Indigenous Peoples
Examining the Wreckage Nick Estes and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz in Monthly Review
The United States is on fire. As we write this introduction, we can read in the ashes and embers of smoldering cities the writing on the wall—the historic movements for Black lives against white supremacy have raised class consciousness to levels that we simply have not experienced in previous generations. We might ask, why are race and white supremacy so central to class consciousness? What can the history of settler colonialism teach us about this current moment? More importantly, what does a decolonization movement look like, and how is it informed by both Black and Indigenous traditions of resistance?
How Mount Rushmore Became Mount Rushmore NYTimes
The South Dakota landmark has drawn criticism over the land it occupies, the main sculptor behind it and the legacies of the men it memorializes.
Why liberals have embraced our most dangerously reactionary founder
Coronavirus
Coronavirus can spread through air very fast Economic Times
Why Surviving Covid Might Come Down to Which NYC Hospital Admits You NYTimes
Hogan’s proposed rent assistance covers a fraction of tenants’ needs, lawmakers say Baltimore Brew
Latinx health crisis: 42% of sampled Johns Hopkins patients test positive for coronavirus Baltimore Brew
Public Outcry Follows Gilead Decision to Charge $3000 for COVID Drug that Costs Pennies to Produce Alan Macleod
Early Herd Immunity against COVID-19: A Dangerous Misconception Johns Hopkins
Labor
It’s Not Just Meat: All Farm and Food Workers Are in Peril Counterpunch
Revealed: Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants in US being kept quiet Guardian
‘I Would Not Go To A Hotel Right Now’ Says Head Of LA Hotel Workers Union
Almost half of the U.S. population does not have a job Axios
They shut his water off over an unpaid bill – and then a fire broke out Guardian
Revealed: Covid-19 outbreaks at meat-processing plants in US being kept quiet Guardian
Abolish the police
WATCH: Police car drives into protesters, flings people on hood CGTN
Police-Free schools are necessary, as is abolishing the white supremacist state they are rooted in The Black Youth Project
Police Attacks Fueled by Violent Ideology of Grievance The Intercept
CHOP No More: Police Clear Seattle’s ‘Protest Zone’ After Emergency Order – Photo, Video
LGBTQ2S+
WATCH: Pride 2020 Brings Wins And Losses For LGBTQ Civil Rights The Real News Network
Explainer: Israel’s annexation plan for occupied West Bank Al Jazeera
Annexation of occupied territory such as West Bank is a major breach of international law, making planned move illegal.
Freedom Rider: Russia, Afghanistan, and the Big Lie BAR
Protests
WATCH: Not a riot. An UPRISING. Liberation News
Vince’s Crab House Threatens Legal Action Against Baltimore County, Protesters WBAL NewsRadio
China
New Law Liberates Hong Kong From U.S. Interference Moon of Alabama
Afghanistan
Afghan Bounty Scandal Comes at Suspiciously Important Time for US Military Industrial Complex MPN
Russia Bounty-Hunter Story Another Pulp Fiction Release Finnian Cunningham
WaPo Admits ‘Russian Bounties’ Info “Deemed Sketchy” After Pentagon Says “No Corroborating Evidence” Tyler Durden
Pharmaceutical industry group sues to stop Minnesota’s new insulin-aid program Star-Tribune
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