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News & Views | 10/23/20

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Street art that reads, "200,000+ Covid-19 deaths" near an "It is what t is" quote by President Donald Trump is displayed on a wall in Park Slope as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 29, 2020 in New York City.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
77,640 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Thursday.

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Postal Service DeJoy

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Parts of the presidential battleground states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio fell short of delivery goals by wide margins."


Constitutional law experts on Friday endorsed a bill that would create 18-year term limits for U.S. Supreme Court Justices. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44768401@N07/4122928968/in">Matt Wade</a>/flickr/cc)</p>

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The called it "a critical piece in prescribing how our country's leaders can work to depoliticize the Supreme Court and its confirmation process."


New York City is one of three Democratic-run cities—including Seattle and Portland, Oregon—that are suing the U.S. Justice Department after being labeled "anarchist jurisdictions." (Photo: ilirjan rrumbullaku/Flickr cc)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The only anarchy in this country is coming from the White House," quipped New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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Storage tanks for radioactive water stand at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Jan. 29, 2020 in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The policy of the Japanese government to dump nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean is not based on scientific or environmental protection principles and has no justification."


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen during a hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on August 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"I am so deeply proud and grateful for each and every one of my House and Senate colleagues who stand for our future and champion the Green New Deal," the progressive standout declared.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
After years of complaining that career federal employees are part of the "deep state" and aim to undermine his administration, President Donald Trump this week took a major step toward remaking the federal government as one without nonpartisan civil servants.


Bernie Sanders Labor Secretary

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
While progressives were mostly excited by the possibility of Sanders taking over the Labor Department, some voiced concerns about the consequences of losing a powerful left voice in the Senate.


Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks via video link as he takes part in a round table meeting on March 15, 2019. (Photo: Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
His attorney said the whistleblower still "calls his ultimate goal to return to the United States, but only if he is guaranteed a fair trial."


Trump Family Separation

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Trump immigration agenda is defined by cruelty: it's responsible for six children dying in cages, forced women into unnecessary surgeries including sterilizations, continued deportation flights in the middle of a pandemic."


People wearing face masks visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the United States, on Oct. 16, 2020. According to a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, D.C. has the highest rate of mask-wearing and the lowest percentage of people who know someone with Covid-19 symptoms in the country. (Photo: Xinhua/Ting Shen via Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
As Covid-19 cases surged in the U.S.—with eight states setting single-day case records on Thursday and hospitals in Utah and Wisconsin reporting that they're overwhelmed with sick patients—two new studies released Friday reaffirmed public health guidance that the more mask-wearing is observed in a community, the less likely it is to face coronavirus outbreaks and deaths. 

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks to reporters before boarding his campaign plane at Nashville International Airport on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Biden is traveling to Nashville, Tennessee for the final presidential debate with President Donald Trump. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Jamie Henn
It is high time to break the spell the industry seems to have cast over Democratic politicians. This was a promising start.


If not for moral reasons—for the sake of future generations and the environment—the nation should spend to fight climate change now to secure its economic well-being. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

by Lee van der Voo
We spent $2 trillion to keep Americans afloat in the pandemic. Putting a similar amount toward the climate crisis could be even more pragmatic.


Some of those Trump voters are experiencing a level suffering that is unimaginable to outsiders. (Photo: Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images)

by Richard Eskow
Repairing the breach left by centrism and fueled by rage will require radical love, the kind of love that condemns a broken system and not its broken people.


The United States will have to reckon with the scale of the disaster it has helped inflict on the world—and on itself—through three presidencies. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

by Matthew Duss
U.S. foreign policy never recovered from the war on terror.


The ruling elite in Washington, D.C., has long opposed the socialist policies of Bolivia for economic and geopolitical reasons. (Photo: Reese Erlich reporting from Bolivia for NPR)

by Reese Erlich
The South American nation sets an example of how to undo an attempted coup.


Union activists and supporters rally against the Supreme Court's ruling in the Janus v. AFSCME case in Foley Square in New York City on June 27, 2018. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Kenneth Peres
The GOP sees unions and their supporters as enemies to be politically and economically destroyed.

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