Top US science journals risk reputations to battle Trump

Pushed by Covid, academic authors see rare need to offer political voice

Published on
October 20, 2020
Last updated
October 27, 2020
An anti-Trump mural decorates a wall as New Yorkers remain worried about a return of the COVID-19 pandemic in the city
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Brickbats ‘this is an extraordinary time with catastrophic mismanagement leading to an enormous number of deaths’

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Print headline: Science journals risk reputations to join battle to unseat Trump

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