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MONTREAL, QC - SEPTEMBER 27:  Led by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (C), young activists and their supporters rally for action on climate change on September 27, 2019 in Montreal, Canada. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in what could be the city's largest climate march.  (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

Defending the defenders

Rachel Ramirez - Grist

"Globally, indigenous peoples suffer significantly higher rates of violence in environmental conflicts"

Veterans of World War I gather outside the Congressional Library in Washington, to demand the immediate payment of a cash bonus promised to them eight years before, 15th July 1932. | Hundreds of demonstrators walk down 16th street to the White House, during a rally north of Lafayette Square near the White House to protest police brutality and racism, on June 7, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump, Hoover and the protests

Kirk Swearingen

This wasn't the first time troops have been used in D.C. But you didn't read about the "Bonus Army" in school

Donald Trump; William Barr (Wikimedia/Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Trump & Co. popes minorities again

David Cay Johnston - DCReport

Justice Department pretty much ignores financial firms preying on low-income communities

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#RampGate angers Trump

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Trump complains ramp was ‘long and steep’ in response to #TrumpIsNotWell speculation about his health

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President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a rally on March 2, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trump was campaigning ahead of Super Tuesday. (Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

Female voters are fleeing Trump

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

Trump’s re-election odds tumble as number of female voters fleeing him takes a huge jump

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High risk populations lack insurance

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"It's not just Covid care that's unaffordable. Medicare for All is the long-term answer"

A man salutes at a mural dedicated to George Floyd, across the street from the Cuney Homes housing project in Houston's Third Ward, where Floyd grew up and later mentored young men, on June 10, 2020 in Houston, Texas. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

George Floyd and the white gaze

Niki Herd

"If we ... did that to a young white kid, you wouldn't need no study, you'd know what to do"— Reverend Al Sharpton

A man wearing a protective mask walk in the rain past the Royal Swedish Opera (at left) in Stockholm, Sweden (Getty Images)

April M. Short

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Chocolate Pie Cookies (Mary Elizabeth Williams)

Two classics meet: Chocolate pie cookies

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Think of this as your rustic, American update to the classic macaron

Dad's Peach Cobbler (Anisha Sisodia/Penguin Random House)

Chef Lynch: How to make my dad's cobbler

Lazarus Lynch

"It warms my heart when I think about how many times my dad made this cobbler"

Thresher harvesting wheat (Getty Images)

Why we need a new food system

AJ Albrecht - Independent Media Institute

The federal government shouldn’t be trying to salvage our broken food system — we need a new one

Moechella in Washington, D.C. (Shaughn Cooper)

The power and politics of Go-Go music

Priscilla Ward

"Go-Go has a long history of really taking back the power. Just the fact that it exists is resistance"

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English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney rehearsing with his band Wings before their British Tour, 7th April 1973. (Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

McCartney's "Band on the Run" triumph

Kenneth Womack

Jeered by critics, the band coming apart, Paul rallied the remaining Wings and they fought their way to a comeback

Protesters clash with police during a rally against the death of Minneapolis, Minnesota man George Floyd at the hands of police on May 28, 2020 in Union Square in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

The history of protest coverage

Errol Salamon - The Conversation

Livestreamed video coverage of protests is the modern heir to decades of grassroots documentary filmmaking

Photomicrograph Of Martian Meteorite Alh84001 (Getty Images)

Mars meteorite mystery persists

Nicholas Booth, Elizabeth Howell

In 1996, scientists were convinced they'd found fossils on a Martian meteorite. The controversy continues today

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Trump could lose Florida in November

Sky Palma - Raw Story

Republicans worry that thousands of unemployed people "will bring their frustration to the voting booth."

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Fluoride lawsuit could impact water

Dan Ross - FairWarning

Many water utilities add fluoride with the goal of improving dental health

People wearing face masks as a preventive measure walk along the Venice Beach. Los Angeles County reopened its beaches for active use while requiring people to wear face masks and maintain social distancing as the county tries to reduce COVID-19 infections. (Ronen Tivony / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

New coronavirus hot spots emerge

Martha Bebinger, Blake Farmer, Jackie Fortiér - KFF Health News

"Specific areas in the Golden State have become hot spots, along with certain counties in every Southern state."

A demonstrator is seen in front of a police barricade during a protest over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The right's "law and order" fetish

David Masciotra

Donald Trump and his followers want "order," but they have zero respect for the law. Maybe America sees that now

Police Officer (Getty Image)

Camden policing is not a blueprint

Rann Miller - Truthout

What happened in Camden and the conversations taking place nationwide around disbanding police aren't the same

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"Avatar" and the fight against fascism

Melanie McFarland

Nickelodeon's 15-year-old animated series came to set fire to Netflix at a time that we needed its lessons most

Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary (JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

Mail voting leads to turnout spike

Igor Derysh

States that sent absentee ballot applications to all voters saw turnout increase in last week's primaries

Donald Trump | China (Getty Images/Salon)

The new Cold War with China

Michael T. Klare - TomDispatch.com

How will it affect you?

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley (Getty/Michael B. Thomas)

GOP senator: keep Confederate names

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley took to the Senate floor to block an amendment from Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren

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