Today, Data for Progress released new national polling that shows an overwhelming majority of likely voters (78%) either strongly or somewhat support a coronavirus relief payment of $2,000. A majority (57%) “strongly support” this proposal.
Read MoreWith less than two weeks before the special Senate elections in Georgia, every Democrat should be talking about two things: relief checks and enhanced unemployment benefits.
Read MoreIt’s easy to lose sight of hopeful developments when a generation’s worth of bad news arrives in a single year.
Read More“I know from experience. Having just run for Congress in my home district in Massachusetts, I understood before I decided to run that being a candidate would be a full time job. Moonlighting simply wouldn’t cut it.”
Read MoreLate Sunday night, senior lawmakers reached a compromise on a $900 billion coronavirus relief package which will be combined with a $1.4 trillion appropriations bill.
Read MoreDespite the Trump Administration’s best efforts, the United States is poised to emerge from the global COVID-19 pandemic, chastened and mourning the loss of more than 300,000 of our mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters.
Read MoreState and local governments are currently facing a serious budget crisis, as coronavirus has driven down their sources of revenue and increased the need for local services. This crisis raises the possibility that local governments will be forced to declare bankruptcy, allowing them to renegotiate their debt, but also likely causing huge cuts to essential services.
Read MoreEight weeks since our last coronavirus tracking poll and over a month since the presidential election, Americans remain concerned about the pandemic and continue to want new stimulus legislation from the federal government to address the crisis.
Read MoreAs President-elect Biden continues to select his Cabinet, the choice of Secretary of the Interior — and his choice whether to nominate the immensely qualified Congresswoman Deb Haaland of New Mexico — will prove a critical demonstration of the incoming Administration’s commitment to Indian Country, environmentalists, progressives and, indeed, Democratic values of diversity and representation.
Read MoreThis week, I introduced a resolution calling for transit parity along with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and 30 other Members of Congress. Transit parity means giving just as much money to public transportation projects as highway projects.
Read MoreIn 2017, Congress opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling as part of President Trump’s massive tax cut for billionaires and corporations.
Read MoreThe Walt Disney Company made its name on adapting fables into popular, problematic animated films, such as The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and The Lion King. But this reliance on existing material entered a new phase in the 1990s, when Disney began to remake its own adaptations.
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