Op-Ed | Environment & Health As Politicians Play With Our Lives, It’s Hard to Imagine a Future Beyond COVID There is nothing to look forward to but the end of this thing and not dying before that end comes. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 13, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections In First Address as VP Candidate, Harris Slams Trump’s Handling of Pandemic “The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut,” Harris says. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! August 13, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Campaign Appears to Be Hiding Massive Facebook Spending — But Why? The shift appears fairly recent: Campaigns regularly reported Facebook purchases throughout the 2016 cycle. By Roger Sollenberger , Salon August 13, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Declares USPS Can’t Handle Mail-In Voting Because He’s Blocking Funding Postal workers have warned that without emergency funding, the agency could struggle to deliver mail-in ballots on time. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 13, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump’s Executive Orders Are Designed to Make Him Look Like a Populist With the election approaching, Trump tries to portray himself as a lone ranger taking on entrenched bureaucracies. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout August 13, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Florida Sheriff Bans Deputies and Civilians From Wearing Masks in His Department Some studies have demonstrated that hundreds of thousands of cases of COVID-19 were prevented thanks to masks. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 12, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections We Can’t Let the Nomination of Harris Blunt Our Demands for Racial Justice The road to the White House leads away from Black struggle. We must not take our lead from machine politics. By Vanessa Wills , Truthout August 12, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health 3 in 5 Americans Firmly Oppose Trump on His Push to Reopen Schools, Poll Finds Just a third of the country is in favor of reopening K-12 schools, while the vast majority favors virtual learning. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 12, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The 2020 Race Is Down to Center-Right vs. Far Right A center-right Democratic ticket is set to square off against the most brazenly fascist incumbent in U.S. history. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 12, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Kamala Harris’s “Top Cop” Record Faces New Scrutiny Amid BLM Protests There’s a great deal of frustration with Harris amid the largest protest movement in U.S. history. By Amy Goodman & Juan González , DemocracyNow! August 12, 2020 Truthout