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A graphic shows record heat in the Arctic Circle on Saturday, June 20, 2020. (Image: Screengrab\@ScottDuncanWX)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"100°F about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle today in Siberia. That's a first in all of recorded history. We are in a climate emergency."

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An intensive care nurse treat a patient at intensive care unit at the Klinikum Bad Hersfeld hospital on March 20, 2020 in Bad Hersfeld, Germany.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
On the heels of polling that showed 88% of Americans worry Big Pharma will exploit the ongoing pandemic to hike drug prices, House Democrats on Monday introduced two bipartisan bills to prevent price-gouging for Covid-19 treatments and vaccines and to strengthen oversight of federal spending on coronavirus research and development.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The working class and the middle class and the poor are getting shafted."




by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"They were always going to have more money on their side. But we have the better candidate, with better ideas, and a better campaign."


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by Julia Conley, staff writer
New research released Monday suggests the nationwide anti-police brutality demonstrations which erupted in the U.S. after the killing of George Floyd have not led to widespread transmission of the coronavirus, as some public experts feared they would.




by Julia Conley, staff writer
One hundred economists called on federal lawmakers to pass an immediate investment of $50 billion into the U.S. childcare industry, writing that as with many aspects of the economy, the coronavirus pandemic illustrated the precarious nature in which childcare centers operate.



Women chant slogans and gesture as they march with Palestinian flags during a demonstration in the Moroccan capital Rabat on June 23, 2019 against the U.S.-led economic conference in Bahrain with its declared aim of achieving Palestinian prosperity.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than 115 organizations on Monday urged Joe Biden and President Donald Trump to adopt a U.S. policy toward the Israeli government and Palestinian people that is "based on the principles of equality and justice for all."




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The president is "laying the groundwork for an election challenge," warned Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government Ethics.



Swedish 17-year-old Greta Thunberg, known globally for her climate activism, released a 75-minute radio program on June 20, 2020.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a new radio program, the Swedish teenager details and reflects on her travels around the world the past year as a youth climate leader.




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This administration will put our country at grave risk if it tries to declare an early victory, leave lifesaving work undone, and leave resources our communities desperately need sitting untouched."




by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"When you look at the size of the government response, it makes sense."


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The virtual rallies over the weekend organized by the Poor People's Campaign "lifted up people who are living the interconnected injustices that have been the campaign's focus for the past two years: systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism and the war economy. Many spoke of how the Covid-19 pandemic has only deepened existing inequalities." (Photo: Poor People's Campaign)

by Sarah Anderson
Through personal testimonies of systemic racism, poverty and inequality, ecological devastation, and militarism—the event brought the campaign's bold fusion agenda to new audiences.



The massive anti-racist rebellion now unfolding is history in the making. (Photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

by Mark Harris
This is a people’s movement for a more humane and fair society.



If those in uniform continue to be the aggressors against black, brown, and white protesters, including children, where will any of us find a safe haven? (Photo:  Apu GOMES / AFP via Getty Images)

by Andrea Mazzarino
The war zone is America.



African Muslims have been central to American history and American success. Ilhan Omar has been an American citizen longer than Melania Trump, and stands in a tradition of contributing to this country. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
Trump’s description of Rep. Omar's goals as "no government" is much more appropriate to his own policies.



A supporter sits alone in the top sections of seating as Vice President Mike Pence speaks before President Donald J. Trump arrives for a "Make America Great Again!" rally at the BOK Center on Saturday, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Ted Glick
If Trump was a stand-up comic instead of President, this trivial, self-pitying story might become known as one of the best, long, stand-up comic routines of the year.



In the past four years, as we’ve waited for the EPA to use the new power the law granted them, nearly 160,000 people have died from preventable asbestos-related diseases and the United States. (Photo: Carterdayne via Getty Images)

by Linda Reinstein
It’s become clear we can’t rely on EPA to do its job. Which is why the task once again falls to Congress.


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