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Government action is essential to save lives and to rescue our economy. Front-line workers, including health care, transit, farm, grocery, domestic and delivery workers, are putting their lives on the line to keep America functioning.

The American people deserve and require leadership from Washington amid this horrific pandemic and economic meltdown. In this unprecedented moment in American history, we need an unprecedented legislative response.

On the agenda: new internationalism, and ending the war with nature. News and analysis from and about the left worldwide.

“While this campaign is coming to an end, our movement is not,” Mr. Sanders said in a video address on Wednesday.

Bestowing dignity on the overlooked and marginalized was a common theme throughout Prine's career; he became known for detailed vignettes about ordinary people that illustrated larger truths about society.

"Why would we want a return to normalcy? We need a vision for the future, not a return to the past."

An author in Rome describes what to expect based on her experiences of lockdown

How Labor and Climate Movements Deal With Distancing, and More

As employers use the coronavirus crisis to consolidate power and wealth, we need to build activism and organization.

Since February, our core of stewards and activists had been pressuring management through emails and meetings to demand that the optimal personal protective equipment (PPE) of N-95 masks, and in person training be made readily available to us.