Reese Erlich
U.S. Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) speaks before a town hall at Holman United Methodist Church on April 21, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"We have a moral responsibility to oust Trump."
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Bolstering a proposal which was denounced by centrists and conservatives as going "too far" in the fight for voting rights when Sen. Bernie Sanders backed it, the American Bar Association announced its support for full enfranchisement for current and former prison inmates.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Edward Snowden is a patriot. Our democracy is better off because of him," tweeted the ACLU. "As we said four years ago, the president should pardon him."
Edward Hardy
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the former vice president, arrives for a rally at Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi on March 8, 2020. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Jim Naureckas
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) listens to a question at a campaign event in Portsmouth, N.H., Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. (Photo: AP/Elise Amendola)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
The ads by the Partnership for America's Health Care Future fearmonger over potential tax hikes and recycle industry talking points against "government-controlled health insurance."
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Ed Markey won applause from progressives Thursday night after releasing a new campaign ad, touting himself as an outspoken Senate leader with working-class roots who is better-positioned to serve Massachusetts families than his Democratic primary challenger, Rep. Joe Kennedy III.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Democratic lawmakers said the GAO decision "paints a disturbing picture of the Trump administration playing fast and loose by bypassing the Senate confirmation process to install ideologues."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Iran's ambassador to Venezuela, Hojad Soltani, said that neither the ships nor their owners are Iranian but did not address whether the gasoline came from his country.
Jim Hightower
The Covid-19 crisis has "amplified one of the worst flaws in our society, namely the 'me-first' greed of corporate chieftains," writes Hightower. (Photo: iStock)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"The actions by federal troops are all too familiar, designed for political headlines, meant to intimidate & strike fear into our communities instead of keeping us safe."
Nancy Altman, James Roosevelt Jr., and Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall
"Just as enacting Social Security was a solution 85 years ago, expanding Social Security, while requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share, is a solution we should embrace today," the authors write. (Photo: Courtesy of AFGE, Flickr | CC 2.0)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Rep. Gerry Connolly warned that the timing of Louis DeJoy's policy changes suggest a "deliberate attempt" to influence the November election.
Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Jackie McNeil
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) stands alongside U.S. President Donald Trump as he signs a bill in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C, October 10, 2018. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Max Richtman
"Social Security has protected workers from some of the costliest hazards and vicissitudes of life," writes Richtman, "including loss of income from retirement, disability, and the death of a family breadwinner." (Photo: Daniel Grill/iStock/via Getty Images)
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The only prudent course for people who care about their earned Social Security is to defeat Trump this November."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"During the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans think they can take a long vacation while millions of Americans face hunger and eviction."
