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News & Views | 6/10/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is enough."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday offered progressives a view of his efforts to bridge the ideological divide between former Vice President Joe Biden and himself, telling The New Yorker that he believes Biden can be pushed to the left on a number of issues if he wins the 2020 general election.


Schoolchildren wearing protective mouth masks and face shields attend a course in a classroom at Claude Debussy college in Angers, western France, on May 18, 2020 after the country eased Covid-19 lockdown measures.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A leading U.S. teachers union warned Wednesday that safely reopening K-12 public schools this fall in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic will require an estimated $116.5 billion federal investment—and that's on top of the funding needed to address budget cuts that have cost local education systems over 750,000 jobs.


An image of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was arrested for alleged spying in Moscow, is displayed behind Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he speaks during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Steve Linick, one of the victims of the president's watchdog purge, told lawmakers, "I've been given no valid reason that would justify my removal."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Canadian digital watchdog group Citizen Lab reported Tuesday that a hack-for-hire group targeted thousands of organizations around the world, including climate advocacy groups involved in the #ExxonKnew campaign.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's not just Covid care that's unaffordable. Patients with heart disease, asthma, and diabetes need protection too. Medicare for All is the long-term answer."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We cannot have a pacified movement."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's their test run for November," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Congress cannot abandon families in the midst of this ongoing economic crisis."


Paula Jean Swearengin won West Viriginia's Democratic primary race for a U.S. Senate seat on June 9, 2020.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Paula Jean Swearengin, a coal miner's daughter and granddaughter with a progressive vision for West Virginia, won the state's Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate race Tuesday and will now work to oust Republican incumbent Sen. Shelley Moore Capito in November.



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
President Jair Bolsonaro's son Eduardo said the question was not "if, but when this will happen."

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Demonstrators march down Pennsylvania Avenue near the Trump International Hotel during a protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country have been been held after the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

by Kymone Freeman, Nancy J. Altman
People are rising up nationwide in massive protests seeking to finally eradicate the systemic forces that led to George Floyd's torture and death.


Photo taken on June 6, 2020 shows a man wearing a mask with words "I Can't Breathe" during a protest over the death of George Floyd held in Dakar, Senegal. (Photo by Eddy Peters/Xinhua/ via Getty Images)

by Million Belay
The knee on George Floyd's neck is the same knee that is on our neck. It is the same knee that justified colonialism in Africa.


Greed, consumerism, racism, and imperial ambition sealed our nation’s fate. (Photo: urbantimes.co)

by Richard Heinberg
It is reasonable to ask whether the United States will continue to exist as a unified nation for much longer.


Let’s imagine historians looking back at 2020 and describing it as the year when these societal systems began to change in earnest. (Photo: Pixaby)

by Zoe Weil
2020 could turn out to be one of the most transformative years of our collective lives, marking the turning point when unjust, destructive, and inhumane systems began to be toppled and transformed.


People wait in line to vote in Georgia's Primary Election on June 9, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

by Thom Hartmann
What Georgia did yesterday was criminal, a racist crime against our democracy, and it’s time to criminalize voter suppression once and for all.


Money entrusted to the Pentagon and a vast array of military contractors must be spent to meet human needs. (Photo: David B. Gleason/Flickr/cc)

by Kathy Kelly
Reflections on weapons and systems white people use to protect their white privilege, recalling that Dr. King likened U.S. wars to "some demonic destructive suction tube."

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