"Whitening of the Media": As Pandemic Cuts Ravage Newsrooms, Diversity Is "First Thing That Goes" & WATCH LIVE: Amy Goodman in Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Stan Cox
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** Tuesday, May 19, 2020
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Harvard Doctor: As States Rush to Reopen, Lack of COVID-19 Testing Is "Achilles Heel" for U.S. ([link removed])
President Trump claimed Monday he's been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, even though multiple studies show the drug can be dangerous and is ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Whitening of the Media": As Pandemic Cuts Ravage Newsrooms, Diversity Is "First Thing That Goes" ([link removed])
At a time when many journalists are risking their lives to cover the coronavirus, media companies are slashing jobs and salaries. Over the past week, hundreds of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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WATCH LIVE: Amy Goodman in Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Stan Cox ([link removed])
On Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at 3 p.m. ET, City Lights and Democracy Now! will stream a live discussion on Stan Cox's The Green New Deal and Beyond. ... Read More → ([link removed])
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How Will COVID-19 Change the World? Historian Frank Snowden on Epidemics From the Black Death to Now ([link removed])
Pandemics, like revolution, war and economic crises, are key determinants of historic change. We look at the history of epidemics, from Black Death to smallpox to ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Trump Claims He Is Taking Hydroxychloroquine Despite FDA Warnings ([link removed])

Navajo Nation Has Highest Coronavirus Infection Rate in the U.S. ([link removed])

60-Year-Old Burmese Refugee Becomes Eighth COVID-19 Victim at Colorado Meat Plant ([link removed])

74-Year-Old Man at California ICE Prison Dies of Suicide ([link removed])

Trump Attacks WHO as U.S. and China Trade Barbs over Pandemic Response ([link removed])

Early COVID Vaccine Trials Show Positive Results ([link removed])

Outbreak at Refugee Center in Germany Infects at Least 70 people ([link removed])

France and Germany Propose 500 Billion-Euro Coronavirus Assistance Fund for EU ([link removed])

São Paulo’s Hospitals “Near Collapse” as Brazil Becomes Third Most Infected Nation ([link removed])

Ouster of State Dept. Watchdog Could Be Linked to Saudi Arms Deal ([link removed])

Rights Groups Appeal to U.N. to Help Save 4 Yemeni Journalists Sentenced to Death ([link removed])

Cuban Foreign Minister Accuses Trump Admin of Promoting Terrorism Against Cuba ([link removed])

Colombian Environmentalist Jorge Enrique Oramas Killed Amid Spate of Activist Murders ([link removed])

“COVID Today, Climate Tomorrow”: Climate Activists Stage Protest Installation in London ([link removed])

New Evidence Reveals Pattern of Racist Targeting Prior to Ahmaud Arbery Murder ([link removed])

Missouri to Execute Death Row Prisoner Amid Pandemic Despite Questions over Evidence ([link removed])

FBI Says al-Qaeda Linked to 2019 Mass Shooting at Pensacola Air Base ([link removed])

CA Governor Gavin Newsom Moves to Close State-Run Youth Prisons ([link removed])


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** WEB EXCLUSIVE
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Last Words to Comfort the Dying: "Thank You. Please Forgive Me. I Forgive You. I Love You. Goodbye." ([link removed])


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WATCH LIVE: Amy Goodman in Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Stan Cox ([link removed])

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