After Dams Fail, Dow Admits Floodwaters in Midland, Michigan ‘Commingling’ With Toxic Chemical Storage Ponds Common Dreams
‘Grotesque Nature of Unequal Sacrifice’: Since Pandemic Hit, Wealthiest Americans Now $434 Billion Richer Common Dreams
Labor
Reopening reality check: Georgia’s jobs aren’t flooding back Politico
Columbia Sportswear Tried to Crush Warehouse Union Drive Intercept
Essential Workers Fight for Their Lives In These Times
Follow the Money: Employers Are Behind the Rush to Reopen Labor Notes
Unemployed, homeless
Week 9 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market: Still Getting Worse at a Gut-Wrenching Pace Wolf Street
De Blasio pushes hard against moving all homeless to hotels Politico
Mortgage delinquencies surge by 1.6M in April, the biggest monthly jump ever USA Today
Coronavirus
Here’s what’s driving the rural South’s COVID-19 outbreaks Facing South
Divergent death tolls in New York’s Rockaways show Covid-19’s uneven reach Politico
Nearly 1 in 4 New Yorkers Needs Food as Pandemic Persists NYTimes
Battle Covid-19, Not Medicare for All: Doctors Demand Hospital Industry Stop Funding Dark Money Lobby Group Common Dreams
Prisoners
Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort Got to Leave Federal Prison Due to COVID-19. They’re The Exception. Marshall Project.
Turkey: A letter from hunger striking lawyer Aytac Unsal
India
Amphan: Kolkata devastated as cyclone kills scores in India and Bangladesh BBC
Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata airportflooded, all flight operations suspended Live Mint
A day after Amphan, Kolkata residents take stock of the damage left by worst storm in living memory Scroll
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