Gwynne Dyer
Crowds of workers walked off the job on August 14, 2020, and marched from the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) and the Minsk Tractor Works (MTZ) after the opposition called for strikes against Lukashenko's disputed claim to have won re-election. (Photo: Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
The project, which aims to reduce mosquito-borne diseases, will facilitate the release 750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Sunshine State.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We must do everything we can to ensure that the post office is fully funded. It's good policy and strongly supported by the public."
Magdalena Sepúlveda
Woman and her two daughters leaving for another place after their house was destroyed during police action to vacate the houses of the favela residents in Rio De Janeiro on July 16, 2020. (Photo: Fabio Teixeira/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"DeJoy's 'suspension' of policies does not reverse his destructive actions to the USPS or change his countless conflicts of interest."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Louisiana's top election official is pushing an "unprecedented" proposal to restrict voting in the November general election, suggesting that voters should be required to prove they've recently tested positive for Covid-19 to obtain an absentee ballot.
Jim Hightower
"Each of the Trump acolytes running agencies meant to prevent abuses by profiteering corporations are instead working feverishly to advance the abusers," writes Hightower. (Image: Center for Media and Democracy)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
"Everybody is fundamentally watching the beginning of the dismantling of the Postal Service," one veteran postal worker said.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Every single member of the House should vote in favor of our legislation," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Greenpeace USA announced Wednesday that the platform which Democrats are set to adopt this week earns only a C+ rating based on the scorecard process the group previously used to rank the climate policies of what was once a large field of the party's 2020 presidential primary candidates.
Robert Reich
Protesters gather to condemn the use of federal troops on July 25, 2020 in Oakland, California. (Photo: Natasha Moustache/Getty Images)
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Chuck Collins
People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Mike Males
We have a system that works for the rich, instead of a public health system for all Americans that readily anticipates and controls new pathogens through testing, contact tracing, and quarantine. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"We still have the future in our own hands. But time is rapidly slipping through our fingers."
Udi Ofer
Democratic presidential hopefuls former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speak during the second round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan on July 31, 2019. (Photo: Jim Waton/AFP/Getty Images)
Lauren Regan
The author's grandfather, George Janes (right), proud postal worker and WWII veteran. (Photo: Civil Liberties Defense Center)
Lisa Newcomb, staff writer
In addition to coronavirus, Pope Francis said, "we must also cure a larger virus, that of social injustice, inequality of opportunity, marginalization, and the lack of protection for the weakest."
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump is going to lose not because of non-existent voter fraud. He's going to lose because the American people are sick and tired of his pathological lies, his rejection of science, his racism, and his sexism."
