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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"DeJoy's 'suspension' of policies does not reverse his destructive actions to the USPS or change his countless conflicts of interest."

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Students and environmental activists participate in a climate strike in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2019. (Photo: Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Greenpeace USA announced Wednesday that the platform which Democrats are set to adopt this week earns only a C+ rating based on the scorecard process the group previously used to rank the climate policies of what was once a large field of the party's 2020 presidential primary candidates.


Mail carrier Oscar Osorio during his delivery route in Los Feliz amid the Covid-19 pandemic on April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We must do everything we can to ensure that the post office is fully funded. It's good policy and strongly supported by the public."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Every single member of the House should vote in favor of our legislation," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee.

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Youth climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a "Fridays for Future" demonstration in Hamburg on February 21, 2020. (Photo: Christian Charisius/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We still have the future in our own hands. But time is rapidly slipping through our fingers."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Louisiana's top election official is pushing an "unprecedented" proposal to restrict voting in the November general election, suggesting that voters should be required to prove they've recently tested positive for Covid-19 to obtain an absentee ballot.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's outrageous that the Dem establishment is caving to big money donors and moving backwards on fossil fuel subsidies."


A sign warning people about Covid-19 is surrounded by flames during the Hennessey fire near Lake Berryessa in Napa, California on August 18, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Throughout the state of California right now, we are stretched thin for crews."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our work's not done until these actions are reversed—not 'suspended'—and the USPS has the funding it needs."



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The project, which aims to reduce mosquito-borne diseases, will facilitate the release 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Sunshine State.



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
In addition to coronavirus, Pope Francis said, "we must also cure a larger virus, that of social injustice, inequality of opportunity, marginalization, and the lack of protection for the weakest."

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"Each of the Trump acolytes running agencies meant to prevent abuses by profiteering corporations are instead working feverishly to advance the abusers," writes Hightower. (Image: Center for Media and Democracy)

by Jim Hightower
"Deregulate...Deregulate...Deregulate..."


The author's grandfather, George Janes (right), proud postal worker and WWII veteran. (Photo: Civil Liberties Defense Center)

by Lauren Regan
The time for mere alarm has already come and gone. We all need to do something about this crisis.


People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Chuck Collins
The Planning Tools of the Wealth Dynasty Protection Racket



by Juan Cole
The denial of electricity to two million civilian noncombatants is nothing less than a war crime.


Democratic presidential hopefuls former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speak during the second round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on July 31, 2019. (Photo: Jim Waton/AFP/Getty Images)

by Udi Ofer
The Democratic platform fails in some respects to meet the demands of the moment and misses the opportunity to provide a home for the millions of Americans looking for transformational change of a criminal legal system rooted in white supremacy and racism.


Protesters gather to condemn the use of federal troops on July 25, 2020 in Oakland, California. (Photo: Natasha Moustache/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
We can’t let Trump shift public attention from his failure to attack the virus to his attacks on Americans protesting to create an America where Black lives matter and everyone can thrive.

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