Ari Berman: Dems Introduce Sweeping Voting Rights Bill to Combat Rampant Voter Suppression , Sunrise Movement: Pelosi's Actions on Climate Fall Woefully & Inexcusably Short of What We Need & Surviving R. Kelly: New Doc Says Time's Up for Singer Accused of Abusing Black Girls for Decades 7JAN19

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Monday, January 7, 2019 democracynow.org Stories Ari Berman: Dems Introduce Sweeping Voting Rights Bill to Combat Rampant Voter Suppression Voting rights activists are hailing a new House bill that aims to restore voting rights to millions, crack down on the influence of dark money in politics, restore the ... Read More → Sunrise Movement: Pelosi's Actions on Climate Fall Woefully & Inexcusably Short of What We Need House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from some climate activists for failing to back a Green New Deal. Last week Pelosi announced the formation of a ... Read More → Surviving R. Kelly: New Doc Says Time's Up for Singer Accused of Abusing Black Girls for Decades We look at the shocking Lifetime documentary series Surviving R. Kelly, which chronicles two decades of allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against ... Read More → As Most Diverse Congress in History Takes Office, Dems Push to End Shutdown Without Funding for Wall The 116th Congress made history Thursday, swearing in the most diverse group of lawmakers ever and more than 100 women in the House, including the first two ... Read More → Headlines → Trump Threatens to Call Nat’l Emergency as Shutdown Shows No Sign of Abatement Bolton Says Syria Troop Withdrawal Contingent on Defeating ISIS Netanyahu Calls for U.S. to Recognize Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan Heights Yemen: U.S. Airstrike Kills Plotter of 2000 USS Cole Attack Pentagon Chief of Staff Resigns in Wake of Mattis Departure France: Yellow Vests Protesters Take to Streets as Impasse with Gov’t Persists Intercept: Senate Set to Vote on Anti-Israeli Boycott Bill 49 Migrants Stranded at Sea as European Countries Refuse to Host Them Scientists Identify Recording of Noise Targeting U.S. Diplomats in Cuba as Crickets DOJ Says It Will Not Correct Errors in 2018 Terrorism Report Man Arrested in Killing of 7-Year-Old African-American Girl NV: Death Row Prisoner Whose Execution Was Blocked Dies of Suicide Shooting at SoCal Bowling Alley Kills Three SC: 2 Men Charged with Manslaughter in Drowning Death of 2 Women Detainees Fired D.C. Court Rules For Trump’s Transgender Military Ban NYC: Trial Challenges Trump Admin’s Revocation of TPS for Haitians Canada: Indigenous Activists Say Raid on Wet’suwet’en Camps “Imminent” Forward this email → Donate today → Follow

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