The diverse coalition called on the Democratic senator to back "bold drug pricing reform" and "critical improvements to Medicare's coverage" in the reconciliation package.
"Putting money in the pockets of those who need it most is good for the children and families receiving it, good for local businesses, and helps protect this fragile economic recovery."
"There is no compromise voting rights bill that will appease Senate Republicans."
"There are few issues of greater salience to people across this country than lowering drug prices, and few policies more commonsense and popular than Medicare drug price negotiation."
"The dire consequences of climate change we are now experiencing could have been avoided if Total executives 50 years ago had decided that the future of the planet is more important than their profits."
If you happen to be a constituent of one of these four Democrats, don't vote for them when they’re up for reelection.
Public development banks are directly undermining UN and Paris climate goals by channeling billions of taxpayer dollars into multinational meat corporations.
"World leaders need to put their resources where their rhetoric has been—stopping the extraction of oil and gas and directing attention to how we will finance the transition to climate justice instead," said one campaigner.
As we reject the inevitability of neoliberalism and Thatcher's lie that there is no alternative, we must also reject the lie that we are just passive, powerless consumers.
"Corporate America protecting itself from being called out for supporting candidates that want to ban abortion in Florida," is how state Rep. Anna Eskamani summarized Comcast and Spectrum's decision.
What a shameful situation for these policymakers to abdicate their responsibilities as elected officials even as climate change, economic inequity, and environmental injustices strike at the hearts of communities all over the country in both red and blue states.
The Senate Budget Committee chair will be joined by other progressive lawmakers and leaders at 8:00 pm Wednesday.
"Just to be clear, Facebook, our problem with you is not your name."
"In Canada and around the world, the pressure to end the expansion of oil and gas production will only continue to grow."
"Workers must be allowed to keep their healthcare during the strike," said the Vermont senator.
"Many of these deaths were preventable," said one Brazilian senator. "I am personally convinced that he is responsible for escalating the slaughter."
Inflexible, harsh sentences exacerbate crime and racial disparities alike.
"Thanks to the butchering of Manchin, Sinema, and the greed of their corporate lobbyists," said one critic, the Democrats' Build Back Better plan has been slashed down to just $1.9 trillion in spending.
Increased and more violent border policing does not work. It is time to abolish it.
"We are here to protect the water, land, and air that support all life, including our own. Line 5 poses an immediate threat to our lives and these actions are taken out of necessity and in self-defense."
"It's pretty much case closed for any meaningful public conversation about the reality of human-caused climate change."
