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A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, when more than 20 million Americans joined in actions to protect the environment — 10% of the U.S. population at ... Read More →
Some 265 million people are expected to face acute hunger as the coronavirus crisis could trigger a second pandemic of hunger. The crisis is projected to ... Read More →
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke in an Earth Day live stream hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum about how the Fridays for Future school ... Read More →
Months ago, the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities were alive with a vibrant mass protest movement that drew hundreds of thousands and even led the U.N. ... Read More →

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U.N. Warns Pandemic May Unleash “Multiple Famines of Biblical Proportions”

$484 Billion U.S. Coronavirus Bill Won’t Fund Relief Checks, Food Stamps or State Aid

Trump Organization Asks Trump Administration for Rent Relief for D.C. Hotel

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Trump Agree to Expand Coronavirus Testing in New York

Wisconsin COVID-19 Cases Linked to In-Person Voting During April 7 Election

More Slaughterhouse Workers Contract COVID-19

Anti-Quarantine Protesters, Backed by Far-Right Groups, Flout Social Distancing

At White House Protest, Nurses Read Names of Colleagues Who Died of COVID-19

California Confirms February COVID-19 Fatalities, Earliest Known U.S. Deaths

More Deaths, No Benefits Found in Study of Trump-Touted COVID-19 “Miracle Cure”

Amazon Workers Hold Wildcat Strike, Demanding Paid Leave and Safety Measures

Trump to Suspend Green Card Applications for 60 Days

Immigrant Prisoners in Arizona Must Sign Liability Waiver to Receive Face Masks

60-Year-Old Michigan Prisoner Dies of COVID-19 Days Before Scheduled Release

148 Asylum Seekers Test Positive for COVID-19 at Migrant Shelter in Greece

U.S. Factories in Mexico Remain Open Despite Surge in COVID-19 Cases

President Trump Pledges Fossil Fuel Bailout as Oil Prices Fall Below Zero

Oxford to Divest from Fossil Fuels; Harvard Will Follow, But Not Until 2050

Iran Launches Its First-Ever Military Satellite into Orbit

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