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Visitors look at Mount Rushmore National Monument on July 02, 2020 near Keystone, South Dakota.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We won't be social distancing," said the South Dakota governor.

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Civil rights groups on Friday filed a lawsuit against Alamance County and the city of Graham, North Carolina, after officials issued a new ordinance last week announcing the police department would not be issuing protest permits during the city's current state of emergency.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
A small "left-right anti-war coalition," warns The Intercept 's Glenn Greenwald, remains "no match for the war machine composed of the establishment wings of both parties."


A look the "Trump Death Clock" as it stood on July 1, 2020. The "clock" quantifies the number Covid-19 related deaths that the activists say can be directly attributed to President Donald Trump's delayed response to the coronavirus. As of this writing, the figure stood at 76,895. (Image: Trump Death Clock LLC / Public Citizen)

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This suffering cannot be forgotten."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"She is fighting with the nonpartisan GAO on basic data that lets them do their job of transparency and accountability," Porter said of small business administrator Jovita Carranza.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder announced Friday that he would conduct a "thorough review" of his NFL team's name, which has been the target of protests for decades by Indigenous people and other critics who say the name amounts to a harmful slur.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is insane to issue bayonets to soldiers for crowd control."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The ACLU on Thursday launched a new digital ad campaign calling on the U.S. Senate to correct the "unconscionable" omission in the nation's coronavirus testing strategy, demanding that all immigrants be made eligible for Covid-19 testing and treatment in any upcoming legislation.  



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As we've seen all too often from Big Pharma, saving lives is incidental to their business model—the profit motive always comes first."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
More than 300 law professors from universities across the U.S. on Thursday signed a letter imploring Congress to pass legislation to fully abolish qualified immunity for law enforcement officers and hold local governments accountable when their officers violate a person's constitutional rights.

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A nurse attends a protest, organised by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) in front of the National Holdings Corporation on May 8, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images)

by Liz Watson
Instead of protecting people, Senator Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy—backed by the White House—are working hard to impose corporate immunity—ensuring negligent employers can't be held responsible for failing to follow basic safety rules.


There is no alternative. To rebuild the global economy, to prepare for the next pandemic, to confront the climate crisis, we have no choice: we need a Global Green New Deal. (Photo: Peg Hunter/flickr/cc)

by Michael Galant
The rules of the global economy got us into this mess. But rules can change.


Activists hold signs and protest the California lockdown due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 01, 2020 in San Diego, California. The protesters demands included opening small businesses, churches as well as support for President Trump. (Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

by Neil deMause
Putting worker safety and public health first means picking and choosing carefully, not just which activities are the safest, but which are the most urgent for a functioning society—which, it bears emphasizing, is not the same thing as what’s best for businesses' bottom lines.


U.S. Soldiers navigate a stream during a security patrol in Chabar, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2009. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 5th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. (Photo: DoD/Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II, U.S. Air Force)

by Nikola Mikovic
The history of outside forces helping wage war within Afghanistan—including the U.S. establishment of the mujahideen forces to fight the Russians in the 1980s—is a bloody history indeeed.


Among some of the most powerful Democrats in the House, Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-16) (far left) was just defeated in a primary; Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD-5) (center), the House Majority Leader; and Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-28) (right), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, all have received massive support from the weapons industry and pro-war lobbyists. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Stephen Miles
Is the party finally willing to recognize the failures—both morally and politically—of its pro-war stance?

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