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News & Views | 8/17/20

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks on the Democratic presidential primary campaign trail in 2019. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Speaker Nancy Pelosi had directed House members to return to Washington, D.C. for an emergency vote Saturday on legislation to reverse Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's recent policy changes.

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by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
Local residents, who rely on caribou native to the refuge for sustenance, have called the area 'the heart and soul of mother earth.'



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will appear before the House Oversight Committee next week amid concerns that he and President Trump are trying to sabotage the November election.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Monday made clear that she will reject any attempt by so-called "moderate" Republicans who are invited to the party's convention to define what the Democratic Party stands for.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is simply too much economic and political power in the hands of twelve people."


Heatwaves rise near a heat danger warning sign on the eve of the AdventurCORPS Badwater 135 ultra-marathon race on July 14, 2013 in Death Valley National Park, California. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It's not a record that will last," says author and activist Bill McKibben.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Teachers and school staff members in a Phoenix suburb were praised by progressives and public health experts on Monday for their "bold" decision to call in sick en masse, forcing their school district to reverse its plan to return to in-person classes. 


Underneath the floating debris in the Pacific Ocean. (Photo: NOAA – Marine Debris Program)

by Krissy Waite, editorial intern
"The best way to tackle the problem is to massively reduce the amount of plastic that's being made and used."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We have a narrow window to stop a wannabe dictator from sabotaging our elections."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Trump administration is always looking for ways to cut your healthcare, regardless of who you are, where you live, or what you do."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Lukashenko is a former president," said one strike leader. "He needs to go."

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by Michael Winship
The president and his obeisant postmaster general are out to destroy voting by mail—and democracy.



by Paul Buchheit
An honest review of the facts should compel a rational thinker to redirect his or her disgust—away from racist conclusions, and toward the outrageous indecencies that a well-to-do society forces on its less fortunate members.


A demonstrator holds a sign during a Detroit water shutoffs rally in 2014.

by Maude Barlow
On the ten year anniversary of the United Nations historic vote to recognize water as a basic human right, Barlow reflects on where we go from here.


There’s a group of outsiders in schools we should be wary of: the U.S. military.

by Sidney Miralao
Recruiters deliberately exploit the financial and social insecurities of teenagers to enlist more soldiers.


A wind farm in Rochale in the UK.

by Martin Parker
What can we learn now about crisis and making enduring change?


People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City.

by Bob Lord, Lee Price
America's 12 wealthiest now control $1 trillion of wealth. The only practical way to address this extreme wealth concentration: a tax on accumulated grand fortune.

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