Eoin Higgins, staff writer
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News Sunday, August 02, 2020 'This Is Terrorism': With No Face Masks and No Warrant, Border Patrol Agents Raid Humanitarian Aid Station in Arizona and Detain 30 Migrants Border Patrol agents on Friday night raided a humanitarian aid station run by immigrant rights advocacy group No More Deaths, detaining 30 people in what activists described as a "massive show of force" aimed at intimidating the group. "Once again, Border Patrol is concentrating their resources on... Read more |
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News Sunday, August 02, 2020 'We Can Do This': Elections Advocate Says Measures Must Be Taken to Help States and Post Office Handle Surge in General Election Vote-By-Mail A prominent voting rights advocate on Sunday called on state and federal lawmakers to take action in order to handle what is expected to be a record-breaking surge in voting by mail as Americans head to the polls in November in the midst of a pandemic that is not likely to let up before the general... Read more |
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News Sunday, August 02, 2020 'The Clock Is Ticking': Bernie Sanders Calls on Senate to Act Quickly on Covid Relief Bill Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday added to a growing chorus of progressive voices demanding the Senate act with urgency to pass a coronavirus relief bill that addresses the economic crisis sparked by the pandemic by providing an extension in a federally funded boost in unemployment benefits and other... Read more |
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News Sunday, August 02, 2020 'Picking Up At a Dangerous Pace': 1.9 Million New Covid Cases in US in July Coronavirus cases in the U.S. rose by 1.9 million and deaths from the disease by over 25,000 in the month of July, another sign of President Donald Trump's failure to slow the pandemic. The numbers from July represent 42% of the country's total cases since the outbreak began and a 69% increase in... Read more |
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News Saturday, August 01, 2020 'Continued Kindergarten-Level Logic': As Covid Cases Surge Across US, Trump Repeats False Claim Rise Is Result of More Testing President Donald Trump on Saturday took to Twitter after a game of golf to proclaim the ongoing rise in Covid-19 cases around the U.S. is due to increased testing around the country and not, as health experts have repeatedly explained, because the disease is continuing to spiral out of control... Read more |
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News Saturday, August 01, 2020 "They're Playing With Us": Anger With GOP Growing as $600 Unemployment Benefit Lapses Americans angry with inaction from Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump on extending $600 a week unemployment benefits are accusing the government of not living up to its responsibility to care for the public during the Covid-19 pandemic as the boost in aid expired Friday. "In the middle... Read more |
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News Saturday, August 01, 2020 Calling Ed Markey a 'Benchmark' Progressive, Dying Healthcare Activist Ady Barkan Endorses the Massachusetts Senator for Reelection Ady Barkan, the healthcare activist dying of ALS who has spent years advocating for Medicare for All and other progressive policies, endorsed Sen. Ed Markey for reelection on Friday in his primary against Rep. Joe Kennedy. "Progressives should look to Sen. Ed Markey as the benchmark for the kind of... Read more |
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News Saturday, August 01, 2020 'Back for Another Whack': Trump Administration Rule Proposal Would Further Undermine Endangered Species Act Environmental groups on Friday condemned the announcement of a new rule proposed by President Donald Trump that would further weaken the Endangered Species Act by making it easier to destroy habitats vulnerable species rely on for survival. "President Trump is back for another whack at another key... Read more |
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News Friday, July 31, 2020 'Inhumane at Any Time,' But During a Pandemic? House Approval of $740 Billion Pentagon Budget Condemned Win Without War was among the anti-war voices on Friday issuing blistering condemnations of the passage in the U.S. House of a $740 billion defense bill as part of the 2021 Appropriations Minibus. "A $740 billion Pentagon budget is inhumane at any time," said the group's executive director, Stephen... Read more |
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News Friday, July 31, 2020 Exclusive: 25 Civil Rights Groups Condemn Trump Over Election Delay Threat, Demand Congress Fund Voting Protections Over two dozen advocacy groups released a statement Friday, provided exclusively to Common Dreams , condemning President Donald Trump's recent comments suggesting the November general election be delayed. "We denounce this desperate attack on our democracy," the statement reads. The NAACP, Stand Up... Read more |