‘This Ruling Sets an Important Precedent Throughout the World’
On Tuesday, México’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that making abortion a crime was unconstitutional, setting a precedent for its legalization nationwide. This ruling follows a growing women-led movement in…
AFL-CIO Chief Sends Strong Warning to Conservative Democrats
AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations) President Liz Shuler, who took the helm of the labor confederation earlier this month following the recent death of…
Young Voters Fighting Back Against Voter Suppression
In November 2020, young voters exercised their electoral power by turning out in record numbers to help Democrats win the White House and other key races. In 2021, however, an…
Dems Unveil Key Voting Rights Bill Amid Calls to Pass For the People Act
As Democratic U.S. lawmakers and progressive advocates welcomed Tuesday’s reintroduction of H.R. 4—the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act—they stressed that neither it, nor the more sweeping For the People…
Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s New Voter Suppression Laws
Mi Familia Vota, Arizona Coalition for Change, Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA), and Chispa Arizona filed suit on August 17th, in the United States District Court for the…
Progressive Lawmakers, Activists Hailed for New CDC Eviction Moratorium
Pressure from progressive lawmakers and grassroots activists to extend the expired federal eviction moratorium paid off Tuesday when the Biden administration took action to shield most—but not…
CDC Advises Vaccinated People to Wear Masks Indoors in Public
Amid Covid-19 case surges in parts of the country with low vaccination rates and growing concerns over the highly transmissible Delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on…
Ocasio-Cortez Warns Republicans Are Laying the Groundwork to ‘Overturn Results’ of Elections
Imploring the Democratic leadership to act before it’s too late, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Monday that the Republican supporters of newly enacted state-level voter suppression laws are laying the groundwork…
It’s Time to Pay Historic Debt to Our Agriculture Workers
Whenever summer arrives, with its intense heat waves, everyone remembers that there are millions of agriculture workers who, no matter the temperature or the circumstances, pick and process…
Largest US Nurses Union Urges CDC to Reinstate Federal Mask Mandate
Declaring Covid-19 vaccines “not enough by themselves to combat the pandemic,” the nation’s largest union of registered nurses on July 13 called on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…