Anthony Smith, of West Philadelphia, has been arrested and faces multiple federal charges related to the civil unrest. … Smith was profiled in Philadelphia Magazine’s list of Influential Citizens for his role in helping to topple the Rizzo Statue that was formerly in front of the Philadelphia Municipal Services Building.
America’s protest crackdown: five months after George Floyd, hundreds face trials and prison Guardian
Justice Dept. Is Said to Quietly Quash Inquiry Into Tamir Rice Killing NYTimes
Facebook under fire for boosting right-wing news sources and throttling progressive alternatives Salon
Facebook admits it ‘improperly’ blocked some political ads due to ‘technical issues’ as Joe Biden’s campaign slams it for being ‘wholly unprepared’ Business Insider
Economy
M.T.A. Slashes in Service Could Erase 450,000 Jobs NYTimes
The Dow Has Lost 1,815 Points in the Past Three Trading Sessions: The Wall of Worry It Was Climbing Has Become a Wall of Chaos Wall Street on Parade
Trump Needs to Suppress the Vote to Win Political Wire
NYPD Critics Target Police Union Headquarters The Indypendent
DC police violently disperse crowd demanding justice for Black man killed in pursuit Peoples Dispatch
Coronavirus
It’s time for Europe to stop blaming China for COVID-19 and learn CGTN
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air El Pais
COVID-19 Is Killing My People—And No One Seems to Care The Atlantic
My part of the country doesn’t get much attention—not from the government, not from the media, certainly not from President Donald Trump (except when he’s ranting about his big, beautiful wall). We’re much closer to Mexico City and Monterrey than we are to New York City and Washington, D.C. People here laugh when the national media describe San Antonio as “South Texas”; Hidalgo County lies three hours farther south. Our county is more than 90 percent Hispanic; we are disproportionately poor, disproportionately susceptible to debilitating disease, disproportionately living without health insurance. But we are also human beings, and what happened to us this summer—what is still happening to us, in fact—shouldn’t happen to anyone.
The US recorded more new #COVID19 cases today alone than #China has had for the entire duration of the pandemic in total: 88,452 in the US today vs. a total of 85,915 in China since December 2019. China has four times the US population. https://t.co/j3G3oIjDF4
— Morgan Artyukhina (@LavenderNRed) October 29, 2020
Fascist thugs in Bolivia have beaten trade union leader Orlando Gutierrez to death. He has died after several days in intensive care.
Orlando was a key organiser of the protests against Añez regime – an important leader who fought the US-backed coup.#JusticiaParaOrlando https://t.co/nnRCZEE6lH
— Fiona Edwards – #BlackLivesMatter (@Fio_edwards) October 28, 2020
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