle protest around the U.S. Bank building in Minneapolis on April 8, 2020. (Photo: Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via Getty Images)
Robert Dodge, Vincint J. Intondi
(Photo: Hiroshima Travel Dept.)
