Elections2020
One third of labor force now jobless as pandemic unemployment climbs
June 4, 2020Official jobless claims in this new great depression hit 42.65 million; real number estimated at 50 million or more.
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Tear gas, bullets, and a less-than-holy photo op
June 3, 2020Those of us who may be religious folk will do well to reacquaint ourselves with teachings of the Jesus who entered the temple and overturned the tables of the moneychangers.
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Biden offers a sharp contrast to Trump in remarks on the uprising
June 3, 2020“It’s all at stake. That is truer today than ever. And it’s in this urgency we can find the path forward…To paraphrase Reverend (William) Barber, it’s in the mourning we find hope.”
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Voters dump a white supremacist and make a Black woman mayor
June 3, 2020In elections yesterday, Iowa’s Rep. Steve King was defeated, and Ferguson, Missouri made Ella Jones the city’s new mayor.
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Trump wants repression and police violence to be capitalism’s new normal
June 3, 2020For those who believe fascism is a deviation from capitalist norms, the truth has been laid bare.
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