Bernie Sanders: 2020 Election Is a Fight Against Trump, Authoritarianism, Greed, Oligarchy & Bigotry & Julián Castro Ran for President on a Police Reform Platform But Wasn't Invited to Give DNC Address & More
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"Donald Trump Is the Wrong President for Our Country": Michelle Obama Slams President at DNC ([link removed])
On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, former first lady Michelle Obama delivered a searing critique of President Trump, accusing him of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Bernie Sanders: 2020 Election Is a Fight Against Trump, Authoritarianism, Greed, Oligarchy & Bigotry ([link removed])
Calling the 2020 election "the most important in the modern history of this country," Senator Bernie Sanders, in his speech to the Democratic National Convention, ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Julián Castro Ran for President on a Police Reform Platform But Wasn't Invited to Give DNC Address ([link removed])
The Democratic National Convention faces criticism over the lack of diversity in its primetime programming during this year's virtual event, even as Latinx voters are ... Read More → ([link removed])
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19th Amendment Turns 100: Fight for Voting Rights Builds on Centuries of Struggle Led by Black Women ([link removed])
As this year marks 100 years since the ratification of 19th Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing women's right to vote, we look at the connection ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"His Only Preexisting Condition Was Trusting Trump": Daughter Speaks at DNC After Dad Dies of COVID ([link removed])
One of the most memorable speeches of the opening night of the virtual Democratic National Convention was delivered by Kristin Urquiza, who said her father, a ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Virtual DNC Kicks Off with Calls for Unity, Speeches by Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders ([link removed])

UNC Switches to Remote Classes After 177 Students Contract COVID-19 ([link removed])

Indigenous Groups in Brazil Protest Gov’t Inaction on Coronavirus; South Korea Outbreak Grows ([link removed])

Postmaster General Agrees to Testify as Fears Mount over USPS Changes That Could Threaten Election ([link removed])

Special Tribunal Delivers Verdict over 2005 Killing of Ex-Lebanese PM Rafik al-Hariri ([link removed])

Mapuche Protesters Demand Hunger-Striking Leader Be Released to House Arrest ([link removed])

Spanish Royal Family Confirms Exiled Former King Juan Carlos Is in UAE ([link removed])

Trump Admin Finalized Plan to Open Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for Oil Drilling ([link removed])

Death Valley Hits 130 Degrees, Possibly the Highest Temperature Ever Recorded ([link removed])

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Has Shrunk Past the Point of Return ([link removed])

Ex-DHS Chief of Staff Under Trump Endorses Joe Biden for President ([link removed])

New Bodycam Video Shows Officer Pushing Back Concerned Onlookers During Killing of George Floyd ([link removed])

Louisiana Man Sentenced to Life for Stealing Hedge Clippers to Get New Hearing ([link removed])

Black Man from NC Proves Death Sentence Was Racially Motivated, Has Life Sentence Reinstated ([link removed])

Austin City Council Redirects Police Funds to Abortion Access Services ([link removed])


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Kamala Harris Stands on the Shoulders of Great Women ([link removed])


** FEATURED INTERVIEW
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Angela Davis on Abolition, Calls to Defund Police, Toppled Racist Statues & Voting in 2020 Election ([link removed])


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Isabel Wilkerson on the U.S. Caste System & VP Pick Kamala Harris Breaking "Long-Standing Barriers" ([link removed])

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