The United States is being pulled out of the World Health Organization during a global pandemic; public comments to #SaveAsylum close on Wednesday; it has been five years since Sandra Bland’s death.
Today at Ms. | July 13, 2020
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U.S. to Officially Withdraw From WHO—and Why We Can’t Let That Happen
BY VIOLET RAWLINGS | Coinciding with a surge in coronavirus cases across the country, President Trump has officially begun the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, the United Nations’ global health agency.
An American Mother on Asylum: Trump’s New Rules Would Have Rewritten My Story
BY NENE BAH & LINDSAY M. HARRIS | To do today: 1. Read this critically important article from Nene Bah, a U.S. citizen who was granted asylum in 2011, and Professor Lindsay M. Harris. 2. Make a public comment to #SaveAsylum before the comment period closes on Wednesday.
Remembering Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor—and Demanding Justice
BY GAVI KLEIN | Today marks five years since the tragic death of Sandra Bland. She died in police custody at the age of 28, after being arrested during a traffic stop in Prairie View, Texas. She was found dead in her jail cell just three days later. #SayHerName
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