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Viewfinder: Senator Chris Murphy Holds a Press Conference With Fellow Democratic Senators on Protecting Medicaid

United States Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut) speaks during a news conference on health care on April 30th, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Pacific Standard Staff

A man walks across a green space in Marktown, a historic district of East Chicago. The area is surrounded by heavy industry, including a BP tar sands refinery.

Democratic Senators Announce the Creation of an Environmental Justice Caucus

Could it provide a path to bipartisan—and inclusive—climate change legislation?

Leah Dunlevy

Wendy Behrend, a school crossing guard who was on duty when a shooter opened fire in Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, pays her respects at a memorial one year after the shooting.

News in Brief

Can Congress Pass a Law Disarming People in Crisis?

The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday held a hearing about extreme risk protection orders, which are supposed to prevent pre-planned mass violence and firearm suicides.

Francie Diep

Senator Martha McSally (R-Arizona) speaks while Senator Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) listens, during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on prevention and response to sexual assaults in the military, on March 6th, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

Martha McSally’s Experience With Sexual Assault in the Military Is Part of a ‘Silent Epidemic’

Sexual assault in the military affects about 4.3 percent of female service members, but it often goes unreported.

Emily Moon

Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Kirsten Gillibrand

Ideas

Democratic Candidates Need to Call to Abolish the Filibuster

Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Kirsten Gillibrand have all defended the Senate's filibuster. But any progressive agenda relies on it being ended.

Alexander Sammon

Gabby Giffords speaks in support of gun background checks.

Social Justice

There’s an Anti-Immigrant Amendment Tucked Into the Dems’ Gun-Control Bill

Twenty-six Democrats in the House joined Republicans to pass a provision requiring that vendors notify ICE when background checks reveal gun applicants to be undocumented.

Massoud Hayoun