As the youth-led Sunrise Movement helped catapult racial justice to the center of the national conversation on climate change, many of its members of color repeatedly charged over the last three years that they felt “tokenized,” “used,” “ignored,” and “dismissed.” That’s according to a series of internal memos and letters, signed by at least 100

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Something rare just happened in Congress. During an era defined by extreme partisan animosity, Republican and Democratic senators came together on Tuesday to pass a $1.1 trillion infrastructure package that invests billions of dollars in roads, bridges and infrastructure projects; provides federal funding to modernize public transportation and

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today is the opening ceremony for the 2020 Olympic Games, which were delayed for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But not everyone is happy that the Games are finally going ahead. Japan, the Olympic host country, has been slow to vaccinate its population against the

COVID-19 infections are resurfacing in Congress, after weeks of semi-normal life in the Capitol following a vaccination push. In the days since word began to spread about a positive coronavirus case in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, at least one other congressional staff employee has tested positive, BuzzFeed News has learned. Rep. Kai Kahele’s office