UPDATE: South Georgia prison on lockdown after riot Atlanta Journal-Constitution
From ‘brain fog’ to heart damage, COVID-19’s lingering problems alarm scientists Science
The pandemic hasn’t hampered the health care industry Axios
The economy has been tanking. Coronavirus infections and deaths have been rising. And the health care industry is as rich as ever.
Food consumption trends point at real income decline before pandemic Peoples Dispatch
Cuba’s medical brigades in Africa embody a long tradition of solidarity Peoples Dispatch
Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Environmental Network statement on Trump’s Keystone 1 Pipeline capacity increase Indian Country Today
Not “a nation of immigrants” The Red Nation
Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reads from her forthcoming book debunking the claim that the United States is “a nation of immigrants.”
Manhattan Beach was once home to Black beachgoers, but the city ran them out. Now it faces a reckoning Los Angeles Times
Labor
Brooklyn Teamsters Protest UPS Harassment of Black Shop Stewards Labor Notes
Union Journalists At Pittsburgh Post-Gazette To Hold Strike Vote
Capitalist crisis
Lord & Taylor, Oldest U.S. Department Store, Files For Bankruptcy NPR
Trump’s Millionaire Treasury Secretary Uses Debunked GOP Talking Point to Justify Slashing $600 Unemployment Boost Common Dreams
China
China’s small factory activity strengthened in July to highest level since January 2011 SCMP
Trump gives Microsoft 45 days to clinch TikTok deal Reuters
TikTok Ban: For National Security or US Tech Companies?
Army Guard begins to reorganize force into eight divisions to prepare for possible fights with Russia and China Stars & Stripes
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