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News & Views | 7/15/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"While many governments suppress the virus, the U.S. suppresses information about the virus."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A number of environmental protection groups on Wednesday announced their intention to bring the Trump administration to court directly after President Donald Trump announced his finalized plan to roll back the National Environmental Policy Act. 


Hand sanitizer is offered to students as per coronavirus guidelines during summer school sessions at Happy Day School in Monterey Park, California on July 9, 2020. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"The bottom line is that without a comprehensive plan that includes federal resources," says a union leader, "we could be putting students, their families, and educators in danger."


Audience members hold signs during the BET special "Young, Gifted, and Broke: Our Student Loan Crisis" on September 10, 2019 at Howard Theater in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This is a time to be bold."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Ethics watchdogs on Wednesday slammed a ruling this week that Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive now heading the Trump administration's coronavirus vaccine task force, does not have to disclose or divest his investments in the industry.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's time for the Trump administration and Senate Republicans to get their act together and extend supercharged unemployment benefits. Our whole economy depends on it."


UnitedHealth Group company logo seen displayed on a smartphone

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Incredible—as hospitals are furloughing workers and cutting wages as budgets are squeezed, UnitedHealth's profits soar."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The deliberate delaying of Americans' mail delivery would be a stunning act of sabotage against our Postal Service."


New global data shows G20 countries have committed $151 billion to supporting fossil fuels as part of coronavirus recovery packages. (Photo: CGP Grey/Flickr/cc)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"G20 leaders keep lying to themselves and their citizens as they prop up coal, oil, and gas with public money in the name of private financial return."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Under your failed leadership, the Executive Branch's response to the pandemic has been inept and incoherent in nearly every respect."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
" Billionaire wealth is booming during the pandemic while states are drowning in red ink. "

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It’s crucial that media report on Trump’s executive orders accurately—and not grant Trump powers that he doesn’t actually possess. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Joshua Cho
Far from serving to hold power accountable in the US, such credulous coverage functions more to legitimize abuses of power.


To date, ALEC has received $500,000 from Bradley in 2020 for "program activities." (Photo: Screenshot)

by David Armiak
The political pressure generated by the lobbying and litigation efforts of Bradley-funded groups and President Trump led many states to prematurely roll back stay-at-home safety measures and reopen businesses.


Children with a container of drinking water in a street in the city of Tadmur, near Palmyra during the Syrian civil war. (Photo by Andrei Gryaznov\TASS via Getty Images)

by Gregory Shupak
US media coverage has endorsed, downplayed or ignored the harm the sanctions will inflict on Syria’s civilian population, and the misery years of previous sanctions have already inflicted.


Protesters marched in Manhattan in May of 2017 to protest a presidential visit. (Photo: Getty Images)

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
The suggestion that we can do with a little less censoriousness should be welcomed so that we can focus a bit more of our attention on the actual political work of defending democracy and defeating Trumpism.


If Amazon’s 840,000 employees owned the same proportion of their employer’s stock as Sears workers did in the 1950s—a quarter of the company—each would now own shares worth an average of about $386,904. (Photo: Reed Saxon/AP)

by Robert Reich
It’s impossible to predict what kind of America will emerge from the crises we’re now experiencing, but the four-decade trend toward higher profits and lower wages is unsustainable, economically and politically.


This is Bond-villain level evil. (Photo: Drew AngererGetty Images)

by Charles P. Pierce
This is nuke-the-moon-to-control-the-tides crazy.

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