No U.S. Troops in Haiti: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Military Mission Would Not Help Country

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• Keystone Light Tar Sands Pipeline: Same Problems, Different Name
  President Trump signed off on a key permit to construct the Bridger Pipeline Expansion project, often referred to as “Keystone Light” because it would pump huge volumes of Canada’s sludgy tar sands oil along a portion of the controversial canceled Keystone XL pipeline’s route.Following is reaction from Anthony Swift, a longtime leader in the fight […]
• Top CEO pay increased 20 times faster than workers’ pay in 2025
  Global real worker pay fell 12 percent while real CEO pay surged 54 percent between 2019 and 2025.At least four CEOs of major corporations each pocketed over $100 million in pay and bonuses last year. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan led the pack at over $205 million. Billionaires were paid $2,500 per second in dividends in […]
• 100,000+ Students to Walk Out Alongside Workers in Largest One-Day Strike in Over 80 Years
  Today, more than 100,000 students across the country are walking out of their classrooms as part of the largest one-day student strike in over 80 years, joined by coordinated Sunrise Movement actions and community mobilizations nationwide, from Minneapolis to New York City. Students are participating in school walkouts while community members organize alongside them in […]
• Telling It Like It Is
  In a devastating blow to what John Lewis called “the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy,” a right-wing, illegitimate SCOTUS finally gutted the Voting Rights Act they’ve long been chipping away at, ensuring communities of color will increasingly be denied “a voice in their own destiny.” By striking down a new Louisiana […]
• AFGE Urges Passage of the Shutdown Fairness Act
  Today, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, celebrated the end of the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:“For the past 76 days, tens of thousands of AFGE members at the Transportation Security Administration, Federal Emergency […]
• Wyden to Force Declassification of Secret Court Opinion on FISA “Serious Abuses”
  On Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) proposed a short-term extension of FISA in exchange for declassifying a major opinion from the top government surveillance court, which revealed continuing violations of the controversial authority. Wyden’s proposal follows the passage of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) bad faith FISA bill that likely will not be taken up […]