“We will never stop fighting to protect these sacred lands, the Porcupine caribou, and our communities,” vowed the Gwich’in Steering Committee’s executive director. Amid widespread applause Sunday for U.S. Senate Democrats’ long-awaited passage of a budget reconciliation package, Indigenous and conservationist leaders declared that they were “deeply disappointed” in lawmakers’ refusal to restore protections to a key region […]
“Unless these senators are willing to end the filibuster to pass this measure, there’s no reason to take it seriously,” said the head of NARAL Pro-Choice America. As GOP-led states continue working to further restrict reproductive freedom in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s late June ruling, some progressive advocates on Monday responded critically to the introduction of bipartisan abortion […]
Clarence Thomas, says a MoveOn petition, “has shown he cannot be an impartial justice and is more concerned with covering up his wife’s coup attempts than the health of the Supreme Court.” U.S. Reps. Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar joined progressive groups outside the Supreme Court on Thursday to deliver over 1.2 million petition signatures demanding the impeachment of Justice Clarence Thomas. […]
“We must ask ourselves why Rep. Gottheimer is working so hard to sabotage the party when he knows a climate and jobs bill would not only help communities across the country, but would help Democrats win seats this cycle.” Progressive campaigners on Wednesday responded with frustration to reporting that Congressman Josh Gottheimer may rally right-wing House […]