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News & Views | 9/22/20

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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley hold an end of year press conference at the Pentagon on December 20, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If you can't get a Covid test or find an N95, it’s because these contractors stole from the American people to make faster jets and fancy uniforms."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
As the U.S. marked the eighth annual National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, advocacy groups focused on issues ranging from reproductive rights and the climate crisis to immigrant and voting rights urged the public to ensure they are registered to vote in the November 3 general election.


The sun sets on President Donald Trump as he boards Air Force One at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport on May 14, 2019, in Kenner, Louisiana. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Nothing less than our democracy is at stake," the senator said.


An Extinction Rebellion protester holds up a placard saying "Divest from climate change" as they block the roads outside the Bank of England on October 14, 2019 in London, England. (Photo: John Keeble/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We're in a make-or-break decade for the preservation of our planet and our livelihoods," said C40 chair and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.


Fox News host Sean Hannity has repeatedly cast doubts on the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: Fox News screen grab)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
" Fox is complicit in spreading misinformation and lies about the virus itself and the recommended guidelines to fight it from public health experts and scientists," noted Rob Savillo of Media Matters for America.


"The interests of stockholders and other stakeholders will not always align," a new study concludes. (Photo: iStock/via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The study enhances doubts that corporations can be depended upon to moderate their quest for profits to pursue solutions to challenges like climate change, racial injustice, and economic inequality."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We need transparency and accountability from top to bottom, and we need it now—before it is too late to prevent more costly mistakes."



by Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"This ruling is the latest victory for voters who want more consensus, more choice, and a greater voice," one advocate said.


Protesters stand near an intersection not far from the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex to protest where death row inmate Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The government's rush to kill has caused senseless risk for incarcerated people, prison staff, and everyone who lives in Terre Haute, Indiana."


Protesters outside the Canadian consulate in New York City rally against the Coastal GasLink Pipeline and in solidarity with the Wet'Suwet'en First Nations people on February 18, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Facebook is actively suppressing those who oppose fascism and the colonial capitalists," said one First Nations activist.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If you, or a family member, or a friend got sick or died of Covid-19, to Trump you are 'virtually nobody.'"

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A firefighter uses a drip torch to set a backfire to protect houses in Adobe Canyon during the Nuns Fire on October 15, 2017 near Santa Rosa, California. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Bill McKibben
Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. This election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe.


Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) stands alongside U.S. President Donald Trump as he signs a bill in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C, October 10, 2018. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

by Marie Follayttar
It is our duty to fight like hell to ensure that Susan Collins does not cast another vote for a Supreme Court Justice. It is our duty to act every single day until election day to get out the vote and ensure that we stop the rise of fascism in this country.


Over time, the unbridled pursuit of power wears down democratic institutions, erodes public trust, and breeds the sort of cynicism that invites despotism.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
Those who fight for power will bend or break rules to give themselves every advantage.


Americans must make certain that Trump and the senators understand that this outrage will cost them politically, not help them. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
Republican leaders show once more that they care only about power, not about the law or legitimacy.


Authority bias and emotional contagion facilitate the spread of misinformation and its deadly consequences, at least when we don’t take the steps necessary to figure out the facts. (Photo: Screenshot)

by Gleb Tsipursky
Consuming the wrong news can kill you.


Democrats and progressives must use every tool at their disposal to prevent the confirmation of Justice Ginsburg’s successor before the next President is inaugurated. (Photo: Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

by Miles Mogulescu
This is truly an existential reckoning.

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