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News & Views | 7/23/20

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Hours after the Republican Party released a coronavirus relief proposal including $0 for election assistance funding and no additional funding for cities and states as the country continues to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Senate passed its version of the NDAA.

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is outrageous that this proposal contains not one penny to help states conduct safe elections during a global pandemic."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
An epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the occupied Palestinian territories is without a badly-needed testing and quarantine center following the demolition of a building that was meant to give relief to overwhelmed hospitals in the West Bank.


DNC Chair Tom Perez speaks to a crowd of supporters at a Democratic unity rally at the Rail Event Center on April 21, 2017 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: George Frey/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Critics charge Democrats' current proposal "will not go nearly far enough to secure a just and equitable transition."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This issue is not about one incident. It is cultural. It is a culture of... impunity, of accepting violence and violent language against women."


Activists with Insure Our Future gathered outside Liberty Mutual's Boston and Seattle offices in December 2019 to demand the insure company "take bold action in the face of the climate emergency and stop insuring fossil fuels."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Zurich's decision to walk away from the pipeline just underlines how risky this project has become."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans are wildly out of touch with reality. Seriously, just $400 a month? Cutting monthly income for 30 million families by $2,000 would cost the country millions of jobs."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's incredibly irresponsible for the Army and the Navy to be recruiting impressionable young people and children via live streaming platforms."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
A private warning about rising coronavirus cases, made to leaders in 11 cities by White House official Dr. Deborah Birx on Wednesday, was identified by an investigative journalism group as the latest sign that the Trump administration must end the secrecy surrounding its response to the pandemic.



by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Corporate liability waivers are just the next phase of a Trump polluter bailout."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"A disaster of Congress' making is looming for those who have lost their livelihoods during the global pandemic."

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I can think of no better argument for Medicare for All than the freeing of the noble employer from the dreadful moral quandary of birth control. Great job, team. Drinks are on Kavanaugh. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc)

by Sophia Paslaski
Access to essential medications should not be subject to the whims of our employers.


We need to govern with facts instead of fantasy. If Trump can’t handle the job, he should get out of the way. (Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

by Jill Richardson
Even if he’s wearing a mask now, he’s still trying to conceal data, silence experts, and block funding.


In this undated historic photo, which shows the GOP's long quest to gut the vital and popular retirement program, citizens in favor of protecting the institution of Social Security rally en masse on the U.S. Capitol grounds prior to scattering to lobby their Congressmen on this issue. (Photo: Wally McNamee/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

by Nancy J. Altman
Trump and his GOP allies know that they cannot succeed by attacking Social Security directly. It is too popular. Instead, they profess their support for Social Security, all while undermining the program's funding so they can demand cuts down the road.


It’s up to the United States District Court presiding over Stone’s case to scrutinize this commutation and, if the Court finds that evidence persuasive, declare the commutation constitutionally invalid, and order Stone to prison. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Ben Clements
Even if we don’t characterize this as a bribe, at a minimum, the public evidence demonstrates that Trump’s purpose in commuting Stone’s sentence is to reward him for covering up for Trump.


We must ask ourselves whether we will continue to accept our government’s participation in a Trump administration regime change effort that effectively undermines the ability of ordinary Venezuelans to feed themselves. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Bianca Mugyenyi
Ottawa has not criticized the devastating US sanctions. Quite the opposite. It has egged the bully on.


When the pandemic finally ends, there’s a danger that some modified version of this new system of labor exploitation might prove too profitable for employers to abandon. (Photo: Giles Clarke/Getty Images)

by Rebecca Gordon
And cost so much?

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