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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is a fight to save our democracy."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's imperative that we listen to the experts... the president is barring them from the room."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is up to us to pick up his mantle and carry on."



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


Bill Pelke of Anchorage, Alaska expresses his opposition to the death penalty during a protest near the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana where Daniel Lewis Lee was scheduled to be executed on July 13, 2020. Lee was ultimately killed the following morning after an overnight decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Condemning the state-sanctioned murder of Daniel Lewis Lee, critics accused the high court of enabling the DOJ to "short-circuit federal appellate process to allow it to execute people in the middle of a global pandemic."


House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel arrives at the Rayburn House Office Building before a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill May 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The House Foreign Affairs Committee chair must advance "the bold, progressive foreign policy that this country deserves."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Voters are eager to support candidates that pledge to transform our country into a clean energy economy that will thrive for generations to come."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If we had Medicare for All, nobody would be losing their healthcare."


Former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during a CNN climate crisis town hall on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Biden gets a lot right... but he's still got a lot of room for improvement in increasing the scale, scope, and speed in which he addresses the climate emergency."



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."

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