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President Donald Trump speaks as Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller (C) listens during a round-table discussion on border security and safe communities with State, local, and community leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"As long as the Trump administration is in office, they will continue to look for excuses to justify extending this ban."

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Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez speaks to a crowd at a DNC event on June 6, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Despite mounting pressure on Democrats to craft a 2020 platform that includes ambitious climate policies, Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez on Monday announced a drafting committee that "snubs progressive climate activists again," in the words of journalist Emily Atkin.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing," Dr. Anthony Fauci said.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Nearly a month into the nationwide uprising over racial injustice and police brutality, Americans across the political spectrum agree that policing in the U.S. must undergo serious reforms in order to serve the public, according to a poll released Tuesday. 

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Protestors are tear gassed as the police disperse them near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The White House narrative is contradicted by video evidence, eyewitness accounts, and even its own past statements. Frankly, it has no credibility at this point."


tap water

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A report about 12 U.S. cities published Tuesday in the Guardian sheds light on a water affordability crisis in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced millions of Americans out of work, underscoring the importance of universal access to water and sanitation and provoking demands for both a moratorium on utility shutoffs and broader reforms.



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Investigating and impeaching Barr ahead of the November election would be a powerful sign that the work of restoring the rule of law in America is well underway, even before the first presidential ballot is cast."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Denying people's constitutional rights "with physical violence, tear gas, and pepper spray is a hallmark of repression," said one Amnesty researcher.


The name tag for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is placed as his area is sanitised before he arrives to testify before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump Administration's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 23, 2020. (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

by Common Dreams staff
"There have been a lot of unfortunate missteps in the Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic," said one Democratic lawmaker ahead of the hearing.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The World Health Organization's cancer research arm classified glyphosate—the active ingredient in weed-killers like Bayer's Roundup—as probably carcinogenic for humans.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The move to force members of the media off White House grounds is highly unusual," CNN reported after two of its journalists were removed.

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This pandemic has exposed what has long been true: On the global stage, America is the exception, but not in the way we would like to believe. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Robert Reich
The problems at the core of our broken system, laid bare by this pandemic, have been plaguing this country long before Trump came along.


Let’s hope this letter from over 100 organizations shows Biden the widespread support for him to shed his ”Israel-right-or-wrong” position and instead openly and explicitly distinguish right from wrong. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

by Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
Biden’s unconditional support for Israel’s rightwing government is not only less and less popular among Americans, but it guarantees continued repression against Palestinians and continued unrest in the region.


Colin Kaepernick, decided to kneel during the playing of the National Anthem during the 2016 season, his announced intention was to call attention to racial inequality in the United States, and its ugliest manifestations via excessive uses of deadly force by police against African Americans. (Photo: AP)

by Richard Falk
It takes a dedicated movement, not a string of moments, no matter how searing and memorable, to achieve the deep structural changes that will allow all persons of color to be treated as equal citizens with equal rights.


George Floyd, Michael Brown and the countless others, including myself, have fallen victim to a system of justice that has been blinded not by the quest for equality, but by the sightlessness of a law and order system and attitude that refuses to see and acknowledge its own injustice. (Photo: Wolfram Kastl/Getty Images)

by Jeffrey Sterling
All vestiges of the current system of white moderate law and order must be obliterated.


The soul of a nation corrupted by racism, militarism, and extreme materialism represented King’s ultimate concern. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Andrew Bacevich
Martin Luther King's giant triplets.


Black Americans are dying from Covid-19 at three times the rate of white Americans and face higher rates of unemployment. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Negin Owliaei, Sofia Salazar
Between Covid-19, the resulting economic depression, and structural racism, Black immigrant domestic workers are at the epicenter of three converging crises.

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