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How the Coronavirus Crisis Is Silencing Dissent and Sparking Repression
A federal officer pepper sprays a protester in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, on July 20.Nathan Howard/Getty Images As the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted political and economic systems around the world, it has …