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News & Views | 9/11/20
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'Incredibly Dark Day for Voting Rights': With Support of Trump Judges, Federal Court Upholds Florida Poll Tax Weeks Before Election
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"An affront of the very notion that Americans have a right to vote."
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Fauci Warns Pre-Pandemic Normalcy Not Likely Until 'Well Into' or 'Towards the End of 2021'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The public health expert also addressed the need to reduce cases headed
into fall, halted vaccine trials, and reported attempts to "muzzle" him.
Bernie-Inspired Organizers and Rhode Island Voters Deliver 'Crystal Clear Message' With Progressive Primary Wave
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Progressive candidates from all over the state of Rhode Island
celebrated victories Friday after 38,000 mail-in ballots were tallied in
this week's primary elections, in which more than a dozen centrist
Democratic incumbents were rejected by voters.
'Reckless, Violent, Massacre' of 570 Wolves and Wolf Pups in Idaho Bolsters Alarm Over Trump Attack on Species Protections
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Wildlife advocates warn that if a Trump administration effort to lift
nationwide protections proceeds, "this cruelty could extend to all
wolves within our country's borders."
Sanders Slams Republican Senate for Happily Approving $740 Billion for Pentagon While Doing 'Nothing' to Address Covid Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Instead of more austerity for the working class of this country, we
need to impose austerity on the billionaire class and on Wall Street."
NYT's Krugman Pilloried on 9/11 Anniversary for Claiming No 'Mass Outbreak of Anti-Muslim Sentiment' in US After 2001 Attacks
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Anti-Muslim hate crimes soared after 9/11, and thousands of Muslims in
the U.S. were detained—and some tortured—in George W. Bush's futile
anti-terror dragnet.
As Fires Engulf West, Democrats Not Running on Trump Climate Failures Called 'Political Malpractice'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"People are dying and losing their homes and jobs. But politicians in
D.C. are sitting on their hands, and the president of the United States
is telling people that the solution is to clean up their yards."
UN: Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Homes Increases Despite Pandemic
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Dozens of Palestinians were recently displaced because Israeli
authorities destroyed their homes, even as Covid-19 cases increased by a
third.
Survey Shows Nearly Half in US Suffering Serious Economic Hardship—and Situation 'Going to Get Worse'
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"There is nothing for the people we surveyed who earn under $100,000 a
year to fall back on."
"It's a Superspreader Event": Few Masks in Sight at Packed Trump Campaign Rally in Michigan
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The lives of everyone in these photos—and of everyone they come into
contact with in the next few weeks—are now at risk. But Donald Trump
doesn't care, so long as his ego is fed."
Fires Ravaging US West a 'Bellwether of the Future,' Says Oregon Governor as Half a Million Residents Evacuate
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"I wish the 2020 wildfires were an anomaly—but this will not be a
one-time event."
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This Is a Climate Emergency. We Need More Than Half-Measures from Democrats.
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by Basav Sen
How to get the Democrats' climate policy from "better than the
Republicans" to "sufficient to save the planet."
A Court Just Slammed the Guantánamo Gate Shut
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by Linda Greenhouse
Does the public care about the 40 remaining inmates with no obvious end
to their imprisonment?
The Direct Line From Portland To Authoritarian Crackdowns Around the World
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by Kat DesCamp-Renner
What happened in Portland is an American foreign policy tactic, this
time directed against American citizens.
Food Need Very High Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels, Making Relief Imperative
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by Brynne Keith-Jennings
Millions of Americans are still not getting enough to eat. Policymakers
must address this problem by providing more assistance.
Police Encounters During Mental Health Crises Don’t Have to Be Violent
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by Jennifer Sarrett
Individuals facing mental health challenges deserve better treatment
from police—and the rest of society.
How Trump Will Try to Win—or Steal—the Election
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by John Feffer
Trump does not like to lose. He will try these various strategies to
overcome his profound unpopularity to win re-election.
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Newswire...
ICE Fails to Respond to Reports of Miami Detention Facility Feeding Pork to Muslims
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Federal Appeals Court Affirms Wealth-Based Barriers to Voting
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Appeals Court Leaves in Place Florida’s Pay-to-Vote Scheme
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Idaho Documents Reveal Weeks-old Wolf Pups Among 570 Maimed, Slaughtered Wolves
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Senator McConnell’s Not-So-Skinny Relief Package For Coal and Mining Special Interests Failed For A Reason
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