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News & Views | 9/4/20

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sign a joint declaration on the new USMCA agreement in the Rose Garden at the White House on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump pledged to eliminate the trade deficit and end job outsourcing, but the overall 2020 deficit is on track to be larger than when he took office, and his Labor Department has certified more than 300,000 American jobs were lost to outsourcing and imports during his presidency."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The pain is nowhere near over for millions of workers and their families across the country."


A scientist at work in the mAbxience laboratory in Garin, Argentina, where an experimental coronavirus vaccine for Latin America is being developed. (Photo: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
The sobering comments from a spokesperson for the global health agency come on the heels of the CDC asking states to prepare for potential distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine by November 1.


President Donald Trump looks on as EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 9, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The agency chief suggested reigning in fossil fuel use will not help communities harmed by fossil fuel pollution.


This scene from the new documentary film Invisible Hand was recorded at Standing Rock, North Dakota. (Photo: Invisible Hand/Flickr)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The fresh push for recognizing ecosystems as rights-bearing entities comes as the documentary film Invisible Hand premieres worldwide.


Jesse Mermell supporters, left, danced to music while standing nearby Allan Khazei supporters as the 4th District congressional contenders campaigned on Aug. 27, 2020, at the Brookline Farmer's Market in Brookline, Massachusetts in the days leading up to the Sept. 1 Democratic primary, which Jake Auchincloss, a Republican until 2015, won with only 23% of the vote. (Photo: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
After Jake Auchincloss, a Republican until 2015, won outgoing Rep. Kennedy's Democratic House seat with only 23% of the vote in a crowded field, many are once again questioning Kennedy's decision to challenge Sen. Markey.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Democratic congressional candidate running in Georgia's 14th district against Marjorie Taylor Greene, a far-right proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory, raised alarm Thursday after Greene suggested Republicans "go on the offense" against progressives in Congress.



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"This was one of the more violent things I've seen in my years in journalism," said one reporter.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Donald Trump does not respect our men and women in uniform. He does not respect their families. He does not respect veterans."



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"This administration doesn't care about anything but money, and wildlife will suffer."

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David Graeber wanted "a world where people could live fulfilling, satisfying, meaningful lives. A world where they could have more fun." (Photo: Andree/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

by Richard Eskow
David looked to the distant past, and to the future, to imagine truly radical changes in the human community.


"We cannot be hopeful about the future unless we commit ourselves to the hard work of deterritorializing democracy, demilitarizing the state, pacifying geopolitics, empowering people, and strengthening the United Nations and international law," writes Falk. (Photo: Erik (HASH) Hersman/flickr/cc)

by Richard Falk
Even in the unlikely event that the presidential election goes well procedurally, it is no time to gloat about the vindication of the American version of constitutional democracy.


"Plastics don’t decompose like organic substances," write the authors, "Instead, they break down into smaller and smaller pieces, much of which ends up in oceans, where it is consumed by marine life and birds. (Photo: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images)

by David Suzuki, Ian Hanington
The longer we delay phasing out fossil fuels and their byproducts, the more difficult change becomes. It’s time for new ideas.


Logan, Taaffe, BSA District Executive in Washington, D.C, recites the Scout Oath before EPA Administrator Wheeler and National Capital Area Council, BSA Scout Executive Craig Poland sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the Boy Scouts Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 17, 2020 (Photo: US EPA/YouTube screengrab)

by Derrick Z. Jackson
A bond between the BSA and this EPA rips apart the Scout Oath.


"Assange’s US extradition case is a testimony to the deepening crisis of Western liberal democracy.," writes Hayase. (Photo: Claire Doherty/In Pictures via Getty Images)

by Nozomi Hayase
Only through our courage to truly confront injustice and act in solidarity with truthtellers, can we end this illegal prosecution of free press and reclaim our own democracy.


Earth Challenge participants can take action to address bee declines in the mobile app, such as "petition their governments to ban certain pesticides, address agricultural practices that are decimating bee populations, or create habitats for bees and other pollinators," write the authors. (Photo: Brian/flickr/cc)

by Kathleen Rogers, Dr. Anne Bowser
Researchers need our help to advocate for policies that will protect insect populations.

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