Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Trump fought against funding for public education for months, then does this as he begrudgingly signs [the] Covid relief bill."
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd
Haines is the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After nearly a decade of war, the special rapporteur noted, Syrians are living with "extensively damaged houses, medical units, schools, and other facilities."
Common Dreams staff
"Working families need help now. Not next year, now," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"He cannot pass up that opportunity," said the author of Environment America's report. "We don't have any time to waste."
Mike Lofgren
We’ve already got one: it’s called the Democrats.
Julia Conley, staff writer
Officials in two rural counties in Georgia late Monday were ordered by a U.S. District judge to stop invalidating voter registrations due to so-called "unreliable" change of address information, in a ruling that could protect more than 4,000 Georgia residents from voter suppression.
Michael Winship
As we come to the end of four rotten years, the child king spends his final days throwing an extra ton of trauma-inducing tantrums.
Mindy Isser
If the Left is to win progressive policies (and the next presidential election), it needs a militant labor movement.
Mary Grant
The Biden Administration must take executive action to promote universal access to safe water for every person.
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Yanis Varoufakis
This year has resembled a rapidly receding tide, forcing us to confront submerged truths. One lesson we learned in 2020 is that national governments had been choosing not to exercise their enormous powers so that those whom globalization had enriched could exercise their own.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This pandemic has been very severe... it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not necessarily the big one."
Madhuri Grewal
A deportation moratorium is a critical step to repairing the harm that has been waged against our immigrant communities and reimagining our existing system.
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield
A new kind of social justice movement has risen above the misery of 2020, and it has taken root in our common humanity.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Is this really a good reason to block aid for millions?" the congresswoman asked, after Rep. Kurt Schrader claimed direct payments would provide too much support to people "making six figure incomes."
Juan Cole
Trump really just doesn't care.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They are changing the culture of endless war and calling for more investment instead in the American people."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It would be unconscionable, especially after the House did the right thing, for the Senate to simply leave Washington without voting on this."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Progressives in both chambers of Congress are pressuring the GOP majority leader to urgently hold a vote on the Covid-19 legislation.
Julia Conley, staff writer
Shortly after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an extension of his eviction moratorium via executive order, the state legislature offered additional protection to renters, passing a bill that Democratic lawmakers called the strongest in the country.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Profits for a few are being privileged over the well-being of all communities near and far, present and future."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More broadly, campaigners are calling on the incoming president to deliver on the environmental justice promises he made as a candidate.
