Journalist Rami Khouri: Beirut Explosion Follows Years of Lebanese Gov’t Incompetence & Corruption: The End of Big Tech? Calls Grow to Break Up Facebook, Amazon for “Mob-Like” Behavior, Monopoly Power & More
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“Despair and Destruction”: Doctor in Beirut Describes Harrowing Scenes After Massive Port Explosion ([link removed])
As Beirut reels from a massive explosion that killed at least 100 people and injured thousands, we get an on-the-ground update from pediatrician and writer Dr. Seema Jilani ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Journalist Rami Khouri: Beirut Explosion Follows Years of Lebanese Gov’t Incompetence & Corruption ([link removed])
The explosion in the port of Beirut, which killed at least 100 people and injured about 4,000 others, is the latest blow to Lebanon, which already faces an economic ... Read More → ([link removed])
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The End of Big Tech? Calls Grow to Break Up Facebook, Amazon for “Mob-Like” Behavior, Monopoly Power ([link removed])
Calls are growing to break up the Big Tech giants, with a handful of companies controlling more and more of the technology industry, crowding out or acquiring would-be ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Public Health vs. Politics: White House Scrapped Nationwide COVID-19 Testing Plan to Hurt Blue States ([link removed])
As the U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 155,000, there is still no national testing program, with widespread shortages and delays hampering efforts to contain the ... Read More → ([link removed])


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Massive Explosion Tears Through Beirut, Leaving Hundreds Missing and Thousands Injured ([link removed])

Lebanon’s PM Says 2,700 Tons of Ammonium Nitrate Sparked “National Catastrophe” in Beirut ([link removed])

Mississippi Becomes Biggest U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spot as Governor Mandates Masks ([link removed])

Georgia Prisoners Livestream Video From Prison Uprising Amid Coronavirus Outbreak ([link removed])

Chicago Schools Cancel September Classes as Union Threatens Strike Over Coronavirus Safety ([link removed])

U.N. Warns Coronavirus School Closures Have Impacted Over One Billion Students ([link removed])

Brazil COVID-19 Deaths Approach 100,000 as Infections Surge in India ([link removed])

Black Lives Matter & Ferguson Activist Cori Bush Pulls Off Huge Upset in Missouri Democratic Primary ([link removed])

Kris Kobach, Architect of Voter Suppression Efforts, Loses Kansas GOP Senate Primary ([link removed])

Rep. Carolyn Maloney & NYC Councilmember Ritchie Torres Win New York Primaries ([link removed])

Former Census Bureau Directors Blast Trump Admin’s Early End to Collection Effort ([link removed])

Trump Refuses to Praise Late Civil Rights Icon John Lewis ([link removed])

Aurora, CO Police Detain Black Mother and Four Children at Gunpoint ([link removed])

Ex-Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Placed Under House Arrest ([link removed])

U.S. Appeals Court Finds Former Bolivian President Liable for 2003 Indigenous Massacre ([link removed])

Tropical Storm Isaias Kills At Least 5 People, Leaves Millions Without Power Across East Coast ([link removed])

Heat Wave in Europe Shatters Temperature Records in the UK, France & Spain ([link removed])

Trump Mispronounces “Yosemite” Twice at White House Event ([link removed])

BP to Slash Oil & Gas Production, Invest Billions into Renewable Energy ([link removed])


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