"This is yet another reminder of the major risks posed by offshore drilling for dirty, dangerous fossil fuels we increasingly don't need."
"He never should’ve been stopped, he never should’ve been brutalized, he never should’ve been handcuffed, and he never should have been given Ketamine." Sheneen McClain, Elijah’s mother
Afghanistan is now in urgent need of a government that truly represents the people of its country.
"Among the people MOST at risk during flash floods here are those living in off-the-books basement dwellings that don’t meet the safety codes necessary to save lives," said the New York Democrat.
"Reining in these companies is an essential first step to reverse the damage of concentrated corporate power throughout our economy."
"While I'm so glad for the young people who are fighting this climate crisis," said Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., "I realize that many of us who are now older, in our third act, we're still needed."
"This ban necessitates codifying Roe v. Wade," the House Speaker said.
Under this law, anyone, anywhere in the United States, can sue anyone who helps a patient in Texas access abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
"Do we keep the filibuster or do we protect abortion rights?" asked Sen. Ed Markey. "Do we allow the far-right to have the last word on Roe v. Wade or do we fight back?"
Attempts to expand government powers and to predict violence based on beliefs remain ineffective.
"My son's murderers... need to be in prison for what they did to him. They had no right to stop him. They had no right to handcuff him, brutalize and terrorize him, or inject him with ketamine."
Deep inequities that allow whole zip codes to stay impoverished and polluted have to change.
The first step in ending war is seeing it for what it is. It's time to declassify the secrets and the lies.
"This moment is key for us to rebuild the kind of world we need in order to thrive," says Allison Julian of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
The very idea of this man being ambassador to quite literally anywhere is laughably absurd.
"I never want to hear anyone say that a Green New Deal is too expensive ever again," said one scientist as New York City ground to a halt.
The Republican from Maine "will forever be the U.S. senator who gaslit a nation and her constituents and voted to install Brett Kavanaugh," said one critic.
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor slammed conservative justices for opting to "bury their heads in the sand" when faced with a "flagrantly unconstitutional law."
"Every congressperson who voted for this should be ashamed," said Win Without War's Erica Fein after 14 Democrats joined with Republicans to approve the amendment.
The strong overall support for the landmark package stands in stark contrast with opposition from Republicans and right-wing Democrats.
