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News & Views | 11/24/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
As the president refused to concede defeat, Pennsylvania and Nevada certified President-elect Joe Biden's victories and dealt a major blow to the Trump campaign's legal ploy.

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Telfair Elementary School first grade teacher Ms. Gutierrez works with her students on February 8, 2019 in Pacoima, California. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"50.8 million children who attend real public schools need a secretary of education who will be their advocate, not an advocate for privatization."



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supports Amazon workers' unionization efforts. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"If Amazon workers in Alabama–a strong anti-union state–vote to form a union, it will be a shot heard around the world."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
Women who have spoken out about alleged abuse by a gynecologist while in U.S. custody won a reprieve Tuesday when the U.S. Department of Justice agreed to halt their deportations until President Donald Trump is nearly out of office. 



Flight attendants, airline pilots, and other aviation workers hold a protest organized by the Association of Flight Attendants urging the U.S. Congress to pass a Covid-19 relief package and extend the Paycheck Support Program to save aviation jobs during a rally outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on September 9, 2020.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Senate's failure to provide crucial relief and recovery aid has left families without a lifeline and will severely damage prospects for recovery."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"America's essential workers are facing a holiday season of unparalleled danger."



Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visits WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker at Fox Business Network studios on August 1, 2019 in New York City.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The thing about covering up the murder of Laquan McDonald is that it disqualifies you from holding any type of public office. Forever," said Rep.-elect Cori Bush.



Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) attends the fourth day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on October 15, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Feinstein lost all credibility when she showed she was more willing to treat with contempt 11-year-old climate activists demanding a livable future in her office, than the Supreme Court nominee who refused to say whether she would uphold the laws that would give that future a fighting chance."



Numerous immigrant rights organizations applauded President-elect Joe Biden's nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Department of Homeland Security. (Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images for PEOPLE En Espanol)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
The former director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was a key architect of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and also expanded fee waivers for naturalization and immigration applications.



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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
In one tweet thanking the actor, the president says he's "working hard to clean up the stench of the 2020 Election Hoax!"


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As Americans learned in Vietnam, the only way to end a war gone wrong is to leave the field of battle. (Photo: Sergeant Joseph R. Chenelly / United States Marine Corps)

by Andrew Bacevich
Actually ending the war in Afghanistan.



With skyrocketing sales, Amazon can afford to invest more in their workers and worker protection. (Photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

by Chuck Collins
This essential workforce is hustling to help holiday shoppers while also organizing for hazard pay and other Covid-19 protections.



 Trump must be denounced and defrocked through the fair, transparent means that are given us to deal with such crimes, means that lie at the very heart of our collective existence. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

by Robert Freeman
The U.S. will never be at peace so long as Trump is free to create mischief and mayhem. He needs to prosecuted to the full extent of the law.


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