Top US Nurses Union Urges Senators to Suspend Filibuster to Protect Abortion Rights
"Reproductive health services," says National Nurses United, are "fundamental to ensuring economic justice for women across the country."
Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff: Defund the Democratic Party
More Republicans in office will not save abortion rights, but history has shown, neither will more Democrats.
U.S. Senate – From Partisan (GOP) Swamp to a Bipartisan Graveyard for Democracy
By Ralph Nader Since January 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed 412 bills (See: Congress.gov) and sent them to the Senate. Unfortunately, the Senate hasn’t acted. “What?” you…
Robert Reich: Understanding Why Manchin and Sinema Voted Against Voting Rights
Last Wednesday, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema voted against voting rights. Why?
Corporate Seditionists Are No Better Than the Seditionists Who Attacked the Capitol
Corporations continue to undermine democracy.
‘End the Filibuster and Pass Gun Reform,’ Progressives Say on Sandy Hook Anniversary
Nine years after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, progressives call for gun reform.
Republicans Rebuked After Torpedoing Voting Rights Bill
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a compromise voting rights bill—the Freedom to Vote Act—sparking a deluge of criticism from Democrats and progressive groups who…
Biden Under Fire for Going Quiet on Voting Rights
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said the president has "been AWOL on voting rights and ending the filibuster, which are critical to everything else America must achieve."