Democrats who believe we should keep the filibuster because they fear a Republican majority are just worried about the world as it exists today.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
A Boost in Food Stamps, but Hunger Remains
The Biden administration has secured the biggest expansion of benefits in the history of the food stamp program. It’s still not enough.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Return of Freedom Summer
Amid stalled voting rights legislation in Congress, mass mobilization may be needed to provoke action.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Biden Administration ICE Contracts Encourage Forced Labor
A contract signed in April with the detention facility in Port Isabel, Texas, continues $1-a-day wages for those detained.
Posted inThe Alt-Labor Chronicles: America’s Worker Centers
Embracing and Resisting: The Variable Relationships Between Worker Centers and Unions
In some cities, the two kinds of worker organizations frequently collaborate. In other cities, not so much.
Posted inLaw and Justice
⏩ David Dayen and Marcia Brown Discuss Rio Grande Controversy on The Young Turks
Executive editor David Dayen and writing fellow Marcia Brown discuss the controversial videos of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Despite Border Patrol Denials, Questions Still Loom Over Rio Grande Video
Was an immigrant crossing genuine or staged?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Did CNN Air a Staged Migrant Crossing of the Rio Grande?
An unusual video has been flagged by activists as deliberately manufactured to present a story of a border crisis, possibly with the participation of the Border Patrol.
Posted inLaw and Justice
⏩ Dispatches From the Border: Behind the Scenes
Watch writing fellow Marcia Brown’s behind-the-scenes videos of her on-the-ground reporting at the Matamoros asylum camp.