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Sophia Paslaski
I can think of no better argument for Medicare for All than the freeing of the noble employer from the dreadful moral quandary of birth control. Great job, team. Drinks are on Kavanaugh. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc)
Jill Richardson
We need to govern with facts instead of fantasy. If Trump can’t handle the job, he should get out of the way. (Photo: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Julia Conley, staff writer
An epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the occupied Palestinian territories is without a badly-needed testing and quarantine center following the demolition of a building that was meant to give relief to overwhelmed hospitals in the West Bank.
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Rebecca Gordon
When the pandemic finally ends, there’s a danger that some modified version of this new system of labor exploitation might prove too profitable for employers to abandon. (Photo: Giles Clarke/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It's incredibly irresponsible for the Army and the Navy to be recruiting impressionable young people and children via live streaming platforms."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Critics charge Democrats' current proposal "will not go nearly far enough to secure a just and equitable transition."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It is outrageous that this proposal contains not one penny to help states conduct safe elections during a global pandemic."
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Bianca Mugyenyi
We must ask ourselves whether we will continue to accept our government’s participation in a Trump administration regime change effort that effectively undermines the ability of ordinary Venezuelans to feed themselves. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Corporate liability waivers are just the next phase of a Trump polluter bailout."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"A disaster of Congress' making is looming for those who have lost their livelihoods during the global pandemic."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This issue is not about one incident. It is cultural. It is a culture of... impunity, of accepting violence and violent language against women."
Heidi Shierholz
Cutting off the $600 will also exacerbate racial inequality. (Photo: Witthaya Prasongsin/iStock/Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
A private warning about rising coronavirus cases, made to leaders in 11 cities by White House official Dr. Deborah Birx on Wednesday, was identified by an investigative journalism group as the latest sign that the Trump administration must end the secrecy surrounding its response to the pandemic.
Robert C. Koehler
Guns are the speech of the inarticulate. (Photo: Apu GOMES / AFP via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Zurich's decision to walk away from the pipeline just underlines how risky this project has become."
Ben Clements
It’s up to the United States District Court presiding over Stone’s case to scrutinize this commutation and, if the Court finds that evidence persuasive, declare the commutation constitutionally invalid, and order Stone to prison. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This lawlessness must end."
