How Education Secretary DeVos Is Using the Pandemic to Get What She Wants

Betsy DeVos is using a crisis to privatize emergency funds for public schools while her agenda trickles down to states. As American deaths from COVID-19 crested 100,000, the New York Times reported U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos declared her intention to “force” public school districts to spend a large portion of federal funds they’re receiving through [...]

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‘Exceptionally Troubling’: Researchers Show Hack-for-Hire Operation Targeted Groups Fighting for Climate Action and Net Neutrality

“If the investigation demonstrates that Exxon is behind these attacks, it only shows how far the fossil fuel industry will go to silence critics.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) 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 [...]

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Trump Threatens to Invade Seattle

“Trump’s threat to send military to Seattle in retaliation against the youth-led anti-racist movement is a sign the right wing is growing scared…” In a bizarre, but perhaps not unexpected, turn for the “autonomous zone” set up in Seattle’s Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump took aim at the cobbled-together protest area. A group of protestors [...]

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Neoliberalism isn’t Dead Yet

(Benjamin Studebaker) As the coronavirus crisis drags on, it has become popular to declare this to be the death of neoliberalism. If neoliberalism were simply noninterference in the economy, the large stimulus packages passed around the world would seem to signify its end. But neoliberalism was never simply about noninterference. Neoliberalism is characterised by economic [...]

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The U.S. Government’s Pandemic Response Has Hurt Americans—Examples Around the World Show How to Do Better

Americans are struggling. Around the globe, better responses to COVID-19 offer lessons to the U.S. In the United States, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has centered on bailouts of mega-corporations and big banks. Citizens have received a one-time $1,200 payment from the government, which amounts to less than a month’s rent for many. Meanwhile, [...]

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Police Reform Legislation Underway in DC

The bill contains stricter rules for the use of lethal force and stronger legal accountability for law enforcement, but critics argue that the measures don’t go far enough. Representatives and Senators are in the process of creating the Justice in Policing Act of 2020. The measure contains a wide array of reforms aimed at solving [...]

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Former Judge Calls Justice Department’s Flynn Motion ‘Abuse of Power,’ Politically Motivated

“The government’s ostensible grounds for seeking dismissal are conclusively disproven by its own briefs filed earlier in this very proceeding.” A retired federal judge called the Trump administration’s attempt to dismiss the criminal case against Michael Flynn a “gross abuse of prosecutorial power,” Reuters reported. In May, lawyers for the US Department of Justice recommended [...]

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The Federal Government Shouldn’t Be Trying to Salvage Our Broken Food System—We Need a New One

Congress is considering an allocation for the mass killing of farmed animals. The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on disturbing injustices in our food system—reaffirming the need for systemic change. Slaughterhouses (euphemistically called “meatpacking plants” by the meat industry) continue to lead the U.S. viral spread. Indeed, workers often stand elbow-to-elbow, not six feet [...]

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Here’s How We Can Solve COVID-19 in 28 Days

COVID-19 is the first global pandemic of the internet era. Information is now transferred at the speed of light rather than the speed of Morse code. This gives us a big advantage over our ancestors—if we use it effectively. The virus crosses national borders, so our response must do the same. We need a global [...]

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Seattle Protesters Declare Autonomous Zone Near Police Precinct

After a spraypainting the precinct now says “Seattle People Department” While direct confrontation between police and protesters has become less visible in recent days, Seattle protesters took their demonstration to the next level late Monday night by establishing an autonomous zone after police abandoned the East Precinct. The precinct had been the setting of tense [...]

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A Left Critique of the Current Protests

(Benjamin Studebaker) There are a number of problems with the strategy of the current protest movement. No one seems to be writing about these problems. This is not to say that no one can see them. Many folks have reservations, but stay silent in the hope that the protests will succeed. Others see the problems [...]

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Georgia Voting Machines Fail on Primary Day, Leaving Voters Frustrated and Officials Calling for Investigations

“It was after 7:30 (a.m.) when we went inside the voting area only to be told the machines were down. We had to use provisional ballots. I filled it out and left it there.” Tuesday was supposed to be the day for Georgia voters to vote for in primary contests, but technical difficulties reportedly have [...]

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