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News & Views | 10/12/20

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on October 9, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Rejecting any chance at a deal now means asking these struggling families to hold on for another couple of months before they get any help."

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Long lines form outside the Cobb County Board of Elections in suburban Atlanta on the morning of October 12, 2020, the first day of in-person early voting. (Photo: Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"We're becoming desensitized to unacceptable burdens on the franchise," one political scientist said. "People died for this right. [It] shouldn't take hours to participate in our democracy."


Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in on the first day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on October 12, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The list of what is at stake if Republicans get their way is truly staggering."


"This Indigenous Peoples' Day Resolution is an opportunity to honor the true nature of our founding and re-focus a federal holiday on the incredible cultural contributions of Native peoples that have been absent from our celebrations until now," said Rep. Norma Torres. (Image: via Rep. Ray Lugjan/ @repbenraylujan)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Federal holidays should celebrate our heritage and culture, but also honor the struggles that led to society as we know it."


Palestinian children are among those waiting in line to receive food aid amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Gaza City, Palestine on April 24, 2020. (Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"In Gaza, people are going through the garbage," said Philippe Lazzarini. "More people are fighting to provide one or two meals a day to their families."


California Republicans

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Apparently they're trying to prove voter fraud is real by committing actual election fraud."


Participant holding a sign at a climate justice march in New York City on September 20, 2020. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Especially in the midst of a health and economic emergency, public money must be used to boost existing solutions that will create new jobs and support the people most impacted."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"By repeatedly failing to disclose relevant information to the Senate, she has forfeited the benefit of the doubt."


Work at a Rio Tinto mine at Yandicoogina, Pilbara, Western Australia on September 4, 2009. (Photo: Christian Sprogoe/AFP/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Rio Tinto must acknowledge, and seek to correct, the unequal bargaining positions that have always resulted in a disadvantage for Traditional Owners."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're mobilizing all those who believe in freedom, equality, and justice to engage in direct action to put pressure on both key Senate Republicans as well as Democrats to ensure that this confirmation is delayed."


Dr. Anthony Fauci became a familiar figure standing beside Donald Trump at media briefings, never openly contradicting him but trying to steer him away from his worst ideas.

by Common Dreams staff
'The comments attributed to me without my permission in the GOP campaign ad were taken out of context'

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A man walks past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, on September 29, 2020. - For Iran, struggling from sanctions imposed under Washington's policy of "maximum pressure", the US presidential race raises hope of change—but also fears that life could get even worse. (Photo: Atta Kenare / AFP via Getty Images)

by Phyllis Bennis
This latest not-so-shocking surprise is actually incredibly dangerous and reckless for the future as well as incredibly cruel, heartless, indeed sadistic right now.


Afghan children play in the bombed out rubble of the Darul Aman Palace in Kabul, amidst a photo exhibition marking four decades of Afghans killed in war and oppression. (Photo: Maya Evns)

by Maya Evans
Most ordinary Afghans hold out little hope for peace.


Trump’s 5th Avenue principle has kept him in power despite deprivation and death that would have doomed the presidencies of anyone else. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
The most egregious test of Trump’s 5 th Avenue principle is still to come, when he tries to kill off American democracy.


Columbus’s “discovery” of the Americas was no discovery at all. (Photo: Victoria Pickering/flickr/cc)

by Edgar Villanueva
The holiday is a monument to white supremacy, and it’s time we abolished it.


Amy Coney Barrett. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

by John Buell
Amy Coney Barrett comes up for confirmation at a time when trust in our highly inegalitarian capitalism is low, especially among the young.


Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the William Hicks Anderson Community Center, on July 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
No one has described the current crossroads more astutely than Naomi Klein, who tweeted last month: "Vote for a more favorable terrain."

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