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Joe Biden Doesn’t Need the Senate to Boost the Economy and Tackle Climate Change

Ryan Grim

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Biden Treasury Pick Could Defund the Fossil Fuel Industry, Climate Organizers Say

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The push is part of a wider vision of what climate-conscious national leadership could look like — and a demand for action.

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Trump Presses Forward With Execution of Man Convicted by All-White Jury

Liliana Segura

Orlando Hall, among the first to be condemned under the 1994 Crime Bill, is the eighth person executed on federal death row this year.

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Defeated Trump Campaign Tells Supporters “The Left HATES YOU” in Fundraising Emails

Robert Mackey

The outgoing president’s campaign is filling the inboxes of supporters with messages that aim to incite fear and anger.

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Why Fox News Can’t Afford to Quit Donald Trump

Peter Maass

Disinformation about the election’s outcome is desired by Fox’s viewers, not forced upon them.

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Tyson Foods Tapped Latino Civil Rights Group for Pandemic PR

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Tyson, facing lawsuits over its handling of the Covid-19 outbreak, tapped LULAC for a publicity push over its safety record.

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On Arms Sales to Dictators and the Yemen War, Progressives See a Way In With Biden

Akela Lacy

Biden has taken a tough stance against longtime U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Progressives are keen to hold him to his promises.

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Race Gap in U.S. Life Expectancy Widens as Covid-19 Toll Grows

Sharon Lerner

Life expectancy for Black people and Latinos in the U.S. will shrink dramatically as a result of the pandemic.

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Obama Book: Rahm Emanuel Cooked Up Deal to Promise Larry Summers Fed Chair

Ryan Grim

Summers wanted Treasury, but Obama held him off by offering him a future Fed chair appointment. In the interim, though, the arrangement fell apart.

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