Indigenous Peoples
Coronavirus Emergency Aid Has Become Its Own Disaster in Indian Country New Republic
Inquiry Needed Into Police Violence Against Indigenous Peoples Canadian Dimension
Mi’kmaq community in Nova Scotia holds ceremony to honour lives lost APTN
Nova Scotia mass shooting lays bare media’s white male bias Toronto Now
#Covid-19
The government’s inefficient delivery means relief will come too late for many Americans Washington Post
Anti-lockdown protester who said it was a ‘political ploy’ is killed by coronavirus Metro
Special Report: Former Labradoodle breeder tapped to lead U.S. pandemic task force Reuters
Top vaccine expert says he was fired for resisting Trump on hydroxychloroquine Guardian
Racism and Covid-19 Are a Lethal Combination Nation
For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn’t safe Scalawag
Banks Funneled Stimulus Funds To Largest Companies To Fatten Fees, Lawsuits Say HuffPost
Class war
I Want My Death to Make You Angry Emily Pierskalla, RN, Minnesota Nurses Association
I want you to politicize my death. I want you to use it as fuel to demand change in this industry, to demand protection, living wages, and safe working conditions for nurses and ALL workers.
U.S. war drive
U.S. Airstrikes Hit All-Time High as Coronavirus Spreads in Somalia Intercept
Trump says he told Navy to ‘destroy’ Iranian boats harassing U.S. ships Politico
Oil Jumps After Trump Orders Navy To ‘’Shoot And Destroy’’ Iranian Gunboats OilPrice
As the US Grapples with Coronavirus, Congress Leaps into Action… On a New Military Draft MPN
U.S. Media Fall For Kim Jong Un Rumor From U.S. Government Financed Propaganda Outlet MoA
China
How a Trump media dump mainstreamed Chinese lab coronavirus conspiracy theory Grayzone
How China Ensured No One Went Hungry During Coronavirus Lockdown Internationalist 360º
Media Fail to Identify Xenophobia as Biden Says Trump ‘Rolled Over for Chinese’ FAIR
Venezuela
House-to-House: How Venezuela, with the Help of Cuban Doctors, is Stopping the Coronavirus Resumen
Class and Quarantine in Venezuela: A Conversation with Anacaona Marin of El Panal Commune (Interview) Orinoco Tribune
Capitalist crisis
Another Giveaway Michael Hudson
Disney Furloughs 100,000 Theme Park Workers NewsMax
Oil Tankers Surround California With Nowhere to Unload Bloomberg
Bankruptcy looms over U.S. energy industry, from oil fields to pipelines Reuters
Earth Day
Michael Moore Drops New Documentary on Climate Change ‘Planet of the Humans’ Rolling Stone
The documentary pointedly arrives the day before the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, April 22nd. Its focus is not just the devastating effects of climate change — it also offers a critical view of the ways in which, per a press release, “the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices, including the belief that solar panels and windmills would save us, and by giving in to the corporate interests of Wall Street.”
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest spikes Axios
The reason Zoom calls drain your energy BBC
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