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by Michael Winship
Playwright and screenwriter Richard Wesley on Black Lives Matter, Black Power, Trump and the noise from the balcony.


Colorado US Postal Service

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The USPS must stop sending misinformation to Colorado voters," said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.


Donald Trump

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"State violence to advance the end of 'retribution' is death squad logic," said one critic.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Biden and Harris should be repeating this message every hour of every day," said the youth-led Sunrise Movement.


Trump CDC Coronavirus Caputo

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A Trump stooge with a history of racist statements and no medical background is doctoring CDC reports warning Americans on Covid because they make Trump look bad."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The importance of this election, combined with the fact it is being held amidst a national pandemic, further heightens the need to provide correct voting information to Coloradans."



by Ralph Nader
The list of broken promises could fill volumes.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Do NOT vote twice (it's a felony), or waste your time, or unnecessarily risk exposure to more people."


Vaccines developed in the public sector should be separated from the profit model and available to all to ensure prompt and equitable access. "Rather than competition between a limited number of firms," writes Lawson, "we need cooperation across the whole sector." (Photo: Javier Zayas Photography/iStock/via Getty Images)

by Alex Lawson
Only by taking the vaccine industry into full public ownership, with small "d" democratic controls in place, can we provide an internationalized response to this and future pandemics that properly recognizes vaccines as a global public good.


"Though few seem to realize it, Trump has provided the nation with a roadmap of how he could unilaterally destroy Social Security, without the need for Congress, once the election is over," writes Altman. (Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

by Nancy J. Altman
No one should doubt or downplay Trump’s serious threat to Social Security.

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