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News & Views | 9/9/20

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Critics reserved some outrage for veteran journalist Bob Woodward, who learned the president was lying to the public about the pandemic in March.

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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci as President Donald Trump dismisses a question during an unscheduled briefing after a Coronavirus Task Force meeting at the White House on April 5, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This sort of story will be recalled years from now as an example of the government interfering with science, with predictably disastrous results."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We know Louis DeJoy is sabotaging the Postal Service—and our investigation reveals his scheming has slowed the delivery of mail-order prescription drugs, threatening health risks for millions of Americans during a pandemic."


Aftermath of a U.S. airstrike in central Mosul, Iraq on July 9, 2017. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Trump is trying to convince voters that is now following through on a campaign promise that he failed to keep in four years and will not fulfill with half measures," says CodePink's Medea Benjamin.


Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) remotely questions U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"No one is above the law, no matter the size of their bank account."


A member of the Porcupine caribou herd, which conservation and native groups say would be horribly impacted if fossil fuel exploration and extraction takes place in ANWR's Coastal Plain.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Hard to say what's worse—destroying the nation's largest wildlife refuge, or further inflaming the climate crisis with new oil and gas drilling so a few fossil fuel companies can profit at the people's expense."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"While Senate Republicans tell us we can't afford to give $2,000 a month to the working class during the economic crisis, the Covid-19 'relief' bill they just released provides $161 million in corporate welfare to the coal industry during a climate emergency."


A man assesses the damage caused by floods after heavy rains hit the Al Lamab neighborhood of Khartoum, Sudan on September 8, 2020. (Photo: Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Today, the world is at a crucial juncture and we must choose the right path to a green recovery for a better future," says U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
Citizens in the Bay State and in Alaska will vote on statewide initiatives on RCV in November.


A woman walks past destroyed houses on May 13, 2019, on her way to an aid distribution center in the coastal village of Guludo on Ibo Island, in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, in the aftermath of a devastating cyclone. (Photo: Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Over the next 30 years lack of access to food and water will only increase without urgent global cooperation," says head of the Institute for Economics & Peace.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Seventy wildfires raged across California, Oregon, Washington, and other western states on Wednesday.

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"Medicare for All would not end racism in our health care system, but it is a necessary first step to address the racial health disparities that plague the South and our entire country," write the authors. (Photo: Jim Watson/Getty Images)

by Jason Williams, Amelia Parker
We must take a stand against a for-profit health care system that too often devalues Black lives.


President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) inside the U.S. Capitol building. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Josh Bivens
There has been plenty of debate about what the Fed should do differently to ease the economic crisis. But again, it is Congress—hamstrung by Senate Republicans’ refusal to act—which has all the power to end this crisis


A home is engulfed in flames during the "Creek Fire" in the Tollhouse area of unincorporated Fresno County, California early on September 8, 2020. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Andy Rowell
This is climate change in action.


Protests marched against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

by Rajko Kolundzic
It's quite possible the world as we know it simply won't survive another term.


"In every region of the world, battery and sexual assault of women and girls isolated at home increased with the spread of the coronavirus," writes Hynes. (Photo: Genebel/Twenty20)

by H. Patricia Hynes
The spread of coronavirus has created a "perfect storm" for violence against women behind closed doors.


"A century ago, Sinclair condemned the 'unspeakable' practices that went on in 'packing houses all the time.' But today's conditions would leave him no less appalled," writes Hightower. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jim Hightower
The industry's sole priority is to funnel revenues into shareholders' pockets.

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