News | Politics & Elections Arizona Republicans Urge Voters to “Join President Trump” and Vote by Mail Trump has voiced strong opposition to mail-in voting, but Republicans in swing states like Arizona are pushing for it. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 17, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections Trump Is Facing a Nationwide Wave of Backlash Over His Postal Service Sabotage The nation is grappling with how to save both the post office and the election from deliberate sabotage. By Alexis Goldstein , Truthout August 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections State Attorneys General Appear Ready to Sue Trump Over Changes at the USPS One state's AG asserted Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's changes at USPS were a direct "assault on democracy." By Chris Walker , Truthout August 17, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections The 2020 Democratic Convention Could Be a Tech Debacle or an Ambitious Feat This year’s Democratic National Convention will be a far cry from the four-day parties and gaudy spectacles of the past. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout August 17, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections COVID Deaths Continue to Surge in Countries Led by Far Right Authoritarians Amid the pandemic, far right governments are focused on power grabs and appeasing capital while workers suffer. By Jack Delaney , Truthout August 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders and Obama: Trump’s Attack on Postal Service a Direct Assault on Election Tens of millions of Americans could be effectively disenfranchised in the November election due to Trump. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams August 15, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Didn’t Invent State Violence Against Protesters — But He’s Escalating It From Homeland Security to COINTELPRO and beyond, the U.S. has a very long history of meeting dissent with brutality. By Sasha Abramsky , Truthout August 15, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Gets Mail-In Ballot After Opposing Vote by Mail and Post Office Funding Trump has pushed mail-in voting in "swing states" that may help him win reelection but called it "corrupt" elsewhere. By Chris Walker , Truthout August 14, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump’s New Racist Campaign Strategy Is Tweeting Mugshots of Black People The effort to instill fear in voters about a future Biden presidency began the same day Kamala Harris joined his ticket. By Roger Sollenberger , Salon August 14, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections McConnell Adjourns Senate for Month-Long Recess Without Deal on COVID Relief Sen. Bernie Sanders called the long vacation while millions in the U.S. face hunger and eviction "morally obscene." By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 14, 2020 Truthout