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News & Views | 7/13/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is not the time for senators to go on vacation. Mitch McConnell's partisan games are an act of violence and recklessness against the American people."

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World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending a press briefing on Covid-19 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If the basics aren't followed, there is only one way this pandemic is going to go. It's going to get worse and worse and worse."


A federal judge on Monday blocked Tennessee's latest restrictive abortion law within an hour of the state's GOP governor signing off on it. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Abortion is an essential health service, and this law clearly violates the constitutional rights of patients and disproportionately harms communities of color."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This bill is an egregious handout to giant water corporations which would embolden them to manipulate and fleece struggling communities—particularly communities of color."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Are we going to be responsible for the mess that these companies leave behind?"



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Infections are rapidly spreading among U.S. personnel when we Okinawans are doing our utmost to contain the infections."


Abraham Bonowitz of Columbus, Ohio, joins fellow members of the Abolitionist Action Committee during an annual protest and hunger strike against the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 1, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The committee has been organizing the "Starvin' for Justice: Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty" protest for 26 years.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We haven't had a federal execution in 17 years: There is absolutely no reason for the government to rush forward with such a reckless and dangerous plan."


Abigail Disney, who inherited much of her wealth from her family's entertainment fortune, is among 83 millionaires who signed on to a new letter urging governments to impose higher taxes on the rich. (

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The problems caused by, and revealed by, Covid-19 can't be solved with charity, no matter how generous. Government leaders must take the responsibility for raising the funds we need and spending them fairly."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A big thanks to Sen. Sanders for helping Schumer begin to see the light. We must urge more of Congress to defund the Pentagon."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"By trying to bury what the CDC recommends, Trump is betraying every student, teacher, and parent in this country. Shame on him. Shame on those who enable him."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is the result of decades of Native activism, mostly led by Native women."

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by Mitch Jones
The fact that climate plans from the House Democrats and the "unity task forces" set up by Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are better than anything we’ve seen in over a decade does not make them good enough.


The reasons for the current state of perpetual war are complex, but they're not inexplicable. (Photo: Cliff Wells / Veterans for Peace)

by Nan Levinson
The vet conundrum and America's wars.


With tens of billions of nonhuman animals either hunted or farmed in the world’s current world system of food production, future pandemics are all but certain. (Photo: Tim Geers/Flickr/cc)

by John Buell
Although Trump may enjoy and thinks he profits from rhetorical trashing of China the hands of western U.S. corporate agriculture and global capitalism are all over the many pandemics and likely to be many more.


School closures have created some of the most trying ordeals for families in this pandemic. (Photo: carl_hfser/flickr)

by Elin Martínez
Governments should focus resources, attention on inclusive education.


While there are a number of principled souls serving in Congress, for too many Members raising money and getting reelected become ends in themselves. (Photo: AIPAC/Screengrab)

by James Zogby
AIPAC made no secret of their displeasure with elected officials who were supportive of Palestinian rights and often threatened Members of Congress that if they didn’t back off, they would be defeated.


Epidemiology, or the study of the causes and the distribution of health effects like diseases in a population, plays an integral role in understanding the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: CDC)

by Chris Hartmann
Now more than ever, we must welcome anti-authoritarian epidemiology.

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