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‘Centrist’ Dems miss their chance to be unifiers

December 21, 2020 By John Wojcik

In a secret Steering Committee vote for nominees to key House Energy and Commerce Committee, they vote to bar AOC, a leader in the fight for Green New Deal and Medicare for All.

Blown-up mountains and toppled cactus, damage from border wall

December 21, 2020 By Anita Snow

GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald...

Georgia Republicans have perfected racist voter suppression techniques

December 18, 2020 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

300,000 voters were purged from the rolls after the 2018 elections.

Fighting climate change with Great Depression-style organizing

December 18, 2020 By Manuel Pastor And J. Mijin Cha

A broad, progressive coalition came together in the 1930s to bring the United States out of the Great Depression. It can be done again in the face of COVID and climate change.

Arizona’s GOP governor committed to inaction as COVID spirals out of control

December 18, 2020 By Josh Bacopulos

In the month of December so far, there have been over 100,000 new cases, accounting for a quarter of the state’s total number since the start of the pandemic.