‘Insane and Cruel’: Watch Nurse Rip Question on How US Can Afford to Make Coronavirus Vaccine Free

“We can actually go to war and not ask one question, but to prevent this kind of a disease, we have to say, ‘How can we pay for it?'” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Speaking at a coronavirus roundtable in Detroit Monday alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders and public health experts, registered nurse Deborah Burger forcefully [...]

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Family Films Had as Many Women as Men in Lead Roles for the First Time

For the first time, there were as many female leads in family films as male leads, according to a new study. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media released these findings regarding films from 2019. This is a vast improvement considering the Institute released a study last year that said there were twice as [...]

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NY Governor Announces Hand Sanitizer Made by Prison Labor Amid Coronavirus Fears

“Jails are particularly more frightening because of massive turnover. More than half of the people in jail are only in there for two to three days. So, there are people coming in from the outside community, being exposed, and taking it back into the community, or the other way around.” As the United States and [...]

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Elon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium

“South America is no longer to follow the resource nationalist project of Evo Morales; this is Elon Musk’s South America, a place for the neo-conquistadors to make money and leave behind them social carnage.” Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair [...]

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Coronavirus: New York Won’t Close Schools Because Homeless Kids Have Nowhere Else to Go

For many thousands of students across New York City and the United States, school is the only place they receive regular meals, shelter, medical care, and other vital services. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) As the number of cases of COVID-19 in the tri-state area rises to over 150, Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state [...]

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As the Global War on Drugs Fades Away, the Only People Who Benefited Were Drug Traffickers

America shows signs of emerging from the century-long shadow of drug prohibition, with marijuana leading the way and a psychedelic decriminalization movement rapidly gaining steam. America shows signs of emerging from the century-long shadow of drug prohibition, with marijuana leading the way and a psychedelic decriminalization movement rapidly gaining steam. It also seems as if [...]

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Virginia Enacts Hairstyle Protections Against Racial Discrimination

“It’s pretty simple, if we send children home from school because their hair looks a certain way, or otherwise ban certain hairstyles associated with a particular race, that is discrimination. This is not only unacceptable and wrong, it is not what we stand for in Virginia.” Virginia became the fourth state in the union to [...]

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‘All You Need to Know’: Biden Reportedly Weighing Billionaires Michael Bloomberg and Jamie Dimon for Cabinet Posts

“The establishment wing of the party didn’t fall into line behind Biden despite the fact that he’d put Bloomberg and Jamie Dimon in his cabinet. They did it because of that. This is who they are.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Joe Biden is reportedly considering appointing businessman Michael Bloomberg and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie [...]

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Nathaniel Woods’ Execution Reinvigorates Death Penalty Debate

“The actions of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Governor of the State of Alabama are reprehensible…” The State of Alabama executed Nathaniel Woods for the 2004 murders of three Birmingham police officers despite court challenges and intervention from multiple human rights groups and civil rights leaders. The case caused an uproar because his co-defendant [...]

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Will Biden’s Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?

“I helped lead the opposition to these agreements, Joe Biden supported those agreements,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “And that is a fundamental difference about our approach toward the trade union movement and towards the needs of working people.” (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Sen. Bernie Sanders and supporters of his presidential campaign took on 2020 [...]

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Senator Ted Cruz Quarantined Due To Exposure To Coronavirus At Conference Trump Attended

Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has quarantined himself due to fears that he could have contracted coronavirus from an individual at a conference he attended. Ted Cruz Quarantined The senator issued a statement on Sunday saying that he had been in contact with an attendee at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) who has tested positive [...]

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