Fight racism
Labor unions and other organizations plan a July 20 walkout to protest racism, police violence Inquirer
Utah governor declares state of emergency due to ‘civil unrest’ TheHill
Indigenous Peoples
Supreme Court Backs Native American Rights Over Eastern Half Of Oklahoma Forbes
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro vetoes Covid-19 protections for indigenous people CNN
Watch the film More Than A Word for free until the end of July.
A fascinating look inside the growing movement to change the name of the Washington football team. Directed by brothers John and Kenn Little, who are members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, the film traces how the word “r*****n” evolved from being a term of racist derision and slander to being embraced as the name of one of the NFL’s most beloved franchises. It also draws on the voices of Native American activists and scholars to place this controversy within the wider context of Native American history and racial stereotyping more generally.
Hair From Ghostly Bears Reveals New Genetic Secrets NYTimes
First Nations peoples along British Columbia’s Central Coast led research to help preserve the area’s white-furred Spirit bears.
Im/migrants and refugees
ICE Offering ‘Citizens Academy’ Course with Training on Arresting Immigrants Newsweek
How police militarization became an over $5 billion business coveted by the defense industry CNBC
Ford employees ask if company should stop building police vehicles Detroit Free-Press
Coronavirus
States that raced to reopen let businesses write their own rules, documents show Washington Post
Big Pharma Wants to Pocket the Profits From a COVID Treatment You Already Paid For INET
L.A. Hotel Workers Call for Reopening Pause Labor411
Almost 90% of U.S. Meat Plant Workers With Virus Are Minorities Bloomberg
Riverside County surpasses 20,000 coronavirus cases. That wasn’t supposed to happen yet LATimes
Dozens of Florida hospitals out of available ICU beds, state data shows Reuters
Capitalist crisis
Detroit: civil rights coalition sues to bar water shutoffs for residents Guardian
Housing Crisis Looms As 1 In 4 NYC Tenants Can’t Pay Rent: Report
The second jobs apocalypse Axios
Unemployment Claims Hit New Record: 32.9 Million State & Federal. Week 16 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse Wolf Street
Jobless Claims Continue a Historic 16-Week Streak Newser
CFPB rolls back restrictions on payday lenders Marketplace
Abolish police
Police Surveilled George Floyd Protests With Help From Twitter-Affiliated Startup Dataminr The Intercept
Interview: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers
Two industrial workers, members of Detroit’s League of Revolutionary Black Workers, share experiences with political organizing and education.
‘Cancel Culture’ Is How the Powerful Play Victim Medium
A letter published in ‘Harper’s’ mistakes critiques of the powerful for the silencing of free speech
What Does ‘Caucasian’ Really Mean?
Venezuela
Biden and Trump on Venezuela: Two Sides of the Same Coin Common Dreams
Why Idaho Hasn’t Stopped Shaking Since March 31 Popular Mechanics
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