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News & Views | 8/5/20

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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders maintains progressive candidates won because they campaigned "not only against Trump, but for an agenda that works for the working families of this country."

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The U.S. Department of State building is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2019.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Questions are being raised over the sudden departure amid lingering concerns of alleged impropriety by Secretary of State Pompeo.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
In his latest push for U.S. public schools to reopen even as the country reports more than 4.8 million coronavirus cases and nearly 160,000 deaths, President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his frequent claim that the virus will eventually disappear.



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Schiff has been trying to sneak ratification of such surveillance through Congress."



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"Hell is probably like what we went through. It must never be allowed to happen again."


Democratic voters attend the caucus at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, the United States, Feb. 3, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The new executive order means there is now no U.S. state categorically banning people with former convictions from voting.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It ought to be the people's vaccine, not a new taxpayer burden."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The U.S. Supreme Court could soon turn the United States into "a safe haven for human rights abusers," rights groups said Wednesday, raising alarm over the court's plan to hear arguments from Nestle and Cargill about a lawsuit brought against the companies in 2005.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
A new report from government watchdog Common Cause details at least seven months of failures by the Trump administration to confront the coronavirus pandemic as a national emergency and to contain the virus.



by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Really heartbreaking to watch what happened in Beirut. Thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this devastating explosion."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is not the time for any company to extract large corporate profits from uninsured and underinsured Americans."

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"For the bulk of this crisis, McConnell called the Senate back into session only to confirm more of Trump's extremist judges and advance a $740 billion defense spending bill," writes Reich. "Throughout it all, McConnell has insisted his priority is to shield businesses from Covid-related lawsuits by customers and employees who have contracted the virus." (Image: Inequality Media)

by Robert Reich
Time and again, Trump and the Republicans have shown that they only care about two things: their wealthy donors and corporate backers.


Seventy-five years ago, newly in full awareness of its newfound ability to destroy the human race, what did the world do next? It starting mass producing these nuclear weapons of mass destruction. (Photo: Getty)

by Helen Caldicott
Seventy-five years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, we remain perched on the precipice of unparalleled catastrophe.


The scene of the explosion near the port in the Lebanese capital Beirut. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
What if Trump's remarks were taken seriously and some hothead fired retaliatory missiles at Israel?

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