(2021-08-03). Sacrificing Truth to Stay in Power. counterpunch.org "Truth is too simple for us: we do not like those who unmask our illusions." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Republicans blaming Democrats for not having enough police to keep Trump's stormtroopers from besieging the Capitol is like getting caught robbing a bank and blaming its officials for not hiring enough guards to prevent a robbery. You
(2021-08-03). Paving a Pathway to Citizenship Also Means Paving a Pathway to Recovery. counterpunch.org As Democratic lawmakers wrangle over a $3.5 trillion recovery package, immigrant rights advocates and faith leaders are demanding the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants living and working in the United States. Faith in Action, the largest faith-based grassroots organization in the country, and the LA RED Campaign, its immigration
(2021-08-03). Democrats Stop Talk Of Structural Racism After Election, Let Covid Eviction Moratorium Expire. moguldom.com Hot topics during the 2020 presidential election campaign included reparations, structural racism and covid relief programs such as the eviction moratorium. Post-election, these topics have seemingly gone away. The covid eviction moratorium expired July 31 and liberal Democrats are blasting the White House for not extending it. Several progressive Dems have protested. "The White House …
(2021-08-03). Millionaire Democratic SF Rep Pelosi, Real Estate Donations & Eviction Moratorium. indybay.org "Chairman George Marcus also donated $263,400 that same month to a committee that benefits the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's campaign, and contributed at least $6.5 million to PACs that work to elect Democrats to the Senate and House." See www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/03/democrats-took-millions-real-estate-interests-allowing-eviction-moratorium-end…
(2021-08-03). Headlines for August 3, 2021. democracynow.org Louisiana Orders Mask Mandate as U.S. Logs Highest Coronavirus Toll Since February, Federal Employees Must Show Proof of Vaccination or Face Regular Tests, U.S., U.K. Say Afghan Taliban Massacred Civilians in Spin Boldak, State Department Offers to Resettle Thousands of Afghans Who Worked with U.S. , Refugee Advocates Sue as Biden Admin Continues Trump-Era Border Policy, HHS Watchdog to Probe Reports of Dire Conditions at Migrant Youth Detention Camp , Progressives Blast White House for Allowing Eviction Moratorium to Expire, 200+ Arrested at D.C. Protest Demanding End to Filibuster, Voting Rights, Study: Gerryma…
(2021-08-03). Democrats Took Millions From Real Estate Interests Before Allowing Eviction Moratorium to End. commondreams.org "Andrew Cuomo is unfit to lead and must resign or be removed from office."
(2021-08-03). Biden washes his hands of responsibility for mass evictions. wsws.org A statement issued by the White House Monday, after the expiration of the nearly year-long ban on evictions due to the pandemic crisis, promised no action at all.
(2021-08-03). Fightback! 8 Million families facing eviction and foreclosures. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the Democratic Party leadership in Congress and the Biden administration are failing to act in the face of impending mass evictions. They also discuss the grassroots movement against evictions — including the sit-in outside Congress by Rep. Cori Bush, the latest from the Olympics, the surge in Covid infections, Peru's new left wing government, and more.
(2021-08-03). Palestinians Reject Israeli Court's Deal That Would Put Them at "Mercy of Settlers" in Sheikh Jarrah. democracynow.org 
The Israeli Supreme Court this week offered Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah a compromise in their ongoing fight to block Jewish settlers from forcibly expelling them from their own homes. The high court proposed that Palestinian families could stay in their homes for now if they begin paying rent to the Jewish settler group that claims ownership over the properties — a deal the families rejected, insisting they are the legal owners. The planned evictions in East Jerusalem helped spark the last war in Gaza in May and have galvanized international support for Palestinians facing dispossession from sett…
(2021-08-03). Eviction tsunami crashes, Democrats shrug shoulders. zcomm.org An all-out struggle by the working class is the only hope to prevent perhaps the worst eviction crisis in the country's history…
(2021-08-03). Fed Up With Democrats, Thousands March to Demand Medicare for All. zcomm.org Neither the ACA nor the American Rescue Plan's health care provisions ensure that all Americans have good-quality free health care…
(2021-08-03). 'We Are the Owners': Palestinians Refuse to Concede Land Rights to Israelis in Sheikh Jarrah. commondreams.org Turner and her legions of supporters want nothing less than to transform the Democratic Party into what we desperately need in America: a party that addresses the needs of both people and planet.
(2021-08-03). California, national right wingers push Newsom recall drive. peoplesworld.org 
Republicans in California, with substantial in-state and out-of-state money, have succeeded in getting a special election scheduled for Sept. 14, in which they're attempting to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The recall is spearheaded and led by a cabal of the most reactionary sectors of the ruling class-supporting fascist Trump elements in the Republican Party. …
(2021-08-03). "I Alone Can Fix It": Book Details Trump's Last Year & the Military's Fear He Would Stage a Coup. democracynow.org 
A new book by two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters provides fresh details on former President Trump's response to the pandemic, his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results, and the events surrounding the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The book, "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year," details how the country's top general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, feared Trump would wage a coup after losing the November election, among other revelations. We speak with co-authors Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, who say their reporting unearthed "a lot…
(2021-08-03). U.S. faces defeat in Afghanistan. fightbacknews.org Biden has been portraying the drawdown of U.S. troops as a sign of victory in Afghanistan, but the truth is that resistance forces are winning. In describing the motivations behind the drawdown, Biden stated, "We went to war with clear goals. We achieved those objectives. Bin Laden is dead, and al-Qaeda is degraded in Iraq – and in Afghanistan." However, the story on the ground is different. The puppet government set up by the United States has very little popular support and the U.S.-backed military forces have no will to fight. | Although the war in Afghanistan was originally portrayed as a response to the Sept…
(2021-08-03). Report outlines 'crucial' need for Biden administration to aid climate refugees. nationofchange.org "Ready solutions are available to address root causes and displacement that are centered in human rights and humanitarian protection."
(2021-08-03). Lawyer's Groups Support Hawaii's Case For Ending US Occupation. popularresistance.org The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), alongside the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief today in support of the Hawaiian Kingdom's complaint against the United States government, President Joe Biden, and other defendants, due to the unlawful occupation of Hawai'i by the United States since January 17, 1893. The complaint and the amicus brief request Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, namely for the US to end the occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
(2021-08-03). Groups Welcome Biden Review But Demand Congress Permanently Protect Arctic Refuge From Drilling. commondreams.org "This poll confirms that high drug prices are a top-of-mind issue for seniors when making voting decisions."
(2021-08-03). Is Biden Doing Enough to Fight Off the GOP's Relentless Assault on Democracy? I Fear Not. commondreams.org "Real estate developer money unites the Democratic Party."
(2021-08-03). 'Dangerous and Deadly': Biden CDC Under Fire for Preserving Trump-Era Migrant Expulsion Policy. commondreams.org "If there was ever a teachable moment that we need to invest in public health, it is now."
(2021-08-03). Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge. popularresistance.org Until she got her first Pfizer shot on July 16, Cindy Cervantes toiled in the Seaboard Foods pork processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma for most of the pandemic without a vaccine‚Äâ—‚Äâworking unprotected in an industry devastated by Covid-19 illnesses and deaths. | "In one day, at least 300 people were gone" from the plant, sick from Covid, Cervantes says. Still, "Seaboard wanted a certain number of hogs out. They kept pushing people, the chain was going even faster. People were getting injured, and we were losing even more people." Six of her coworkers…
(2021-08-03). As US Hits Biden's 70% Vaccination Goal, World's Poor Nations Barely Over 1%. commondreams.org Activists urge lawmakers to reverse a relevant 2017 law, "cancel the leases issued by the Trump administration, and shut down this dangerous drilling program once and for all."
(2021-08-03). Charter School Promoters Loathe Public Authority and Intensify Lawlessness, Threats, and Bully Tactics. dissidentvoice.org 
In recent years, and especially in the past 2-3 years, more public school boards across the country have taken resolute action to reject more charter school applications and not renew the contracts of existing privately-operated charter schools. These democratic decisions are usually taken for valid reasons such as: the charter school application is poorly-written the …
(2021-08-03). Counter-Revolution Strikes Tunisia. strategic-culture.org 
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. just don't want democracy in the Arab world, writes As'ad AbuKhalil. | By As'ad ABUKHALIL | The monarchical-sounding declaration by KaàØs SaàØed eight days ago was stunning: the president who was freely elected in 2019 (for only the second time in Tunisian history) was basically proclaiming a coup d'etat by dismissing the prime minister and suspending parliament. | SaàØed was elected nine years after the overthrow of President Zine Ben Ali, who in 1987 as the security chief launched a coup against Habib Bourguiba, the founding president of Tunisia. T…
(2021-08-03). Refugees Continue to Face "Extreme Danger" in Mediterranean Sea as Aid Groups Scramble to Respond. democracynow.org 
The number of refugees trying to reach European soil continues to grow due to worsening poverty, violence and the climate crisis, and over 1,100 refugees have perished crossing the Mediterranean so far this year, according to the United Nations. We speak with Laurence Bondard of SOS Méditerranée, a humanitarian group that rescues migrants at sea, who says there is a severe shortage of search-and-rescue resources in the area to address the crisis. "The people that are actually fleeing via the sea that are on tremendously unseaworthy dinghies — most of the time without life jackets, without enough food or wat…
(2021-08-03). On Contact: The Trial Of Ghislaine Maxwell. popularresistance.org On the show this week Chris Hedges talks to investigative journalist Nick Bryant about the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. | The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, held at New York's Metropolitan Detention Center and denied bail, will be tried this fall on sex-trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting and grooming teenage girls to engage in sex acts with the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein. She is reputed to have procured teenage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004 and allegedly paid the girls hundreds of dollars in cash after each encounter with Epstein. Epstein died in a New York jail cell…
(2021-08-03). 'Stunning': Democrats Considering Major Cuts to Future Pandemic Preparedness. commondreams.org While the scales might be heavily "weighted in favor of disaster," there are reasons for a certain hopefulness.
(2021-08-03). 2021 California Admission Day, Equity and Inclusion Conversation. indybay.org The origin of the State of California and transition to US Statehood through the eyes of Indigenous, Pan African, Latino, European, Asian and Pacific Islanders poised this 2021 Admission Day…
(2021-08-03). Tuesday 8/3: Protect Indigenous Sites! Interact with Amah Mutsun Tribal Chair! indybay.org Online, via Zoom. The Zoom link can be found at www.svslvdemocrats.org…
(2021-08-03). NY AG Letitia James Drops Hammer On Democrat Playboy Cuomo: He Violated State Laws Sexually Harassing Women. moguldom.com New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday in a bombshell report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo violated federal and state law by sexually harassing at least 11 women and then retaliated against a former employee who complained publicly about his behavior. The two U.S. senators from New York, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, are calling on …
(2021-08-03). European Union Sanctions Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo. orinocotribune.com On Monday, August 2, the Council of the European Union (EU) announced the imposition of sanctions on the Vice President and First Lady of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, and seven other individuals for alleged involvement in human rights violations. | "The Council has imposed restrictive measures on eight individuals, including Vice President Rosario Murillo, for being responsible for serious human rights violations or actions undermining democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua," read the official statement of the EU Council. | According to the European Union, the restrictive measures are designed so as not to har…
(2021-08-03). Collapsing Federal Corporate Crime Enforcement. popularresistance.org Despite constant exposés in the mainstream media — still only reporting the tip of the iceberg — neither members of Congress nor presidents from the Republican and Democratic parties have raised the banner of tough "law and order" to counter rampaging corporate crime. Proposals to bring the laws up to date in their penalties and coverage to deter corporate lawbreaking are never a priority for Congress. When was the last time you heard a politician demand "corporate reform"?
(2021-08-03). Black Community Group Puts Up Highest Bid To Purchase LA Mall But Is Rejected. moguldom.com A Black community group in South Los Angeles was rejected from purchasing a historical downtown LA mall despite offering the highest bid, according to recent reports. Downtown Crenshaw Rising (DCR) offered $115 million to purchase the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, affectionately known as the Crenshaw Mall, in 2020. However, the mall's current owners, brokerage firm DWS …
(2021-08-03). Nina Turner: A Champion of the People Redeeming Our Frayed Democracy. commondreams.org "The longer billions of people remain unvaccinated, the more variants will develop that threaten all of us."
(2021-08-02). Millions face homelessness as eviction ban expires. fightbacknews.org With the expiration of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eviction moratorium, millions of families are facing homelessness. The economic crisis, coupled with the pandemic and rising rents, has hit working and poor people hard. It was no secret that that this moratorium deadline was coming. President Biden's statements that nothing can be done are nothing sort of absurd. There is no excuse for putting millions of people in the streets. Freedom Road Socialist Organization adds our voice to those demanding immediate action from Congress and the White House. | The eviction ban was put in place in Septemb…
(2021-08-02). AOC Slams Democrats Who Would Rather Skip Town Than Vote to Extend Eviction Ban. truthout.org 
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday skewered conservative members of the House Democratic caucus who left town for vacation instead of backing an effort to extend the nationwide eviction moratorium that "The House and House…
(2021-08-02). "Give Us the Moratorium": Rep. Cori Bush Sleeps on Capitol Steps Demanding Eviction Protection. democracynow.org 
We speak with Missouri Congressmember Cori Bush, who is formerly unhoused, about why she has been sleeping on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with others since Friday night to protest her colleagues' decision to adjourn for August recess without passing an extension to the federal eviction moratorium, which expired July 31, as millions are behind on rent. Bush tells Democracy Now! she could not "walk away from this situation and go on vacation" knowing that millions of people could end up on the streets. "This isn't easy. This is not performative in any way. I would rather be at home, but I understand the urgency a…
(2021-08-02). Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer Told 'Stop Playing the Blame Game' and Extend Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org "Amazon cheated, they got caught, and they are being held accountable," said the head of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.
(2021-08-02). Eviction nightmare begins as Democrats let moratorium expire. therealnews.com 
After failing to extend the pandemic-related moratorium on evictions before leaving for a six-week recess, Congress has left millions at the mercy of landlords. "This is not OK. We cannot allow humans—7 million of them, possibly—over the next few weeks to be sent out to the streets," said Rep. Cori Bush, who experienced homelessness herself before she was elected to represent Missouri's 1st congressional district. Bush has been sleeping outside of the US Capitol since Friday, July 30, to demand Democrats reinstate the national moratorium on evictions, and to advocate for the passage of the Unhou…
(2021-08-02). Headlines for August 2, 2021. democracynow.org Millions Could Face Eviction as Congress Fails to Extend Moratorium, "Things Are Going to Get Worse": Fauci Warns Nation as COVID Cases Surge, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan Battle Delta Variant, Eight Die in Southwestern Turkey as 100 Wildfires Burn, Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Displaced By Mass Flooding in Bangladesh, U.S.: 91 Large Wildfires Burn in Western States, Trump to DOJ: "Just Say the Election was Corrupt + Leave the Rest to Me", Rep. McCarthy: "It Will Be Hard Not to Hit" Pelosi With Gavel, Taliban Launches Attacks on Three Afghan Provincial Capitals, Iran Denies Responsibility For Attack on Isra…
(2021-08-02). °Defender a Cuba, defender el socialismo! workers.org 
Las fuerzas anticomunistas -dirigidas por el gobierno de Estados Unidos- están montando un ataque sin cuartel contra la Cuba revolucionaria. Ese país sigue avanzando con determinación en su propio camino hacia el socialismo, iniciado el 1 de enero de 1959, cuando las fuerzas dirigidas por Fidel Castro y Ernesto "Ché" . . . |
(2021-08-02). Dems Blast McCarthy Over Joke About Violence Toward Pelosi With Speaker's Gavel. truthout.org 
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) is facing criticism for joking about hitting the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) with the Speaker's gavel if Republicans win the House in the 2022 midterm elections. | During a GOP fundraiser Saturday, Republican members of the Tennessee congressional delegation
(2021-08-02). Influence peddling, a threat to both democracy and a humane foreign policy. zcomm.org Once lobbying firms and political action committees (PACs) are allowed to influence public policy and officials with monetary incentives, election results, public opinion, and policy choices are bound to be significantly affected…
(2021-08-02). Big-Money Republican Donors Are Now Backing the GOP's War on Fair Elections. thenation.com Big-Money Republican Donors Are Now Backing the GOP's War on Fair Elections…
(2021-08-02). Biden Isn't Withdrawing Troops from Iraq, He's Relabeling Their Mission. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-02). To Make the World A Human Dwelling Place For All: I Can't Believe What You Say Because I See What You Do. commondreams.org "We gave the Biden administration more than enough time to fix any problems left behind by the Trump administration, but it has left us no choice but to return to court."
(2021-08-02). Lawsuit Initiated Against Trump for 'Illegal' Deportations Resumes Against Biden. commondreams.org Why humanity must stop the next catastrophe before it begins.
(2021-08-02). Just Let the Militias Have Iraq. counterpunch.org Well dearest motherfuckers, I had published my doubts, but it appears that Old Man Biden is prepared to finally end our twenty year clusterfuck in Afghanistan by the end of summer after all. Well, sort of. Like any American peace deal, this one comes with a few bullet hole shaped asterisks. While "Combat" troops are
(2021-08-02). Both-Sidesing Democracy to Death. fair.org 
In the wake of the Capitol Hill insurrection, FAIR ( After January 6, we noted (FAIR.org,
(2021-08-02). Bipartisan group of Senators unveil $1 trillion infrastructure bill after marathon negotiations. rt.com 
After the eleventh-hour effort, a bipartisan group of Senate negotiators have announced they finalized a mammoth infrastructure bill, which includes some $550 in new spending. The bill now heads to the Senate floor. | The group of "moderate" Republicans and Democrats, tasked with ironing out differences so that a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package can be passed, announced on Sunday that the legislative text of the bill was ready. | The 2,702-page document, if approved, will see $550 billion in new funding be earmarked to building and upgrading roads, public transit, rails, bridges, water infrastructure, elec…
(2021-08-02). U.S. And UK Accuse Iran Of Carrying Out Drone Attack On Tanker, Plan UNSC Meeting. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | You can read this article in German: On August 1st, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab accused Iran of being responsible for the alleged drone strike on an oil tanker in the Arabian sea. | This followed accusations by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, which Tehran denied.
(2021-08-02). "Inflamed": Dr. Rupa Marya & Raj Patel on Deep Medicine & How Capitalism Primes Us for Sickness. democracynow.org 
As much of the world struggles to cope with the pandemic and its impacts, we speak with Dr. Rupa Marya and Raj Patel, co-authors of the new book, "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice," which examines the social and environmental roots of poor health. "Inflammation is the body's appropriate response to damage, or the threat of damage," says Marya, a physician and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition. "We're learning that the social structures around us, the environmental, political structures around us, are tuning the immune system to sound out the full range of inflammation." Patel adds that "c…
(2021-08-02). "The Ants and the Grasshopper": Raj Patel's New Film Aims to "Decolonize" Climate & Health Solutions. democracynow.org 
We look at a groundbreaking new documentary on the climate crisis and the global food system, "The Ants and the Grasshopper," which follows the journey of a Malawian farmer as she tries to end hunger and gender inequality in her village, and tackle climate change in the United States. "In this film, what we're trying to do is decolonize the view of how it is that we fix the climate crisis and the health crisis by foregrounding the wisdom of peasants from around the world, whether they're in the United States or from Malawi," says co-director Raj Patel.
(2021-08-02). Oppose Texas' ban on ground transport for undocumented immigrants! wsws.org Texas Republican Governor Gregg Abbott's executive order declares that private individuals, companies and nonprofit organizations cannot transport undocumented people, and that immigrants can only travel in the custody of federal or state police.
(2021-08-02). Nick Bryant and Chris Hedges on the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. scheerpost.com On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges talks to investigative journalist Nick Bryant about the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Nick Bryant is a journalist whose work largely focuses on the plight of disadvantaged children in the United States. His mainstream and investigative journalism has been featured in ScheerPost, Gear, Playboy, the Reader, and on Salon.com. …
(2021-08-02). Lollapalooza 2021: A superspreader event, thanks to Illinois Democrats. wsws.org Crowds totaling several hundred thousand people have been exposed to the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19.
(2021-08-02). Screen Shot 2021-08-02 at 10.14.35 AM.png. progressive.org Now isn't the time to let bygones be bygones.
(2021-08-02). The Laura Flanders Show: Black Candidates, BIPOC Media. roarmag.org Black Candidates, BIPOC Media: Making Coverage Complex—and Better | New York City will likely elect Eric Adams as its second African American mayor in November. Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in July. A former police officer who was himself beaten by the cops as a teenager, Adams campaigned against police brutality while positioning himself as a law and order candidate. | Though much of the mainstream media has attempted to simplify Adams' story, he's a complex candidate who isn't easily boxed in. What are the national implications of all t…
(2021-08-02). History Tells us the United States' Supposed 'Concern for Democracy' in Nicaragua is Nothing of the Sort. orinocotribune.com By Daniel Kovalik — Jul 30, 2021 | A century and a half has shown us that American meddling in Nicaragua is never about improving the lot of the people of that nation, and only ever about furthering Washington's imperialist agenda. | The US government is back at it. It is again expressing concern about the state of democracy in Nicaragua, and conjuring up a new round of punitive sanctions against that tiny country to allegedly prevent dictatorship from taking hold there. | The newest sanctions bill against the country is titled "Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform (RENACER…
(2021-08-02). Democratic Socialists of America convention meets to promote Democratic Party. indybay.org From August 1 to 8, delegates of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) will meet online for the organization's biennial convention. The DSA leadership aims to trap growing socialist sentiment within the capitalist, imperialist Democratic Party.
(2021-08-02). Mexicans Approve Trial of Former Neoliberal Presidents. telesurenglish.net In the referendum held on Sunday, Mexicans voted in favor of the judicial investigation of the actions carried out by former presidents Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994), Ernesto Zedillo (1994-2000), Vicente Fox (2000-2006), Felipe Calderon (2006-2012), and Enrique Peña Nieto (2012-2018). | RELATED: | In an unprecedented exercise of direct democracy in this Latin American country, citizens responded affirmatively to the following que…
(2021-08-02). The Falling of Democracy Worldwide. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-02). NYT's Nikole Hannah-Jones Suggests Jay-Z And Will Smith-Backed 'Rent-To-Own' Housing Startup Is Predatory. moguldom.com Renowned journalist and scholar Nikole Hannah-Jones has called a rent-to-own housing startup backed by Jay-Z and Will Smith predatory, saying it is anything but helpful to the poor people it targets as customers. "Credit counseling is not what will take low-income renters to homeowners, wealth will," Hannah-Jones tweeted on Sunday, Aug. 1, along with a …
(2021-08-02). Time Running Out for Democrats to Block GOP Gerrymandering Bonanza. commondreams.org "I really want to make sure they understand what we're going through in Florida," said one legislator, calling for "a federal firewall from these state voter suppression activities."
(2021-08-02). Both the Delta Variant and Thin-Willed Democrats Are Lethal to Our Society. zcomm.org This is no time for advocates to seek the low road; it's already underwater, and no half-assed infrastructure bill can fix it…
(2021-08-02). Near-Record Temps and Deadly Fires Engulf Southern Europe. commondreams.org "Two weeks for Dems to pass redistricting reform before the GOP gerrymanders them out of power for a decade in Congress and at the state level."