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California GOP Wrongly Takes Up Voter Mail Fraud Issue In California Lawsuit

California GOP Wrongly Takes Up Voter Mail Fraud Issue In California Lawsuit

May 29, 2020 |

Brief #123—Civil Rights
By Rod Maggay
In April 2020 President Donald J. Trump again claimed that mail – in ballots encouraged cheating and dishonesty with state voting processes. On May 24, 2020 The Republican National Committee and a number of other GOP groups filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of California in an effort to stop California Governor Gavin Newsom’s May 8, 2020 executive order to send all California voters a mail – in ballot for the upcoming November 3, 2020 election.

The Future is Green

The Future is Green

May 28, 2020 |

Brief #76—Economics
By Rosalind Gottfried
Green jobs are the future in spite of heavy layoffs during this period of labor market contraction.  Clean energy lost well over a half a million jobs since the virus hit the economy.

USDA Lets Biotech Companies Regulate Themselves

USDA Lets Biotech Companies Regulate Themselves

May 28, 2020 |

Brief #85—Environment
By Jacob Morton
In response to President Trump’s June 2019 executive order for the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency took steps to streamline the process for approving biotech crops, including those produced by gene editing, the USDA has proposed the new SECURE Rule

Future Dismal for Young Workers

Future Dismal for Young Workers

May 26, 2020 |

Brief #75—Economics
By Rosalind Gottfried
The economic outlook is bleak for new workers and for millennials who entered the labor force after the 2008 economic crisis. The employment rate for 20-24 year olds is down 25% from March to April and down 16% for 20-29 year olds. 

Election Responses to the Pandemic: Mail-In Voting and Virtual Conventions

Election Responses to the Pandemic: Mail-In Voting and Virtual Conventions

May 25, 2020 | ,

Brief #2—Presidential Campaign News
By Iryna Shkurhan
As more states move to expand mail-in voting ahead of the November election, President Trump hasn’t held back from expressing his disapproval of the proposced new measures. In alignment with the President, Republicans are also investing in efforts to make voting more inaccessible, citing voter fraud as a major concern. Joe Biden leads the President by a wide margin in many of the recent polls conducted on the 2020 presidential election.

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