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News & Views | 7/1/20
Feature...
Blood on His Hands: The Nursing Home Covid-19 Crisis is Donald Trump’s Fault
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by Alex Lawson
The president is desperate to deflect from the truth: Over 54,000
nursing home residents and workers are dead. Those deaths were
preventable. Their deaths are his fault.
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News...
Sanders, Pressley Help Launch 'Renew New England' to Elect Candidates Committed to Green New Deal and Jobs Guarantee
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ayanna Pressley joined 1,700 people Tuesday
evening to launch Renew New England, a coalition of grassroots
volunteers and advocates fighting to elect candidates who are committed
to a rapid shift to renewable infrastructure and energy.
Sunrise Movement Says Wins by Corporate Democrats Like McGrath and Hickenlooper Must Be 'Moment of Reckoning' for Progressives
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"These were not races that progressives could afford to sit out, but too
many organizations did."
Big Pharma Trade Group Blasted as 'Morally Bankrupt' for Suing to Block Minnesota Insulin Affordability Law
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The law is named for Alec Smith, an uninsured 26-year-old who died in
2017 after rationing his insulin.
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'Without Urgent Govt Intervention,' Koalas Face Extinction in New South Wales by 2050
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If urgent action isn't taken now, NSW is taking a chainsaw to the last
koala tree in the bush."
Congress Urged to Repeal Program That Transfers 'Weapons of War' to Local Police
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In response to the national outrage, armored vehicles, assault weapons,
and military gear once again filled our streets and communities, turning
them into war zones."
'Deplorable Act in Face of Global Crisis': Trump Condemned as US Buys Up Nearly Entire Supply of Covid-19 Drug
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's a very concerning precedent because if we see the vaccine coming
from a U.S. company, we're likely to see the same type of behavior and
hoarding by the U.S. and other developed countries."
'Day of Rage': Palestinians and Global Allies Rise Up Against Annexation Plan and Israeli Apartheid
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The Palestinian struggle today is not just about fighting annexation,
which we must continue to do. It is about dismantling the entire system
of apartheid."
'The People Have Spoken': Thwarting GOP Push for Cuts, Oklahoma Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Voters are tired of politicians ignoring the problem or worse, trying
to take their healthcare away, and they're rejecting that approach in
even the deepest of red states."
Sanders Files Amendments to Force Pentagon to Pass Clean Audit, Require Mass Production of Free Masks for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"National security," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, "means doing everything
we can to improve the lives of our people, many of whom have been
abandoned by our government decade after decade."
Cheyenne River Sioux Chair Offers to Rip Down Mount Rushmore—"Free of Charge... By Myself If I Must"
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Nothing stands as a greater reminder to the Great Sioux Nation of a
country that cannot keep a promise or treaty than the faces carved into
our sacred land on what the United States calls Mount Rushmore."
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Views...
The Police and the Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home
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by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Phyllis Bennis
We need to end systemic racism and the militarism that makes it even
deadlier—from Kabul to Atlanta and Baghdad to Minneapolis.
Booker's Loss Was Devastating. But We Can't Lose Sight of Defeating McConnell
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by Carl Gibson
Only by ousting obstructionists like McConnell and freeing the Senate
from Republican control can a progressive vision be achieved.
Trump Doesn't Believe in Democracy—Here's His 25-Step Reelection Plan
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by Robert Reich
The president's opponents are limited because they believe in democracy.
Trump has no limits because he doesn't.
A New Anti-War Mobilization Must Topple Trump—and Challenge Biden
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Building a new anti-war movement that is connected to the domestic
anti-police struggle is the only thing that can rein in US militarism.
Covid-19 and the Masque of the Red States
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by Michael Winship
Now that the pandemic is raging in the south and west, Trump's governors
finally are face-to-face with reality. Wear your damn mask.
The GOP's Grotesque Response to a Pandemic Will Never Be Forgotten
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by Jim Hightower
With nearly 130,00 US deaths and 2.6 million infections—gosh, what to do
now? Of course! Let's take away the health care coverage of some 23
million Americans!
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Newswire...
Appeals Court Puts On Hold Decision Granting Voting Rights Restoration to Floridians
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US Supreme Court Ruling that Children of Asylum-Seekers Must be Released from Detention Lacks Necessary Provisions for Parents; Risks Further Family Separation
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