Brett Wilkins: US Lawmakers Call on Biden to End US Taxpayer Support of Israeli Human Rights Violations
“Each year, the U.S. funnels billions of tax dollars to the Israeli government, funding obscene human rights violations,” said Rep. Cori Bush, who signed the letter. “We must stop funding Israeli apartheid.”
Brett Wilkins: AOC Says ‘Don’t Fall For It’ as GOP Revives ‘Red Mirage’ Conspiracy
“There is nothing to suggest that delay indicates fraud. Counting every vote takes time,” one expert asserted. “Don’t fall for this scam!”
Sarah Lahm: The United States Lets Violence Against Women Thrive
From racist and xenophobic attacks against Muslim women, to the likelihood of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, it’s clear that women’s lives carry little value.
Julia Conley: AOC Laments How Accused Predator Kavanaugh Ready to Rule on ‘Whether to Legalize Forced Birth in the US’
The congresswoman suggested Justice Brett Kavanaugh should recuse himself from Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, considering multiple sexual assault allegations against him that the FBI failed to investigate.
Sharon Austin: A record number of women will serve in the 117th Congress, including at least 51 women of color
Women will be at least 27% of the House and 24% of the Senate. Women make up 50.52% of the U.S. population.
Video: A Message from the future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
What if we decided not to drive off the climate cliff? What if we chose to radically change course and save both our habitat and ourselves? We realized that the biggest obstacle to the kind of transformative change the Green New Deal envisions is overcoming the skepticism that humanity could ever pull off something at this scale and speed.
Steve Fraser: The Greening of the New Deal
The Green New Deal is even more socially capacious than the old one, embracing as it does the need for universal health care, a guaranteed annual income, a program of affordable housing, commitments to truly clean water and air, and a revolution in the production of healthy food.
Aviva Chomsky: Jobs, the Environment and a Planet in Crisis
Does organized labor actually support or oppose the Green New Deal? What about environmental organizations? If you’re not even sure how to answer such questions, you’re not alone.
Chauncey K. Robinson: In defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar
The attacks on Rep. Ilan Omar by President Donald Trump are racist and meant to excite his base for the 2020 elections, but they are also a reaction to the rising power of the resistance movement.
Frances Moore Lappé, Zachary Field: Who Can Afford a Green New Deal? We Can!
Despite ridicule by Republican leaders, calls for a Green New Deal resonate with 80 percent of Americans.
Marc Jampole: What exactly are “capitalism” and “socialism”?
Most people — including most reporters and columnists—have no idea what socialism is and only a fuzzy notion of what capitalism is.
A.C. Thompson: Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
Perhaps the most disturbing posts target Ocasio-Cortez. One includes a photo illustration of her engaged in oral sex at an immigrant detention center.
Robert Reich: The “Center” of American Politics is on the Left
Donald Trump, Fox News, and Republicans in Congress label proposals they disagree with “fringe,” “radical,” or “socialist.” Well, let’s see where the American people actually stand.
Annette Joseph-Gabriel: Hate heaped on black heroines of the French Resistance would look familiar to AOC and Rashida Tlaib
Black French women played important and often overlooked roles in the French Resistance. They served as spies, nurses and clandestine couriers.
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