Julia Conley, staff writer
The suspected ransomware attack prevented the USDA from publishing wholesale beef and pork data as well as shutting down slaughterhouses.
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Let's build a healthcare system that people aren't terrified to use," said one Medicare for All advocate.
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"No one should be targeted based solely on their religion, ethnicity or national origin," says Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Transgender kids are kids; transgender girls are girls," says Human Rights Campaign's president. "Like all children, they deserve the opportunity to play sports with their friends and be a part of a team."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Democrats backed themselves into a corner a long time ago when they began sacrificing bold action for marginal wins," said People's Action. "Our 2022 strategy will finally kick this habit."
Richard Eskow
"Our economic and political struggles have left more than their share of victims, from those killed by police violence to those who have died from other causes: from poverty, from healthcare industry greed, or from the addictive gains of the pharmaceutical industry."
Jeremy Brecher
"We need to keep our eyes on the ultimate prize: combining climate, jobs, and justice."
Joseph Gerson
"Beginning with Bill Clinton, we have witnessed a pattern of Democratic presidents being excessively confrontational in their policies and actions toward China, followed by being sobered by the dangers and failures of those policies."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Not another nickel. Not another dime. No."
Laura Basu
Six Reasons Why the EU Isn't as Green as It Claims
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We urge members of Congress to do whatever is necessary—including suspending the filibuster—in order to pass national voting and election administration standards," says a new joint statement from over 100 scholars of democracy.
Alaina E. Roberts
"The Tulsa Massacre was a grim reminder that wherever white settlers went, so did their anger at Black success and really, Black existence."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"You have to wonder what Arizona was thinking in believing that in 2021 it is acceptable to execute people in a gas chamber with cyanide gas," says Death Penalty Information Center executive director Robert Durham.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Amazon's abysmal health and safety record is not an accident," a report says. "Rather, it is the predictable outcome of a company that prioritizes speed, growth, and profits over the health and safety of its employees."
Julia Conley, staff writer
"The technologies that these programs employ only further entrench the criminalization of immigration and pose barriers to social and economic wellbeing," reads a new report about ICE's "Alternatives to Detention."
Belle Chesler
"Some days, I'm flattened by grief, wrung out and hopeless. Other days I find myself daydreaming of the transformative potential of this hardship, imagining a future that better serves all our children."
Jesse Jackson
"It doesn’t matter if the reform is essential to human life and to equal justice under the law," writes Jesse Jackson. "Republicans use efforts to find common ground to stall progress before lining up to say no."
Medea Benjamin
"Biden ignores the crisis in Cuba at his own peril."
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"DOJ Antitrust is run by people promoted under Trump/Barr!" said Jeff Hauser of the Revolving Door Project. "Dems do not have a majority on the FTC or FCC due to inaction. We can build them back better!"
Robert Reich
It's not Russia. It's not China. It's not North Korea. Keep guessing what force on Earth is the biggest threat to the promise of American democracy.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The public is being left in the dark as to the demands, influencing strategies, and full firepower of the Big Pharma lobby at a time when the debate over who gets to keep monopoly control of Covid-19 patents is raging."
