Pandemic Is a Portal: Arundhati Roy on COVID-19 in India, Imagining Another World & Fighting for It
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"Pure Baloney": Zoologist Debunks Trump's COVID-19 Origin Theory, Explains Animal-Human Transmission ([link removed])
With the largest one-day death toll in the U.S. yet — 2,400 in just 24 hours — President Trump is trying to deflect attention from his handling of the pandemic by ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Pandemic Is a Portal: Arundhati Roy on COVID-19 in India, Imagining Another World & Fighting for It ([link removed])
Officials in India say six major cities are coronavirus hot spots, including the capital city, New Delhi. We go there to speak with writer and activist Arundhati Roy, who has ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"I Want an Apology": Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police ([link removed])
We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Trump Cuts Funds for World Health Org as Oxfam Warns Pandemic Could Push Half a Billion into Poverty ([link removed])
As the confirmed cases of coronavirus surpass 2 million around the world, President Donald Trump says he will cut U.S. support for the World Health ... Read More → ([link removed])


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New York Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 11,500 as Governor Orders Wearing of Masks in Public ([link removed])

Medical Workers Demand More Safety Measures as COVID-19 Deaths Mount ([link removed])

Michigan Protesters Defy Social Distancing Rules, Demanding End to Quarantine ([link removed])

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Asylum Seekers Protest in Immigration Jails as COVID-19 Deaths Mount ([link removed])

Prisoners at Chicago Jail Report Desperate Conditions as COVID-19 Spreads ([link removed])

Pennsylvania Prisoner Dies of COVID-19 Days Before Scheduled Review of Innocence Claims ([link removed])

Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Reports No COVID-19 Symptoms ([link removed])

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African-American Pastors Call for Equity in Coronavirus Testing ([link removed])

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Meet the African-American Doctor Who Tests the Homeless for COVID-19. He was Handcuffed by Miami Police ([link removed])


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Black Doctor Handcuffed by Miami Cop as He Wore a Mask Is Critical of Florida's Pandemic Response ([link removed])


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