Julia Conley, staff writer
Labor rights and women's rights advocates called on the U.S. Senate to follow suit on Thursday after the Democratic-led House passed an historic bipartisan bill to protect the rights of pregnant workers—but expressed little hope that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would prioritize the legislation.
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Margaret Poydock
US President Donald Trump speaks on infrastructure development at the Richfield Training Site, south of Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 2018. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"This report is a damning exposé of the tactics employed by the plastics industry and shines a welcome light on the shadowy world of corporate lobbying."
Roseline Orwa
A student sits at her desk along a corridor at Kibera School for Girls, in Nairobi, on August 7, 2020. Students from the surrounding area who are facing challenges accessing the internet for virtual learning at home are permitted to study at the premises in order to access the Wi-Fi. (Photo: Tony Karumba/Afp via Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
The new legislation, according to Sanders' office, would help "families generate savings, wealth, and credit, while bringing millions of American workers into a more fair banking system."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The president's latest baseless attack on mail-in ballots drew yet another warning from Twitter.
Jeff Biggers
" We need a new climate narrative that sets out a road map for a renaissance of thinking and action, not a new series of dystopian chronicles that paints our climate emergency as a roadside attraction," writes Biggers. (Photo: Rainforest Action Network/flickr/cc)
Julia Conley, staff writer
An unusually low rate of influenza infections in the Southern Hemisphere during the region's winter months this year suggests that Covid-19 restrictions are working to ensure health systems aren't overwhelmed with both flu and coronavirus patients, public health experts said Thursday.
Ben Zipperer
"It is clear that the stimulus payment and UI expansions in March dramatically reduced poverty during the initial months of the pandemic," writes Zipperer. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The difference is stark between profits for billionaires and the widespread economic misery in our nation."
Christopher Morten
"Big pharma's secretive, profit-driven model of science is making the invention and dissemination of COVID treatments and vaccines more difficult than it needs to be," writes Morten. The industry, he warns, "generally prefers to keep its scientific advances on COVID-19 as secret as possible, even though this secrecy needlessly slows down the process of developing effective treatments and vaccines. And our law currently lets them." (Photo: Skynesher/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The planet, it's screaming to us," said one expert. "When are we going to start listening?"
Robert Lipsyte
Anthony Miller #17 of the Chicago Bears kneels in the end zone before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field on September 13, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The Democratic candidate's campaign is sparking concern that a redux of 2016—including a lack of outreach and a dearth of voter excitement—is now underway.
Norman Solomon
"Trump’s right-wing base and leading Republicans are in lockstep with both types of denial. They embrace the most absurd claims about climate ... And they refuse to recognize or deplore his autocratic moves," writes Solomon. (Photo: Oil Change International/Twitter)
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"If you're trying to punt it as a result of a political calculation, I disagree with that calculation," Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said earlier of the MORE Act.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"This is a win-win-win policy, and I think that we should be doing this before the election," Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said of the MORE Act.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Governments will prolong this crisis in all of its human tragedy and economic damage if they allow pharmaceutical companies to protect their monopolies and profits."
Mitchell Zimmerman
President Donald Trump speaks during his coronavirus task force briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
The National Task Force on Election Crises warned that "period of uncertainty" caused by surge in mail-in ballots could "allow bad actors to attempt to undermine our democratic process."
Julia Conley, staff writer
The ACLU once again Wednesday night demanded an independent investigation into the use of force against protesters outside the White House on June 1, after a whistleblower told members of Congress that U.S. military police in Washington, D.C. sought the use of a heat ray to disperse the crowd.
