The Underemployment Crisis The Atlantic
A new analysis from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), an anti-poverty research and advocacy group, suggests that underemployment was far more common than government statistics indicated even before the pandemic recession hit. A kitchen-table economic crisis was hiding in plain sight. Now the pandemic threatens to make the situation far worse.
The Supreme Court invented qualified immunity. Now, a judge’s blistering opinion shows why it must go. Washington Post
Louisiana Supreme Court upholds Black man’s life sentence for stealing hedge clippers CNN
Indigenous Peoples
Chicago Native American organizer on the intersection of Black Lives Matter and decolonization Southside Weekly
Tribe, economy, even cemeteries hurt as virus hits Choctaws AP
Labor
Cali AFL-CIO Disassociates Police Unions – Kentucky Teamsters Strike – Pittsburgh Cops Charge Protestors w/ Felonies PayDay Report
Coronavirus
How scientists know COVID-19 is way deadlier than the flu National Geographic
Covid-19 could be 50 to a 100 times more deadlier than the flu.
‘Taking Taxpayers for a Ride’: Moderna to Charge $32-$37/Dose for Covid-19 Vaccine Developed Entirely With Public Funds Common Dreams
Capitalist crisis
Venezuela
US Democratic Party Senator Complains of Trump’s Failure to Overthrow Nicolas Maduro Orinoco Tribune
U.S. Companies Eye Venezuelan Oil Tankers As Debt Payment OilPrice
Bolivia
Bolivia Begins the Week with an Indefinite General Strike and Roadblocks Internationalist 360°
Iran
Elliott Abrams to replace Brian Hook as Trump’s Iran envoy Axios
Abrams, who was tapped as Trump’s special envoy for Venezuela in January 2019 as the administration looked to force President Nicolas Maduro from power, pleaded guilty in 1991 as part of the Iran-Contra affair. He was later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush.
Palestine
Israel demolishes multiple Palestinian-owned buildings in occupied territories
Pro-Palestine candidate Cori Bush wins US congress primary The New Arab
Haiti
When France extorted Haiti – the greatest heist in history The Conversation
How the Fascists Won World War II CounterPunch.org
Phillipines
A Thousand Cuts: inside a chilling documentary on Maria Ressa Guardian
There Is No Russian Plot Against America Foreign Affairs
“Dripping with Blood and Dirt”: How British Capitalism Relied on Slavery Socialist Alternative
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