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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris confer on stage outside the Chase Center after Biden delivered his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on August 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Morris Pearl
Democrats are simply not going to win votes if they see a crisis of this scale and respond with laughably small, do-nothing policy ideas.

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Big Oil has fallen. Our job is to make sure they don't take us down with them."


Sunrise Movement activists gathered at the U.S. Capitol for the D.C. Climate Strike on September 20, 2019 call for a Green New Deal. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/Flickr Creative Commons)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The Green New Deal is mentioned only once in the 263-page report—in the footnotes.



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"It would be a moral disgrace if we left to future generations a planet and that was unhealthy, unsafe, and uninhabitable."

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A protester holds a sign outside a post office in Bar Harbor, Maine on August 25, 2020. (Photo: Indivisible MDI)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Protesters carried signs that declared "U.S. Mail Is Not For Sale," "PM DeJoy, Stop Delaying De-Mail," and "Senators: Do the Right Thing."


Cars display signs requesting to stop evictions as protesters supporting the rent freeze gather in Chinatown on August 10, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. During the pandemic, California has passed a number of eviction protections that are under evaluation as they have started expiring. (Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
" It is morally obscene that the American people have to rely on GoFundMe to pay for rent and food," said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The American people need real relief that fights the pandemic and puts money in workers' pockets—posturing and gimmicks will not solve the enormous problems they face."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
"This USPS slowdown is nothing more than a voter suppression tactic."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The video that came out of Kenosha is absolutely horrific. I don't understand how people can watch it and not be here."


Halit Ebu Yusuf, a Palestinian resident of Khan Yunis, Gaza, inspects damage to his home caused by an Israeli airstrike on August 24, 2020. (Photo: Ali Jadallah/Andalou/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Mainstream outlets are largely ignoring the IDF's near-daily attacks, which began in early August.


A boy sits on his father's shoulders while holding a sign on August 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Marches and demonstrations have been held nationwide demanding justice for the 29-year-old father of six, who is Black.

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"If Biden wins the presidency, we will need to pursue an 'inside' and an 'outside' strategy, mobilizing the grassroots to organize and push the Democratic establishment leftwards," writes Remer. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Scott Remer
If we get another four years of Trump, genuine leftism on a federal level is dead in the water until 2024.


"Coverage of Biden’s patriotism tends to center on non-issues," writes Paul, "Saying someone loves their country doesn’t outline a real policy proposal or provide a plan to improve conditions for the average voter." (Photo: Matt Rourke / AP)

by Ari Paul
Media have to redirect the discussion back to the genuine calamities facing the nation.


"Biden and Harris must be aggressive in putting forth their agenda, explaining its import and defending its elements," writes Jackson. "Trump has already made it clear that his campaign will be based on lies and libels about the Democratic agenda." (Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
They need to argue the case for the bold agenda that this country desperately needs, and challenge Donald Trump for his policy failures.


Members of Congress, writes Reich, "must step in and do four things to protect the Postal Service and the integrity of mail-in voting before it’s too late." (Photo: via Change.org)

by Robert Reich
The stakes could not be higher.


Ahmed Amarne's wife sits on a couch with their daughter inside their cave house in Jenin, West Bank on August 12, 2020. (Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Ramzy Baroud
The war for Palestinian survival rages on.


The LNU Lightning Complex fire continues to burn in the ridges near Chemise Road in Healdsburg, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020. (Photo: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

by Juan Cole
Their insistence on making a bonfire of the environment means their convention has to compete with disaster scenarios in California and the Gulf of Mexico.

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