Tag Archives: Progressives

  In the midst of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, a group of progressive lawmakers, led by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), has sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, urging the administration to take a more assertive stance towards Israel. Their …

Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams In the wake of Thursday’s annihilation of affirmative action by the Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority in a pair of highly anticipated rulings, progressive U.S. lawmakers and other advocates committed to “fighting back” by reforming higher education—and the judiciary itself. Responding to the high court’s 6-3 ruling …

Jessica Corbett While the White House and Democratic congressional leadership are publicly hoping U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s departure from the party won’t change much in Washington, D.C., progressives in her home state of Arizona and across the nation are already pushing to replace the newly declared Independent if she runs …

Progressive leaders in Congress and activists on Wednesday came together to call on U.S. President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, which would give his administration more resources to take on the global crisis. “It couldn’t be clearer that the climate crisis is here and needs to be addressed …