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News & Views | 10/14/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If you're neutral on climate change, you're complicit in the collapse of the planetary ecosystem upon which the survival of every living thing depends."

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is in the interest of progressive Democrats to show that government can be a force of good, and this is the time for us to act."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Several public health experts who have spent this year watching as President Donald Trump has ignored, refuted, and openly mocked their guidance on the coronavirus pandemic are among those interviewed in a new documentary titled "Totally Under Control."


Sgt. Bajun Mavalwalla, left, and his father Capt. Bajun Mavalwalla, posing for a photograph while both were deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. (Photo: Bajun Mavalwalla/Twitter)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The forever war outlasting the NYT section on the forever war is a very forever war thing to happen."


Disneyland workers and supporters rally while protesting low pay and calling for a living wage at the Disneyland entrance on July 3, 2018 in Anaheim, California

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It appears that—prior to, and during the pandemic—Disney took good care of its top executives and shareholders—and now is hanging its front-line workers out to dry."


More than half of all corals in the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia have died due to heat stress over the past 30 years. (Photo: The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey/Richard Vevers)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"We expect this decline to continue," predicted one of the study's authors, who said that unless urgent climate action is taken, "the reef will be unrecognizable."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Following its viral video promoting Sen. Ed Markey's Democratic primary campaign, the Sunrise Movement released an ad in support of another vocal Green New Deal champion—Mike Siegel, who is running to oust Republican Rep. Michael McCaul in Texas' 10th congressional district. 



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Something is not right around the court. And dark money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it."


Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez brokers a deal between tenant Hector Medrano, who was only able to forestall eviction thanks to a last-minute salary advance, and landlord Teodora Carcia at an RV park on October 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Public health evidence is clear: Eviction increases Covid-19 deaths and spread."


Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured here in October 2019. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Nicole Meija/Joint Base Andrews/cc)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"We have not received a direct commitment from Secretary Esper that he will refuse commands from an illegitimate president," lamented Rep. Mikie Sherrill.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Public health experts raised alarm over reports that the White House has embraced a declaration calling for a "herd immunity" approach to managing the coronavirus pandemic, put forward by scientists whose views have been denounced as "fringe" by National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins.

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Our electoral system is riddled with policies that amount to little more than voter suppression. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jill Richardson
Voting is more difficult than it should be in the best of times. In the pandemic, many states are adding barriers, not removing them.


Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers in New York City were among those on the early frontlines of the national coronavirus pandemic when it first struck in March of 2020. (Photo: Andrew Cashin / MTA New York City Transit / flickr / cc)

by Les Leopold
How do we build a coalition of common interest powerful enough to create a healthier society that dramatically reduces poverty? A look at the data suggests that one focus should be on building solidarity among the vast majority of us who must struggle to make ends meet.


The Wisconsin initiative is not the first time farmers have joined with meatpacking workers to demand stronger COVID-19 protections. (Photo: TumblingRun/flickr/cc)

by Sarah Anderson
During the pandemic and recession, farmers are realizing they have more in common with immigrant meatpackers than agribusiness CEOs.


Barrett’s mentor was the arch conservative Antonin Scalia, who was similarly idolized by President Donald Trump. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/Getty Images)

by Andy Rowell
Her "record demonstrates her willingness to interpret environmental laws like the Clean Water Act narrowly in favor of industry interests."


The Constitution doesn’t prevent increasing the size of the Supreme Court in order to balance it. (Photo: Peoples World/flickr/cc)

by Robert Reich
There is no reason to accept the structure of our democracy when it repeatedly empowers a ruthless minority to impose its will over the majority.


It's Biden, or four more years of Trumpian nightmare, death, and brutality. (Photo: Ron Adar / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

by Christopher D. Cook
It's not about fundamental change—it’s about saving lives and the planet.

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