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News & Views | 7/6/20

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Thousands gathered at the San Francisco Civic Center in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access Pipeline on Nov. 15, 2016.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A U.S. district court on Monday delivered a major win to local Indigenous organizers and climate activists—and a significant blow to the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration—by ordering the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down and emptied of oil by Aug. 5 while federal regulators...

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Immigrant rights advocates expressed shock on Monday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced international students whose U.S. schools are moving to an online-only model for the Fall 2020 semester will no longer be welcome in the United States.


A billboard calls out Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, both Republicans from Kentucky, for blocking $16 billion in food aid Americans, including nearly $133 for Kentuckians.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Let's be clear: this delay in food aid may lead to even more Americans unnecessarily dying."


Flying foxes or fruit bats (Pteropus sp.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide neared 11.5 million on Monday and the death toll topped 535,000, a new United Nations report detailed trends in human activity that are driving the emergence of zoonotic diseases and offered steps countries can take to prevent future pandemics.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Millions of workers—essential and unemployed—do not have the luxury of a vacation and our elected officials are not entitled to take one during this crisis."


n Uber Eats delivery worker is seen riding an electric scooter on March 19, 2020 in New York City.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"These destructive delivery apps... were built to monopolize an essential service and reap profits for investors."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The crisis offered an especially lucrative opportunity for those lobbyists who enjoy close ties to President Donald Trump and his administration—and they seized it."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Our grassroots campaign has put in the work to talk to voters about why we need real change in this election."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This I know: nothing will happen unless the American people stand up, fight back, and demand, in overwhelming numbers, that the Senate act."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"With American lives on the line, the question now is whether members of the Republican Party will continue to stand by in silence as the President peddles fiction about a deadly virus."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Duke and Dominion did not decide to cancel the Atlantic Coast Pipeline—the people and frontline organizations that led this fight for years forced them into walking away."

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An Extinction Rebellion protester holds up a placard saying "Divest from climate change" on October 14, 2019 in London, England. (Photo: John Keeble/Getty Images)

by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Sandrine Dixson-Declѐve, and Bas Eickhout
An open letter to Emmanuel Macron and Rémy Rioux on the existential dangers of continued funding of coal, oil, and gas.


U.S. President Donald Trump greets Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Bianca Mugyenyi
Why are Canadians so confused about their country’s place in the world and how do we overcome the stark democratic deficit in international affairs?


A crew removes the statue of confederateMatthew Fontaine Maury located at the intersection of Monument Avenue and N Belmont Avenue in Richmond, VA on July 2, 2020. (Photo: John McDonnell/The Washington Post/Getty Images)

by Todd Cronan, Charles Palermo
No one can right the wrongs perpetrated in the past and yet we must address the injustices of the present.


A boat taking part in a boat parade for the re-election of President Donald Trump passes by Point State Park on the Allegheny River on July 4, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Roughly 30 boats and a group of 50 supporters along the shoreline showed up for the event though over 10,000 people had signed up online for the event. (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
The economy isn't roaring back. What's roaring back is Covid-19. Until it's tamed, the economy doesn't stand a chance.


National Nurses United for an International Day of Action, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. (Photo: Flickr Glyn Lowe Photo Works, @glynlowe).

by Sarah Anderson
A new House proposal would ensure that all Americans in hard-hit areas could have a job. A tax on Wall Street windfalls would pay for it.


The racism that permeates U.S. foreign policy today, writes Gerami, "is an extension of the belief in white supremacy that shaped the territorial and ideological boundaries of our nation from its inception." (Photo: U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mike Brady, Task Force Cyclone, 38th Infantry Division Public Affairs)

by Nima Gerami
As we look inwards to dismantle America's legacy of racism that pervades the law enforcement and national security apparatuses, we must also recognize that racism and militarism are mutually reinforcing.

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