US spends billions on war in Ukraine and working class pays the price
In passing a $728.5 billion war budget, US legislators prove that they are willing to fund war, unwilling to fund relief
US Senate votes against legalizing abortion 46-48; struggle for full reproductive rights will continue until victory
The United States Senate has failed to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have enshrined abortion access into law
Biden’s first year: Did anything fundamentally change?
Responding to pressure from people’s movements, Biden set lofty goals for his administration. How many of these promises has the administration fulfilled?
US Senate poised to strike down voting rights legislation a day after commemoration of MLK
Senator Sinema upholds filibuster rule, paving the way for historic voting rights legislation to be shot down by Republicans
Crucial social spending bill in the US blocked by Democratic Party Senator Joe Manchin
Senator Joe Manchin went on Fox News last Sunday to announce that he “cannot vote” for the widely popular Build Back Better Act.
US lawmakers gut critically-needed social spending bill
Facing historic inequality and worsening climate disasters, US workers are in desperate need of a greatly improved social safety net
US Senate stalls voting rights bill, but activists continue struggle
With a vote split along party lines, the proposed bill ‘For The People Act’ could not receive the necessary 60 votes to advance in the US Senate, effectively putting in an indefinite limbo
- Captives-for-prisoners swap deal back on track after Israel complied with Hamas’s demands
- Moroccan workers fight back against “anti-worker” bill
- Crisis in the Colombian cabinet: Armando Benedetti’s appointment causes internal division
- Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya has been tortured and denied care while in Israeli prison
- Venezuela welcomes first migrants deported under Trump as part of “Return to the Homeland” plan
