The New NYC? Houston Hospitals Struggle with "Astonishing" Rise in Coronavirus Cases & COVID Exposes "Significant Racial Health Inequities" as Black, Brown & Indigenous People Suffer Most
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ICE Threatens to Deport or Bar International Students If Schools Move Classes Online Due to Pandemic ([link removed])
As President Trump pressures states to reopen schools in the fall despite an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases, ICE says international students studying at U.S. ... Read More → ([link removed])
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The New NYC? Houston Hospitals Struggle with "Astonishing" Rise in Coronavirus Cases ([link removed])
As COVID-19 cases rise and hospitalizations are soaring, hospitals in Florida, Texas, Arizona and California are running out of ICU beds. On Tuesday, ... Read More → ([link removed])
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COVID Exposes "Significant Racial Health Inequities" as Black, Brown & Indigenous People Suffer Most ([link removed])
The coronavirus continues to hit communities of color the hardest, with federal data showing African American and Latinx people are nearly three times more likely to ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"A Dream That Comes True": Standing Rock Elder Hails Order to Shut Down DAPL After Years of Protest ([link removed])
Following years of resistance, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous organizers across the country scored a massive legal victory Monday when a federal ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Brazil’s Official Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 65,000 as Jair Bolsonaro Tests Positive ([link removed])

U.S. Confirms Record 60,000+ Coronavirus Cases as Trump Demands School Reopenings ([link removed])

Houston Mayor Pleads with Republicans to Cancel Texas Convention Amid Coronavirus Surge ([link removed])

Prominent GOP Senators to Skip Republican National Convention Amid Pandemic ([link removed])

Serbian Anti-Lockdown Protesters Storm Parliament; Spanish Study Questions “Herd Immunity” ([link removed])

Mexican President to Meet with Trump; Canadian PM Won’t Attend over COVID Concerns ([link removed])

Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley Introduce BREATHE Act, Backed by Black Lives Matter ([link removed])

Phoenix, AZ and Columbus, OH Latest U.S. Cities to Ban Police in High Schools ([link removed])

New York Protesters Demand Broad Moratorium on Evictions Amid Pandemic ([link removed])

Black Lives Matter Protesters Struck by Motorists in Indiana, New York ([link removed])

New Jersey Incumbents Fend Off Progressive Primary Challengers ([link removed])

New Data Show 12-Year Period Ending in June Tied Warmest Year on Record ([link removed])

U.N. Investigators Find All Factions Committed War Crimes During Offensive in Idlib, Syria ([link removed])

Bone Fragment from Disappeared Student Casts Doubt on Official Account of Ayotzinapa Massacre ([link removed])

Police in Kenya’s Capital Fire Tear Gas to Clear Protests Against Police Brutality ([link removed])

Facebook Ad Boycott Leaders Say CEO Zuckerberg Is Failing to Crack Down on Hate Speech ([link removed])

WNBA 2020 Season Will Honor Black Lives Matter, Say Her Name Movements ([link removed])


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