From CommonDreamsAs 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, … [Read more...] about When Justice and Politics Match: Deb Haaland Should Be Biden’s Interior Secretary
Social Justice/社会正義
AOC Slams House Republicans for Spending Their Time Trying to Overturn Trump Loss While 'People Are Starving'
From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, December 11, 2020byCommon DreamsAOC Slams House Republicans for Spending Their Time Trying to Overturn Trump Loss While 'People Are Starving' More than half of the House GOP caucus has endorsed a likely doomed-to-fail Texas lawsuit seeking to undo the results of the November presidential election.byJake … [Read more...] about AOC Slams House Republicans for Spending Their Time Trying to Overturn Trump Loss While 'People Are Starving'
'Congress Cannot Go on Recess Without Providing This': Sanders, Hawley Move to Attach $1,200 Payments to Must-Pass Spending Bill
From CommonDreamsPublished on Friday, December 11, 2020byCommon Dreams'Congress Cannot Go on Recess Without Providing This': Sanders, Hawley Move to Attach $1,200 Payments to Must-Pass Spending Bill "It would be outrageous and simply unacceptable for members of Congress to go home to their families when tens of millions of working-class families in … [Read more...] about 'Congress Cannot Go on Recess Without Providing This': Sanders, Hawley Move to Attach $1,200 Payments to Must-Pass Spending Bill
Ten Things Biden’s National Labor Relations Board Should Do to Jump-Start Industrial Democracy
From JacobinFew legal arenas are more volatile than labor law. With the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) remaining … [Read more...] about Ten Things Biden’s National Labor Relations Board Should Do to Jump-Start Industrial Democracy
Joe Biden Said He’d “Follow the Science” on the Pandemic. He Isn’t.
From JacobinNo Exit Throughout his career, rather than trying to shift public opinion or stand his political ground, Joe Biden has more often pandered to the most extreme right-wing elements of the country, an approach that has been disastrous when it comes to economics, criminal justice, and war, … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Said He’d “Follow the Science” on the Pandemic. He Isn’t.