Robert Weissman
US President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on donating plasma at the American Red Cross National Headquarters on July 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Barbara Miner
When looking at the possible death of democracy in the United States, for me the question is no longer, “Can it happen here?” The question is, “What are we going to do to about it?” (Photo: Nathan Howard/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"That seemed to me to be the most explicitly political Obama has been in his post-presidency."
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Robert Reich
Extend unemployment benefits to help people survive the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. (Photo: Screenshot)
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Trump doesn't have the authority to delay the election, but a lot of terrible things could happen if Trump believes he has the authority."
Alexander Reed Kelly
Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Friday, July 24, 2020, on the extension of federal unemployment benefits. (Photo: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Stuart Basden
Without healthy planetary lungs we will die. (Photo: Matt Zimmerman/flickr/cc)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Fed needs to reduce systemic risk during this health and economic crisis and stop boosting the industry driving climate devastation."
John Lewis
So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide. (Photo: At the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. AP photo)
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Children should not be targeted."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"As moral leaders, we join with people coming together to demand that our basic human needs are met."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We must hinder President Trump's efforts to segregate communities and to discriminate against Black and Brown homeowners and renters."
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Juan Cole
There are some 11,000 US Air Force personnel at al-Udeid, which has been a major launching point for missions against the Taliban in Afghanistan and ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (Photo: Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Alex Brandon)
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