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News & Views | 7/24/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They will use every opportunity and every crisis—including the mass death and economic carnage from Covid—as cover for their sick desire to destroy our Social Security system."

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New York state Attorney General Letitia James speaks at a press conference on November 19, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
The effort by the president to thwart the counting by excluding undocumented immigrants, said New York AG Letitia James, is "another election-year tactic to fire up his base by dehumanizing immigrants and using them as scapegoats for his failures as a leader."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We need more safe, healthy, good paying jobs—not more corporate polluter giveaways."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Republicans move mountains for corporations and special interests, but when it comes to helping workers their message is clear: you're on your own."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With outbreaks raging in the U.S., this can spell disaster."


An Airbus A340 of Mahan Air approaches the Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, on December 14, 2019. (Photo: Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Iranian officials accused the U.S. military of "endangering innocent civilian passengers"—some of whom were injured.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Demanding "unprecedented social and economic measures" to cope with "unprecedented times," the United Nations Development Program called for a temporary basic income for 2.7 billion people living at or below the poverty line in more than 130 countries. 



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Citing the pandemic that he has downplayed for months, President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly announced that it is "not the right time" to hold the Republican National Convention in August as planned—moments before he repeated his demand that public schools reopen.


Two examples of the protective vests with identifying markings worn by Border Patrol and Homeland Security agents during a press conference with Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf on the recent events involving the agents during continued protests in Portland at the US Customs and Border Patrol headquarters on July 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Watching moms, reporters, medics, and peaceful protesters get tear gassed and beaten by federal agents on a regular basis," said one critic, "isn't the imagery I'd choose as a cornerstone of my campaign."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our decision-makers need to hit the reset button. Continuing on the path we're on now will result in widespread suffering and death."



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This turns journalists into an arm of the government. We are not here to do surveillance for police."

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US President Donald Trump takes questions during a news conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2020. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
Trump’s new round of televised COVID briefings is nothing but another attempt to blame others for his deadly mistakes.


In the United States, more than 7 million affordable rental homes must be built to meet present demand. (JamesBrey via Getty Images)

by Mondaire Jones
Inclusive and equitable suburbs build more affordable housing, advance fairness in education, and centers environmental justice.


The smoldering wreckage of a former Chase Bank in La Mesa, California, May 31, 2020. (Photo: CC)

by Sarah Jaffe
The COVID-19 pandemic is like Hurricane Katrina, but for the entire country. And things are only going to get worse.


The economic shock of COVID-19 was enormous, but the large expansions to the UI system included in the CARES Act of March were incredibly effective in blunting the effect of this shock. (Photo: John Sommers II/Getty Images)

by Josh Bivens
3.4 million fewer jobs will be created over the next year as a result.


while there is much that’s uncertain about the search for a vaccine, these antibody studies are not cause for despair. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Julie Hollar
This kind of story surely promotes a nihilistic outlook and undermines the efforts needed to convince a wary public to participate in a vaccination program—which really is something to panic about.


In New Mexico, it is relatively easy to get a test, so more people are getting tested. (Photo: AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

by Zoe McLaren
Every little improvement in testing capabilities means more COVID-19 cases can be caught before the virus is transmitted.

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