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Nations Fight Extreme Patenting to Ensure Access to COVID-19 Relief
Joshua K. Leon | progressive.org | 2020-05-19
The pandemic is spurring fresh efforts to rein in the ability of Big Pharma to put profits over public health.
progressive.org/dispatches/fight-patenting-ensure-access-covid19-relief-leon-200519/

Covid-19: Breaking the lockdown, defeating the coup, averting extinction
Robert J. Burrowes | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-19
Humanity has reached the most critical point in its history. Using COVID-19 as \'cover\', the global elite is conducting a coup to take vastly greater control of our lives.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/19/covid-19-breaking-the-lockdown-defeating-the-coup-averting-extinction/

Gene-Editing Vaccines: Forced Vaccination vs. Informed Consent In The Age Of COVID-19
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-19
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/gene-editing-vaccines-forced-vaccination-vs-informed-consent-age-covid-19/

Post-pandemic \'green shift\' in transport could create up to 15 million jobs
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
Transforming the transport sector to be more environmentally-friendly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, could create up to 15 million new jobs worldwide and help countries move to greener, healthier economies, according to a UN-backed report published on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064382

Coordination essential to beat coronavirus, keep development goals on track
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
As the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc across the world

The Media Cull Continues
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-19
In December last year, newspaper circulation continued to fall across the industry. Even The Sun reported a 13 per cent fall in just that one year. All paid-for newspapers continued to see their sales fall year-on-year, with the smallest drop (three per cent) at the Observer. Then the COVID-19 crisis came and ad revenues crashed. …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-media-cull-continues/

The Bubonic Plague in San Francisco
jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
We have always regarded the plague as something very distant and impossible, and have read of its ravages in India and China with much the same feeling of composure and security that we read about an uprising of the natives in Madagascar. Or perhaps we have considered it as a matter of historic interest on account of the fearful epidemics which in pre-sanitary days used to sweep over Europe, devastating countries and hardly leaving enough people behind to keep up the archives and records of the state. Even now that it is among us, and in America for the first time, there seems to be a tendency to underrate its im…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766150

US steps up witch hunt against Chinese scientists
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The US federal government has arrested researchers and scientists of Chinese descent as part of an accelerated crackdown on alleged participants of China\'s \"Thousand Talents\" program.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/chin-m19.html

Shareholders Urge JPMorgan Chase to Reduce Climate Impacts of Financing
commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/05/19/shareholders-urge-jpmorgan-chase-reduce-climate-impacts-financing?cd-origin=rss

Canada Missing in Action on Israel\'s Proposed Annexation of the West Bank
Michael Lynk | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
The UN Security Council meets on the situation in Syria at UN headquarters in October 2019. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mary Altaffer) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/file-20200518-83348-6ewy1l.jpg …
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Syria: UN relief chief appeals for renewal of lifesaving cross-border aid operation
news.un.org | 2020-05-19
The UN\'s top aid official has urged the Security Council to renew a mechanism that provides lifesaving assistance to millions of desperate people in northwest Syria, through cross-border deliveries from Turkey.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064432

A turning-point in Libya?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-19
The reaction of Haftar\'s external backers to his latest defeat could determine the country\'s future | The capture on Monday of the al-Watiya airbase 140 km southwest of Tripoli by forces loyal to Libya\'s Government of National Accord (GNA) dealt a powerful blow to Gen. Khalifa Haftar and his foreign backers. This setback could put paid to his ambitions to take control of the western Libyan coastline and especially the capital, which he has been besieging for the past year, unless his backers

The World Trade Organization and the Demise of Multilateralism
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Seventy-five years after the creation of the United Nations in the wake of the Second World War, the recent resignation of the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, does not bode well for the international trading system, multilateralism and International Geneva. The organization has had several setbacks even before the pandemic: The…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/the-world-trade-organization-and-the-demise-of-multilateralism/

Civil Disobedience, Billionaire-Style
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Last week, billionaire Elon Musk defied local public health officials and reopened his flagship Tesla auto assembly plant in Fremont, California. Public safety officials had ordered that plant shut down

Learning from the Great Depression
Chris Wright | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
According to Mark Twain (supposedly), history doesn\'t repeat itself, but it frequently rhymes. He was right. Donald Trump, for example, rhymes with Mussolini. The decline of organized labor in recent decades rhymes with its decline in the 1920s. And the coming depression will rhyme, in many respects, with the Great Depression. For decades, in fact,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/learning-from-the-great-depression/

How the New York Times Enhances Trump\'s Propaganda
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
The mendacity of Donald Trump is without parallel in the history of American presidential politics. His lies, as tabulated by the Washington Post\'s fact checker, number in the thousands. U.S. truth tellers have become Trump\'s favorite targets as Inspectors General, federal judges, intelligence officers, and the nation\'s media face constant punishment and harassment from the White…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/how-the-new-york-times-enhances-trumps-propaganda/

The Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
The morning will come When the world is mine. Tomorrow belongs to me! From Cabaret In response to the cataclysm occasioned by the coronavirus, three lines of thinking are emerging. One is that the emergency necessitates extraordinary measures, but the basic structure of production and consumption is sound, and the problem lies only in determining…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/the-race-to-replace-a-dying-neoliberalism/

Pakistan\'s Minority Protection Doesn\'t Extend To Ahmadiyya
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-19
The new commission in Pakistan to safeguard minority rights fails to include even a single representative from the Ahmadiyya minority, a small and pacifist branch of Islam.
therealnews.com/stories/pakistan-minority-protection-ahmadiyya-muslims

Trump\'s Inspector General Purge and the Death of Dissent
Elizabeth Shackelford | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Last Friday, Trump notified Congress of the removal of Steve Linick, the State Department\'s inspector general. This was reportedly done at Secretary Mike Pompeo\'s urging to ensure a friendlier IG was at the helm so Pompeo could avoid accountability in at least two investigations Linick was pursuing into his actions. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mike_0.jpg …
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Tory cuts forced councils to gamble on the property market and it\'s costing front line services
Peadar O\'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
On 16 May, Gareth Davies reported for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that billion-pound investments made by UK councils in property \"have taken a \'battering\' during the coronavirus pandemic\". These investments include office and retail properties, whose tenants have had to close because of the pandemic. This has led to a shortfall in rental income which will affect the councils\' ability to provide essential public services. | Councils were already overstretched thanks to To…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/05/19/tory-cuts-forced-councils-to-gamble-on-the-property-market-and-its-costing-front-line-services/

Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coronavirus-fascism-paramilitaries/

An Illusion of Protection: The Pandemic, the \"Criminal\" Government and Public Distrust of the Media
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Any notion that the UK government actually considers that its primary responsibility is to protect the health and security of the country\'s population ought to have been demolished in 2020. The appalling death toll that continues to mount during the coronavirus pandemic is largely rooted, not merely in government \'incompetence\', but in criminal dereliction of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/an-illusion-of-protection-the-pandemic-the-criminal-government-and-public-distrust-of-the-media/

Trump\'s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Trump\'s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-coronavirus-handling/

AFL-CIO sues Trump\'s OSHA to force firms to protect workers from virus
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
WASHINGTON–Fed up with the Trump government\'s refusal to force firms to protect workers from the coronavirus, the AFL-CIO is suing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to force it to do so. The suit, filed May 18, in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C., which handles most cases involving federal agencies and their …
peoplesworld.org/article/afl-cio-sues-trumps-osha-to-force-firms-to-protect-workers-from-virus/

Workers angry, concerned as US auto plants reopen
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Tens of thousands of workers returned to factories across the US Monday in a major test of the Trump administration\'s plans to restart the flow of corporate profits even as the death toll of the pandemic continues to rise.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/auto-m19.html

Global north has forgotten that private sector wants ill-health
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
The increasing corporatisation of the health sector has meant that private interests not only play a huge role in determining policy, but also control licensing. This is a threat for countries like India.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/global-north-has-forgotten-that-private-sector-wants-ill-health/

Take Action Now: Fight for Immigrant Justice
NationAction | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Take Action Now: Fight for Immigrant Justice…
thenation.com/article/activism/take-action-now-fight-for-immigrant-justice/

Trump deportation frenzy threatens the lives of thousands
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
The hostility of President Donald Trump and his entourage toward immigrants from the poorer countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean has long been notorious. It is at the root of a whole series of repressive policies aimed at those communities, including mass deportation and the horror of \"children in cages\" at the …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-deportation-frenzy-threatens-the-lives-of-thousands/

Read some Ho Chi Minh for his birthday
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-19
To mark the birthday of Ho Chi Minh, May, 19, 1890, Fight Back is circulating his 1960 article The path which led me to Leninism. | After World War I, I made my living in Paris, now as a retoucher at a photographer\'s, now as painter of \"Chinese antiquities\" (made in France!). I would distribute leaflets denouncing the crimes committed by the French colonialists in Viet Nam. | At that time, I supported the October Revolution only instinctively, not yet grasping all its historic importance. I loved and admired Lenin because he was a great patriot who liberated his compatriots; until then, I had read none of his boo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/19/read-some-ho-chi-minh-his-birthday

Which Side of the \"Vaccine Information War\" Are You On?
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-19
The NY Times launches the first shot in the Vaccine Information War. Do you support individual liberty or collective force? In a recently published opinion piece, The New York Times all but declared war against Americans who question the safety of vaccines. Of course, the war being waged is

The war on Labour
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-05-19
The war on labour is a continuation of the attacks which the BJP has been launching on the religious minorities and dalits; its economic consequences will be disastrous.
mronline.org/2020/05/19/the-war-on-labour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-war-on-labour

Israeli Troops Erect Settler-only Bypass Road in Southern Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-19
Israeli troops reportedly embarked on erecting a bypass road, on Tuesday, in the Huwara village, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian media sources said that the road is seven kilometers-long and that it will be located on about 100 acres of Palestinian farm lands. …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-erect-settler-only-bypass-road-in-southern-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-erect-settler-only-bypass-road-in-southern-nablus

Mine Wars: \'Matewan Massacre\' a century ago embodied miners\' struggles
John Raby | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
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Israeli Troops Abduct Several Palestinians in West Bank and Israel
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-19
Israeli troops reportedly abducted, on Tuesday, several Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank as well as the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip. In the occupied city of east Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as the capital of a prospective future Palestinian state, Israeli occupation authorities in the internationally-recognized occupied Arab-Palestinian …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-abduct-several-palestinians-in-west-bank-and-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-abduct-several-palestinians-in-west-bank-and-israel

The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems…
thenation.com/article/society/tessa-majors-murder-morningside-harlem/

Hundreds of Mexican maquiladora workers dying after back-to-work orders take effect
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
In Northern Baja California, 432 of the 519 people who have officially died from the virus in the state were maquiladora workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/mexi-m19.html

Studies Explore HIV Treatment and Prevention in Pregnant Women
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
Taking dolutegravir along with a single pill containing emtricitabine (FTC) and tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) is the safest, most effective option for pregnant women with HIV and their infants, according to a large international study presented recently at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766181

Another Bank Bailout under Cover of a Virus
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Insolvent Wall Street banks have been quietly bailed out again. Banks made risk-free by the government should be public utilities. When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, President Obama triumphantly declared, \"No more bailouts!\" But what the Act actually said was that the next time the banks failed, they would be subject …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/another-bank-bailout-under-cover-of-a-virus/

Ukrainian National Police official demands a list of Jews living in Kolomyya
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The intimidation and persecution of ethnic and religious minorities within Ukraine has become routine, with far-right elements operating openly as officials of the Ukrainian state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/ukra-m19.html

Friendly Reminder That This Photo Happened, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-19
Just a friendly reminder that this photo happened. For the record this is the only image anyone should ever use when sharing any information having to do with Jeff Bezos; I don\'t care if it\'s about Whole Foods stocks or a new series on Amazon Prime. | ~ | I feel like we don\'t talk enough about how there are flying death robots constantly dropping explosives on civilians from the sky but all the news is about Trump tweeting mean things about Obama. | I also feel like…

Friendly Reminder That This Photo Happened, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?
Jessica Suriano | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?
thenation.com/article/society/what-happens-when-you-age-out-of-foster-care-during-a-global-pandemic/

Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Pandemics, and Hollywood–Hope and Fear Across a Century of Cinema
Dehority W. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-19
This Arts and Medicine feature tallies the appearance of infectious disease outbreaks in cinema since 1914, and identifies common themes, such as stigmatization and physician heroism, that characterize the films.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765300

Lives Depend on Argentina\'s Debt Talks
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-19
The New York Times See article on original site Governments won\'t be able to contain the pandemic if they are forced to use scarce foreign currency to make unsustainable debt payments. Argentina is currently engaged in intense negotiations with its creditors over at least $65 billion in government debt. The most important part of that …
cepr.net/lives-depend-on-argentinas-debt-talks/

Let evidence, not talk radio, determine whether the outbreak started in a lab
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-19
The president and his secretary of state made a startling claim last week: that there is enough evidence to suggest with a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is the source of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
mronline.org/2020/05/19/let-evidence-not-talk-radio-determine-whether-the-outbreak-started-in-a-lab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=let-evidence-not-talk-radio-determine-whether-the-outbreak-started-in-a-lab

The Privileged and Powerful in the Pandemic
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Musk\'s thin-skinned, petulant narcissism bears an uncanny resemblance to Donald Trump, who last week tweeted, \"California should let Tesla and @elonmusk open the plant, NOW.\"(Photo: flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/musk.jpg …
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Economists Warn \'Prolonged Depression Guaranteed\' If GOP Refuse Federal Aid to State and Local Governments
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
\"The economy is currently approaching a knife edge in how recovery will proceed.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/no_job_no_rent.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/19/economists-warn-prolonged-depression-guaranteed-if-gop-refuse-federal-aid-state-and?cd-origin=rss

Piano Usa: controllo militarizzato della popolazione
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
La Fondazione Rockefeller ha presentato il ´ Piano d\'azione nazionale per il controllo del Covid-19 ª, indicando i ´passi pragmatici per riaprire i nostri luoghi di lavoro e le nostre comunità ª. Non si tratta perà≤, come appare dal titolo, semplicemente …
globalresearch.ca/piano-usa-controllo-militarizzato-della-popolazione/5713393

Making up 28% inside, First Nations inmates are still at threat from COVID-19
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-19
Indigenous Paul GregoireIssue 1266 Australia COVID-19 prisoners\' rights Black deaths in custodyMay 19, 2020As governmen…
greenleft.org.au/content/making-28-inside-first-nations-inmates-are-still-threat-covid-19

Why East Beat West on Covid-19 (Part II)
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-19
Andrew SALMON | It is abundantly clear that East Asia has managed the Covid-19 crisis far better than the West. So what is behind this glaring differential? | The first part of this two-part series made statistical East-West comparisons, then dived into culture and communalism, attitudes toward authority, rights to privacy, and differentials in recent historical and epidemic experience. | In this part, Asia Times examines leadership, policy response, vaccination policy, travel and geographic integration,…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/19/why-east-beat-west-on-covid-19-part-ii/

Tomorrow\'s Arctic: Theatre of War or Cooperation? The Real Story Behind the Alaska Purchase
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-19
Today, the Arctic has increasingly become identified as a domain of great prosperity and cooperation amongst world civilizations on the one side and a domain of confrontation and war on the other. | In 2007, the Russian government first voiced its support for the construction of the Bering Strait rail tunnel connecting the Americas with the Eurasian continent- a policy which has taken on new life in 2020 as Putin\'s Great Arctic Development strategy has wedded itself to the northern extension of the…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/19/tomorrows-arctic-theatre-of-war-or-cooperation-the-real-story-behind-the-alaska-purchase/

Sweden Has Covid-19 Beat, Leaving Everyone Who Locked Down With Egg on Their Face
Fredrik Erixon | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-19

| The culture of social distancing does strange things to us. A few weeks ago I got an invitation to an offline work dinner, and I can\'t remember the last time I had such a sudden rush of joy. Even if life in Sweden over the past two months have been surprisingly normal, the truth is that we all have hunkered down a bit. Many of us have worked from home. The first two weeks, I admit, felt as life in remission

Hunger, Misery, Chaos, Brutality, and Humiliation: The Nightmare That Is India\'s Lockdown
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-19
Related: For What Narendra Modi Has Unleashed on His Country\'s Poor a Just Punishment Distinct From a Painful Death Does Not Exist | twitter.com/Anurag_Dwary/status/1261937458629029888 | twitter.com/satishjha/status/1262438101659648001 | twitter.com/Benarasiyaa/status/1262274561837539328 | twitter.com/KanwardeepsTOI/status/1244508599038009344 | twitter.com/Benarasiyaa/statu…
anti-empire.com/hunger-misery-chaos-brutality-and-humiliation-the-nightmare-that-is-indias-lockdown/

As States Rush to Reopen, Lack of COVID-19 Testing Is \"Achilles Heel\" for US
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
President Trump claimed Monday he\'s been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, even though multiple studies show the drug can be dangerous and is not an effective treatment for COVID-19. This comes as the U.S. COVID-19 death count tops 90,000 and all 50 U.S. states prepare to partially reopen by Memorial Day. We speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, the director of Harvard University\'s Global Health Institute, who says that testing needs to vastly improve in order for widespread reopenings. He call…
truthout.org/video/as-states-rush-to-reopen-lack-of-covid-19-testing-is-achilles-heel-for-us/

Trump Lashes Out at Fox News After Host Criticizes Hydroxychloroquine Use
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he was taking hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial medication that some have suggested, anecdotally but without scientific evidence, can help in treating those diagnosed with coronavirus. | Trump told reporters at the White House he\'s been on the drug for a number of days, and was doing so as a preventative measure, as he also explained he had tested negative for COVID-19. | \"I\'m taking…
truthout.org/articles/trump-lashes-out-at-fox-news-after-host-criticizes-hydroxychloroquine-use/

Trump\'s HHS Secretary Accidentally Admits Racism Is Driving COVID Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
Donald Trump\'s administration is truly a one-trick pony. Whatever narratives Trump\'s minions roll out, white supremacy and racism are always the baseline.. | During an appearance last Sunday on CNN\'s \"State of the Nation,\" Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar offered this explanation of why black people and other nonwhites are at such high risk of death from CO…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-hhs-secretary-accidentally-admits-racism-is-driving-covid-policy/

As Pandemic Cuts Ravage Newsrooms, Diversity Is \"First Thing That Goes\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
Image Credit: Markus Spiske on Unsplash | 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 journalists at Vice, Quartz, The Economist, BuzzFeed and Condé Nast have been laid off. In April, The New York Times estimated 36,000 employees of news media companies had been laid off, furloughed or had their pay reduced since the arrival of the pandemic. We speak with award-winning journalist and for…
truthout.org/video/as-pandemic-cuts-ravage-newsrooms-diversity-is-first-thing-that-goes/

Trump\'s Attacks on Obama Signal an Even Dirtier Stretch of Campaigning
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
Dirty campaigns are nothing new in U.S. politics, but there have been a few that stand out from the pack. | Before the Republican presidential primaries began in 2000, George W. Bush held a commanding 50-point lead over the field. He was not only the clear choice of the GOP establishment, but was also the favorite son of evangelical Christians, a voting bloc that had grown muscular within Republican circles during the Clinton years. | Quite completely out of a clear blue sky, however, came John McCa…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-attacks-on-obama-signal-an-even-dirtier-stretch-of-campaigning/

US Is Using Pandemic as an Excuse to Send Asylum Seekers Back Into Harm\'s Way
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
Fernanda* doesn\'t know what to do. She fled Honduras with her husband and their toddler last year after death threats from gang members she says work with police officers in the family\'s neighborhood to extort local businesses and workers. They made it more than 1,500 miles north, hoping to seek asylum in the United States, where Fernanda\'s husband has an uncle who could provide them housing and support. | \"We just want to be safe and work and contribute,\" Fernanda told Truthout. | The family…
truthout.org/articles/us-is-using-pandemic-as-an-excuse-to-send-asylum-seekers-back-into-harms-way/

Trump\'s \"VERY Promising\" Vaccine Is at Least a Year Away, Leaked Memo Suggests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-19
A leaked memo from the Pentagon suggests the Department of Defense does not hold the same optimistic tone that President Donald Trump does when it comes to how fast a vaccine for coronavirus could be developed. | The document, which is not the official view of the Pentagon, warns of a \"globally-persistent\" coronavirus environment in the U.S. for some time to come, and states that a vaccine likely won\'t be available to the public until \"at least the summer of 2021.\" | \"We have a long path ahead,…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-very-promising-vaccine-is-at-least-a-year-away-leaked-memo-suggests/

MPs \'risk becoming 650 super-spreaders\' if forced to return to Westminster
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Plans for MPs to return to Westminster next month risk creating 650 Covid-19 \"super-spreaders\", a Labour MP has warned. | Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Labour of opposing the full re-opening of parliament in order to \"stymie\" the government after he indicated last week he would like to see MPs return to parliament as early as June. | It comes as MPs learned that the planned multibillion-pound renovation of the Palace of Westminster is set for a review due to…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/19/mps-risk-becoming-650-super-spreaders-if-forced-to-return-to-westminster/

What do the latest statistics tell us about Covid-19 deaths?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its latest figures for the number of deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales.Here are five things the data tells us about the situation across the country.– The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has passed 44,000Tuesday\'s ONS figures show that 39,071 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in England and Wales up to 8 May and had been registered up to 16 May.(PA Graphics)Latest figures from the National Records of Scotland, published last week, showed 3,213 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to 10 May.Data f…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/19/what-do-the-latest-statistics-tell-us-about-covid-19-deaths/

Scientists dismiss claims \'mega doses\' of vitamin D can protect against Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Scientists have dismissed \"very misleading\" social media reports that so-called \"mega doses\" of vitamin D can protect against coronavirus.Some articles have claimed that the vitamin can act as a protective measure

IT experts unconvinced on effectiveness of Covid-19 contact tracing app
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Less than a quarter of IT experts believe the UK\'s coronavirus (Covid-19) contact tracing app will be effective, according to a survey.Just under half (45%) said they were undecided about it, while almost a third (32%) believe the tool will not be useful in helping to contain Covid-19.The app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight as part of the government\'s \"test, track and trace\" strategy to ease the country out of lockdown.Health secretary Matt Hancock had indicated that a roll-out across the rest of England was on the cards for mid-May, but Downing Street has said the aim is to launch more widely in…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/19/it-experts-unconvinced-on-effectiveness-of-covid-19-contact-tracing-app/

Trump talks from the top of his head, says ex-UK scientific adviser
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Donald Trump\'s widely-criticised admission that he is taking a malaria drug to try to protect against coronavirus \"should be ignored\", a former chief scientific adviser has urged. | David King said the US president is \"making it up as he goes along\" after Mr Trump said he is using hydroxychloroquine, despite there being no evidence it combats Covid-19. | Trump\'s own government warns that the drug should only be administered for coronavirus in a hospital or research environment because it has potentially fatal side effects. | Work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey said on Tuesday that the admission was surpris…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/19/trump-talks-from-the-top-of-his-head-says-ex-uk-scientific-adviser/

Grenfell Inquiry to resume when possible, but not for several weeks
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
The latest stage of the Grenfell Inquiry will not resume until at least July

Harriet Harman says Covid-19 contact tracing app assurances do not cut the mustard
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
New laws to protect the privacy of personal information gathered by the coronavirus contact tracing app are a \"no brainer\"

Rees-Mogg says resisting return of MPs to Commons is an attempt to \'stymie\' government
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Labour of opposing the return of MPs to Westminster in order to \"stymie\" the government.Ahead of a meeting with Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle, senior politicians from opposition parties and representatives of the unions, Rees-Mogg claimed that parliament was not able to do its job properly under the current arrangements.Critics of Rees-Mogg\'s approach have warned that returning to Westminster would put staff and MPs at risk of spreading coronavirus and fly in the face of the advice to work from home wherever possible. | Hybrid proceedings mean that MPs will be able to pa…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/19/rees-mogg-says-resisting-return-of-mps-to-commons-is-an-attempt-to-stymie-government/

Ministers face pressure as councils and teachers question school reopening date
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Ministers are facing increasing pressure from council leaders and teaching unions to reconsider their plans to open primary schools in England to more pupils from next month. | Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire has joined a number of local authorities in advising its schools against reopening more widely to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils from 1 June amid safety concerns. | Solihull Council, believed to be one of the first Conservative-led local authorities to question the government\'s proposed start date, has warned that some school places may not be ready for the first week of June. | It came as a poll f…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/19/ministers-face-pressure-as-councils-and-teachers-question-school-reopening-date/

\"I was outraged\": Venezuelan foreign minister responds to secretive British \'reconstruction\' plans
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
On 13 May, The Canary exposed a secretive unit within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dedicated to the \"reconstruction\" of Venezuela. Files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act also detailed private discussions between Venezuelan opposition figures and UK officials, detailing proposals for the promotion of British business after a…
thecanary.co/exclusive/2020/05/19/i-was-outraged-venezuelan-foreign-minister-responds-to-secretive-british-reconstruction-plans/

MSNBC and Fox News finally agree! Media comments on Trump \'taking\' malaria drug against Covid-19 reach new level of bizarre
rt.com | 2020-05-19
MSNBC\'s Joe Scarborough has recommended listening to Fox\'s Neil Cavuto over hydroxychloroquine

\'Fat shaming is cool now?\' Pelosi\'s jab at Trump\'s weight sends #MorbidlyObese trending & the \'Resistance\' can\'t get enough
rt.com | 2020-05-19
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cheered by President Donald Trump\'s critics after dubbing him \"morbidly obese,\" even making the phrase trend online, but many have condemned what they see as a double standard over \"fat shaming.\" | Pelosi\'s comment came during an interview with CNN\'s Anderson Cooper on Monday, telling the pundit she was concerned about the president\'s health after he said he was taking hydroxychloroquine

\'Potential benefit outweighed the risk\': Trump\'s doctor pens letter in defense of HCQ, Twitter still unconvinced he\'s taking it
rt.com | 2020-05-19
With media and online pundits going into a full-blown meltdown after US President Donald Trump said that he was taking hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis against coronavirus, his doctor issued a statement in support of the drug. | Trump\'s admission late Monday that he has been taking the experimental drug, originally designed to treat malaria and several other conditions, has caught many off-guard, spawning a torrent of reactions online. | The White House physician says he and the president \"concluded the potential benefit from treatment outweighed the relative risks.\" The FDA says there\'s no evidence hydroxy…
rt.com/usa/489029-hydroxychloroquine-doctor-letter-trump/

Fearing the baying mobs? Jamie Dimon roasted for belated show of caring about inequality
rt.com | 2020-05-19
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon has called for \"rebuilding a more inclusive economy\" in a letter to shareholders. The internet isn\'t buying the plutocrat\'s change of heart, however, reasoning he\'s more concerned about populist rage. | Dimon used his company\'s latest shareholder letter on Tuesday to plead for the rebuilding of…
rt.com/usa/489109-dimon-inequality-shareholders-jpmorgan-coronavirus/

Keep your distance: US Navy tells vessels in the Gulf to stay 100 yards away or be seen as threat
rt.com | 2020-05-19
The US Navy has issued new guidelines for mariners in the Persian Gulf, warning anyone against approaching too close to its vessels. Those defying the warning would be seen as a threat and met with \"defensive measures.\" | US military vessels will take \"lawful defensive measures\" against ships that would come closer that 100 yards (about 91 meters), warns a new notice to mariners, according to reports by Reuters and AP. | The usual actions taken in case of a close encounter involve turning the ship away from the approaching vessel, sounding a horn and shooting off flares before firing even warning shots. | Also…
rt.com/usa/489140-warning-us-navy-mariners/

The Heat: President Xi supports COVID-19 review
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-19
China says it will support an international review of the coronavirus pandemic when the health emergency ends.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/19/the-heat-president-xi-supports-covid-19-review

Virus or no virus, Service Employees and allies to mobilize 3 million voters
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
WASHINGTON–Coronavirus or no coronavirus, the Service Employees and three other progressive organizations rolled out a $30 million campaign to register and mobilize three million new voters–women, people of color, and union members–for the fall election. But the pandemic, which has killed over 92,000 people nationwide as of this writing and sickened over 1.5 million in …
peoplesworld.org/article/virus-or-no-virus-service-employees-and-allies-to-mobilize-3-million-voters/

Wisconsin Defeats COVID-19 Tyranny as the State Supreme Court Tosses Out Lockdown Order
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-18
On May 13th the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the Bill Gates-advocated stay-at-home order, previously ordered by globalist quisling, Governor Tony Evers. After hearing oral arguments on May 5th, the court in its wisdom has made a tremendous ruling that will go far in its implications, perhaps even worldwide. This is one small step for Wisconsinites, but one giant step for all American people. In this analysis we will look at the broader implications for similar possibilities in other states, but also…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/18/wisconsin-defeats-covid-19-tyranny-as-the-state-supreme-court-tosses-out-lockdown-order/

Iran Is Not A Victim, It Is One of The Most Influential and Strong-Minded Nations on Earth
Andre Vltchek | iranian.com | 2020-05-18
When facing mortal danger, its people unite, harden themselves and get ready to face invaders, no matter how threatening they might be. Iran is home to one of the oldest and deepest cultures in the world, and it\'s precisely this culture that helps Iranian people to survive the most frightening moments. And one such moment …
iranian.com/2020/05/17/iran-is-not-a-victim-it-is-one-of-the-most-influential-and-strong-minded-nations-on-earth/

Disgraceful yet illuminating reactions to the 2002 coup that briefly ousted Hugo Chavez: IACHR, CPJ and RSF
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-05-18
The Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) The IACHR claimed in 2009 report on Venezuela that its reaction to the \"the attempted coup d\'état [of 2002] was immediate and decisive\" and that it \"warned that these acts constituted an interruption of the constitutional order as defined in the Democratic Charter.\" The evidence it offered Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/disgraceful-yet-illuminating-reactions-to-the-2002-coup-that-briefly-ousted-chavez-iachr-cpj-and-rsf/

Exposed: CIA used Sheldon Adelson\'s firm to spy on Julian Assange
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-18
The Grayzone\'s Max Blumenthal reveals explosive new details on the CIA spying and sabotage operation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange….
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/18/exposed-cia-used-sheldon-adelsons-firm-to-spy-on-julian-assange/

What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
Considering the number of UN resolutions that Israel has violated throughout the years – the perpetual occupation of Palestine, the siege on Gaza, and the elaborate system of apartheid imposed on Palestinians, finding Israel guilty of war crimes, among others \"serious crimes\" should be a straightforward matter.
mintpressnews.com/icc-investigation-israel-war-crimes-occupied-palestine/267657/

The Nakba: 72 years of ongoing catastrophe
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-05-18
May 15 is the day commemorating Youm al-Nakba, the Day of Catastrophe, when white European settlers declared war on the people of Palestine in 1948. In the violence that immediately followed the settlers\' so-called \"independence\" declaration, at least 700,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes, and hundreds of towns . . . | Continue reading The Nakba: 72 years of ongoing catastrophe at Workers.org…
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As Moderna\'s Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer\'s Recent Promotion of \"Gene-Editing Vaccines\" Comes to Light
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-18
Moderna\'s chief medical officer has described the company\'s products as \"hacking the software of life\" and permanently altering a person\'s genetic code. If Moderna is poised to bring the first Covid-19 vaccine to market, a deeper look at his comments and his employer are warranted. More and more frequently, government officials, political pundits and self-appointed …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/business/modernas-covid-19-vaccine-takes-lead-chief-medical-officers-recent-promotion-gene-editing-vaccines/

[Commentary] The 2019-nCoV pandemic in the global south: A Tsunami ahead
Monica Malta, Anne W. Rimoin, Nicole A. Hoff, Steffanie A. Strathdee | thelancet.com | 2020-05-18
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, high-income countries have faced shortages of medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), ICU beds and ventilators [1]. In this unexpected scenario, physicians working in the world\'s richest nations have been left to decide who will receive mechanical ventilation and, ultimately, who lives and who dies. Most countries in the Global South have yet to experience a significant wave of COVID-19, but are predicted to follow a similar trajectory as the Global North.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30128-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Stir Crazy! Episode #36: Slaves To The Economy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
On today\'s show: Incoming TRNN Executive Director John Duda, PERI Gender and Care Work Program economist Katherine Moos, and Economic Update host and founder of Democracy at Work Richard Wolff. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-36-slaves-to-the-economy

How Will COVID-19 Change the World? Historian Frank Snowden on Epidemics From the Black Death to Now
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-18
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 COVID-19, and discuss how the coronavirus will reshape the world with leading medical historian Frank Snowden, author of \"Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present.\" He is a professor emeritus at Yale University who has been in Italy since the pandemic began, and himself survived a COVID-19 infection.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/18/frank_snowden_covid_19_epidemics_history

Latin America Braces for Major Spike in COVID-19 Cases
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
Latin America appears to be on a precipice, about to lose what little control over the COVID-19 pandemic it had. Across the region, daily positive tests are rising rapidly. Chilean figures show infections have doubled since last week. Around 4,000 Peruvians have tested positive each day in the past week. Meanwhile, Argentina, where an official 12 percent mortality rate suggests authorities are testing nowhere near enough people, suffered its two worst days on Friday and Saturday. As figures are often revised upwards the d…
mintpressnews.com/latin-america-massive-spike-covid-19-cases/267674/

US Military Planners Advise Expanded Online Psychological Warfare against China
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
Just three years ago, Americans had a neutral view of China (and nine years ago it was strongly favorable). Today, the same polls show that 66 percent of Americans dislike the country.
mintpressnews.com/us-military-planners-advise-expanded-online-psychological-warfare-against-china/267665/

Iran Sends Fuel Tankers to Venezuela, Vows \'Decisive Response\' to US Threats
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-18
Crippling US sanctions have caused severe fuel shortages in the Caribbean nation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14877

\'Masks are Sharia-lite!\' Explosive conservative host compares Covid-19 orders to \'ISIS & TALIBAN policies\' on Rush Limbaugh Show
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Conservative author Mark Steyn has taken criticism of Covid-19 lockdown orders to a new level by comparing the measures to terrorist policies and mask-wearing rules to the Sharia law. | Filling in for conservative Rush Limbaugh on his radio show on Monday, Steyn began his lockdown critique by comparing the canceling of live musical performances to performers being killed and banned in the Middle East by none other than Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL) terrorists. | \"You know the last time I was writing about societies banning music it was ISIS and the Taliban,\" Steyn said. \"I\'m creeped out by the fact that we\'re…
rt.com/usa/489020-limbaugh-sharia-masks-coronavirus-lockdown/

The \'Clean Break\' Doctrine: A Modern-Day Sykes-Picot Waging War and Havoc in the Middle East
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-18
In 1996 a task force, led by Richard Perle, produced a policy document titled \"A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm\" for Benjamin Netanyahu, who was then in his first term as Prime Minister of Israel, as a how-to manual on approaching regime change in the Middle East and for the destruction of the Oslo Accords. | The \"Clean Break\" policy document outlined these goals: 1) Ending Yasser Arafat\'s and the Palestinian Authority\'s political influence, by blaming them for acts of Palestinian terrorism 2) Inducing the United States to overthrow Saddam Hussein\'s regime in Iraq. 3) Launching war against Syr…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/18/clean-break-doctrine-modern-day-sykes-picot-waging-war-and-havoc-in-middle-east/

Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Injure Many, In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers invaded, earlier Monday, Hebron city, and nearby towns of Beit Ummar and Yatta, in addition to the al-\'Arroub refugee camp, in southern West Bank, searched and ransacked many homes and abducted four Palestinians, in addition to wounding several others. Mohammad Awad, a local nonviolent media activist in Beit …
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Part II of the Kent-State Series
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-18
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this Part…
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Philadelphia: #FreeBlackMamas demand prisoner release
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-18
Philadelphia Protesters, led by currently and formerly incarcerated women, trans and non gender-binary people, held a rally on May 15 in a city park next to Riverside Correctional Facility to demand the release of people held in Philadelphia jails and an end to unjust cash bail. The action featured speeches . . . | Continue reading Philadelphia: #FreeBlackMamas demand prisoner release at Workers.org…
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Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians, Injure Several Others, In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, eight Palestinians, and injured many others, in several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the soldiers invaded many communities, stormed and ransacked homes, and attack protesters. In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of Ahmad Nabeeh Abu ar-Rob, and violently searched …
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Group that TRACKED protesters\' cell phones accuses them of spreading Covid-19 across US… even if they DIDN\'T leave their cars
rt.com | 2020-05-18
A Democrat-linked advocacy group is blaming the spread of Covid-19 on anti-lockdown protesters in the US after tracking their cell phones cross-country. Despite the tempting partisan narrative, though, many never left their cars. | Anti-lockdown demonstrators traveled hundreds of miles to attend protests, almost certainly spreading the coronavirus to places where infections were rare, according to the Committee to Protect Medicare, a supposedly non-partisan group run by a former Democratic congressional candidate. The group provided a comprehensive analysis of smartphone location data from rallies in Michigan,…
rt.com/usa/488992-lockdown-protests-spread-virus-cars/

\'Have a good day & be safe\': New Jersey cops are latest police force to REFUSE enforcing Covid-19 restrictions
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Footage of police in New Jersey informing anti-lockdown protesters they\'re in violation of Covid-19 executive orders, but will not face consequences, is the latest example of officers taking a more hands-off approach to the rules. | People began gathering outside Atilis Gym in southern New Jersey hours before it opened on Monday to show support for the business defying executive orders from the governor, and to protest the continuing lockdown measures in place across the state. | While almost no protesters wore face coverings and were clearly breaking social distancing guidelines by gathering in a big crowd, p…
rt.com/usa/489015-jersey-police-gym-coronavirus-social-distancing/

Chicago nursing home workers achieve historic contract
Stephanie Kenific | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-18
Nursing homes are among the places hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
liberationnews.org/chicago-nursing-home-workers-achieve-historic-contract/

Covid-19 crisis closes 90 percent of museums globally, UNESCO plans for reopenings
news.un.org | 2020-05-18
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, museums have not been spared, the UN cultural agency said on Monday, International Museum Day, revealing that nearly 90 per cent of the treasured cultural institutions have had to close their doors, while almost 13 per cent are under serious threat of never reopening.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064362

COVID-19 Exposes The Generational Injustices That Demand Reparations
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Generations of racism created the conditions that made African Americans more susceptible to COVID-19, and reparations are the way to address that injustice.
therealnews.com/stories/covid-19-exposes-generational-injustices-demand-reparations

Coronavirus \'Immunity Passports\' are not the Answer
Esha Bhandari | aclu.org | 2020-05-18
As governments the world over seek ways to jumpstart economic activity, one proposal is a so-called \"immunity passport\" that would allow certain people who test positive for COVID-19 antibodies to return to work before others. We at the ACLU have serious concerns about the adoption of any such proposal, because of its potential to harm public health, incentivize economically-vulnerable people to risk their health by contracting COVID-19, exacerbate racial and economic disparities, and lead to a new health surveillance infrastructure that endangers privacy rights. , , An immunity passport system is fundamentall…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/coronavirus-immunity-passports-are-not-the-answer

Venezuela Sees COVID-19 Surge as Returning Migrants Surpass 40,000
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-18
Authorities say that 75 percent of recent cases have been \"imported.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14878

How Democracy Falls In East Europe And The Balkans
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Freedom House says Eastern European and Balkans democracies are in danger. COVID-19 has opened the door to surveillance, and threatens democracies from Hungary to India to Israel.
therealnews.com/stories/how-democracy-falls-east-europe-balkans

Coronavirus impact on world\'s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat
news.un.org | 2020-05-18
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world\'s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health, the new UN independent expert on the rights of indigenous peoples said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064322

Climate Music To Soothe And Terrify You
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-18
Imagine if the climate crisis was a musical composition oscillating between musical highs and lows, between hope and despair. The ClimateMusic Project, in collaboration with Richard Festinger, a music composer and educator, has written the \"science-guided\" musical composition \"Icarus in Flight\" using environmental datasets spanning two centuries. | The composition was recently performed by San Francisco\'s Telegraph Quartet to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). | \"Icarus in Flight\" premiered in 2018…
therealnews.com/columns/icarus-in-flight-climate-music-to-soothe-and-terrify-you

The Dem\'s $3 Trillion Dollar HEROES Act Can Not Brace Us for the Coming Shock
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-18
As the Trump show continues and each side of the political aisle takes aim at each other, the economy\'s freefall is quickly reaching catastrophic levels.
mintpressnews.com/democrats-heroes-act-can-not-brace-us-coming-shock/267687/

An all-too-familiar occurrence
Editor | workers.org | 2020-05-18
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician in Louisville, Ky., was killed by eight police bullets as she lay in her bed at 1 a.m. on March 13. Breonna Taylor This tragic incident is an all-too-familiar event. Another young Black person has died at the hands of the shoot-first, ask-questions-later . . . | Continue reading An all-too-familiar occurrence at Workers.org…
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On anniversary of historic bombing: MOVE\'s message is \'Free Mumia!\'
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-18
Philadelphia May 13 was an historic and emotionally charged day as the city of Philadelphia took time to commemorate the horrific bombing of the MOVE family 35 years ago. Police dropped a C4 military-grade bomb on their west Philadelphia home, killing six adults and five children. City officials, including then . . . | Continue reading On anniversary of historic bombing: MOVE\'s message is \'Free Mumia!\' at Workers.org…
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\'An Experience I Wouldn\'t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo\'
John Washington | thenation.com | 2020-05-18
\'An Experience I Wouldn\'t Wish My Worst Enemy to Undergo\'…
thenation.com/article/society/migrant-voices-cameroon-asylum/

Israeli Colonists Hurl Stones At Teqoua\' Town Council
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Several Israeli colonists hurled stones, Sunday, at the building of the Local Municipal Council of Teqoua\' town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Salem Abu Mfarreh, the mayor of Teqoua\', said the colonists stopped their car in front of the Local Council\'s building, before jumping …
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Israeli Colonists Chop Down 80 Olive Trees In Nablus, Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, Sunday, a Palestinian olive orchard, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and cut more than 40 olive trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel\'s illegal colonialist activities in northern West Bank, said the colonists stormed an olive orchard …
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Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Before Abducting Him In Jenin
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Monday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Misilyah town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and abducted him after searching and ransacking his home. Media sources said several army jeeps invaded the town, before the soldiers stormed and ransacked the home of …
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Israeli Army Bulldozers Raze Palestinian Farm Land in Tulkarem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
In the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Israeli troops reportedly attacked Palestinian farm land, earlier on Monday, and army bulldozers began razing olive trees in an area estimated at four acres in size. Local Palestinian sources said that the farm land razed is located between the Kafa and Shoufa villages, …
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Israeli Military Court Extends Detention of a Palestinian Teen Boy
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-18
The Israeli military court of Salem, near Jenin city in the West Bank, ordered on Monday, the extension of the detention of Palestinian teenager, Qasem Abu Baker, 17, from the Palestinian village of Y\'abad, south of Jenin city. The mother of Qasem, told media outlets that Monday\'s extension is the …
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US unable to block Iran gasoline shipments to Venezuela: Source
Press TV | iranian.com | 2020-05-18
A senior source within the Iranian petroleum industry says the United States would be practically unable to block shipments of gasoline from Iran to Venezuela at a time the two countries need to cooperate to mitigate the impacts of American sanctions on their energy sectors. Hamid Hosseini, who serves as the spokesman of the Iranian …
iranian.com/2020/05/17/us-unable-to-block-iran-gasoline-shipments-to-venezuela-source/

Detainees call for their release from Mantra prison
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-18
Refugees & migrants Chloe DS and Chris SleeIssue 1266 Australia COVID-19 Mantra Hotel detainees MelbourneMay 1…
greenleft.org.au/content/detainees-call-their-release-mantra-prison

Covid Chaos: From lockdown to body bags
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-18
By Rob Woodward

Profiting From Coronavirus
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-18
Much has been written about the possibility for a new and better kind of world to emerge after coronavirus. Yet our governments cannot conceive of any model for fighting this threat to the whole world, other than the capitalist, money-making model. The much-touted \"race to develop a vaccine\" is not a race to save lives. It is a race to make billions.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/18/profiting-from-coronavirus/

EU calls for independent probe of the WHO\'s pandemic response
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
The European Union and other countries have called for an independent evaluation of the World Health Organisation\'s (WHO) response to the coronavirus pandemic \"to review experience gained and lessons learned\". | The resolution has the support of more than half of the WHO\'s member countries and will be discussed this week at the decision-making body of the UN health agency, being held virtually this year. | The proposal is intended to initiate \"a stepwise process of impartial, independent and comprehensive evaluation\" of the WHO\'s efforts to coordinate the international response to Covid-19, including the function…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/18/eu-calls-for-independent-probe-of-the-whos-pandemic-response/

Loss of smell or taste added to NHS Covid-19 symptoms list
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
A loss or changed sense of taste or smell are to be added to the NHS coronavirus symptoms list, weeks after experts first raised concerns that Covid-19 cases are being missed.Anyone suffering loss of taste or smell, or a noticeable change, should now self-isolate for seven days to reduce the risk of spreading the infection, England\'s deputy chief medical officer, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam said.If the symptomatic person lives with others, they should stay at home for seven days, while all other household members should stay home for 14 days even if they do not have symptoms.The move means loss of smell or taste w…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/18/loss-of-smell-or-taste-added-to-nhs-covid-19-symptoms-list/

Hiscox faces legal action from companies pursuing coronavirus payouts
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
A group of angry Hiscox policyholders have been given the go-ahead to launch legal action against the insurance giant. | The Hiscox Action Group

Liz Truss trumpets benefits of UK-US trade deal for \'workers, consumers and farmers\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
The UK and US hope trade talks can proceed at an \"accelerated pace\" to deliver a \"comprehensive\" deal, Liz Truss said after the first round of transatlantic negotiations. | The International Trade Secretary said both sides wanted a deal to deliver benefits for workers, consumers and farmers. | Critics have warned that striking a deal will require Britain to accept looser US food and environmental standards, as well as opening up the NHS to American firms

Left-winger smashes the idea that establishment centrists offer a \'safe electoral choice\'
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2020-05-18
Anti-war left-winger Shahid Buttar is campaigning to unseat powerful establishment Democrat Nancy Pelosi. And speaking to The Canary recently, he smashed the establishment argument that corporate centrists offer a \'safe electoral choice\'. | \"More of the same\" is not a reasonable option: | Buttar stressed that: | Sometimes, what we perceive as safe choices are, unfortunately, simply choices for more of the same. And I think if there\'s anything that the pandemic,…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/05/18/left-winger-smashes-the-idea-that-establishment-centrists-offer-a-safe-electoral-choice/

Imperial donate excess food to local food banks and community projects
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-18
Imperial\'s Catering team have donated excess food and drink to support those in need during COVID-19.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197600/imperial-donate-excess-food-local-food

MSc virologists explore infections and cell biology in new virtual laboratory
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-18
As the College continues remote learning, MSc Molecular Biology & Pathology of Viruses students are trialling remote research in a \'virtual lab\'.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197193/msc-virologists-explore-infections-cell-biology

Saudi pilot who went on gun rampage at Florida naval base linked to \'Al-Qaeda operative\'
rt.com | 2020-05-18
The FBI has found evidence linking the perpetrator of the December 2019 Pensacola naval airbase shooting, a trainee pilot of the Royal Saudi Air Force, to a suspected operative of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. | The gun attack at the Naval Air Station Pensacola left three victims dead and eight others injured. The gunman, Second Lieutenant Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was killed by responding police forces. The incident was a major embarrassment for both nations involved. | Attorney General William Barr announced on Monday that FBI investigators discovered evidence of \"significant ties\" to Al-Qaeda in the Arabia…
rt.com/usa/488988-saudi-pensacola-shooting-alqaeda/

\'THIS WILL KILL YOU\': Media goes into anti-HCQ panic mode after Trump says he\'s taking the drug to fend off Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Media outlets rushed to denounce hydroxychloroquine after President Donald Trump revealed he was taking it as a prophylactic against the coronavirus. Pundits called the drug dangerous and ineffective based on selected studies. | \"I\'ve been taking it for about a week and a half now and I\'m still here,\" Trump said Monday during an event at the White House, adding he had heard good things about the drug from medical professionals. | Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto immediately reacted by bringing up one long-documented side effect of the drug, used for decades to treat malaria and lupus. | \'I cannot stress this enough…
rt.com/usa/489024-hcq-trump-media-panic/

Covid-19 pandemic fuels knee-jerk anti-China sentiment just in time for Trump\'s reheated trade war
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Two in five Americans won\'t buy products made in China, according to a recent survey, and nearly three-quarters blame Beijing for the Covid-19 pandemic

\'I\'m still here\': Trump reveals he\'s been taking Hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-18
US President Donald Trump shocked reporters by revealing that he has been taking the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine as a preventative against the coronavirus, following the advice of the White House physician. | \"I\'ve been taking it for about a week and a half now and I\'m still here,\" he said on Monday, following a meeting with governors at the White House. \"I was just waiting to see your eyes light up when I said this,\" he told the reporter asking the question. | Asked what evidence he had that the drug was helpful, Trump said \"I get a lot of positive calls about it,\" before adding, \"What do you have to…
rt.com/usa/489021-trump-taking-hcq-coronavirus/

\'Take the red pill\': Elon Musk sends Twitter into Matrix meltdown, gets Ivanka Trump\'s praise… & \'f*** you both\' from Wachowski
rt.com | 2020-05-18
Elon Musk has yet again triggered an online storm, urging the public to \"take the red pill.\" The Matrix reference got him showered in praise from conservatives, but the creators of the iconic movie were not amused. | The new cryptic message from the billionaire, who has been repeatedly tweeting out bizarre things lately, arrived on Sunday afternoon. Unlike the lengthy and even less coherent threads Musk produced in the past, this time he stuck to a short form worthy of a true masterpiece. | \"Take the red pill,\" he stated, posting a red rose emoji. | Take the red pill üåπ– Elon Musk…
rt.com/usa/488913-musk-red-pill-wachowski/

The Heat: China\'s War on Poverty
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-18
China\'s war on poverty. Personal stories, extraordinary access and how China is eradicating poverty.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/18/the-heat-chinas-war-on-poverty

Down and Out in Portland: Retired in Style in Waldport, OR
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-18
The irony of this quote from the Dustin Hoffman movie, The Graduate, is not wasted on Duane Snider:

Attempts to whitewash the military coup of April 2002 in Venezuela
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-05-17
Given the overwhelming support opposition voices have been given in western media since Hugo Chavez was first elected in 1998, it is unsurprising that some would have had the audacity to attempt at least a partial whitewash of what the opposition and its foreign allies did in April of 2002. I\'ll address some of those Read…
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Boisterous Nakba Day car rally rolls through Minneapolis suburb
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-17
Columbia Heights, MN – Just outside city limits from Northeast Minneapolis, Central Avenue was awash with Palestine flags during Friday rush hour as Palestinian-Americans and solidarity activists commemorated Al-Nakba. Nakba Day, held each year on May 15, remembers the 1948 ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of indigenous Palestinians from their national homeland by Zionist settlers. Around 60 cars and dozens of families drove in a long caravan through the heavily Arab-American neighborhood, with chants of \"From the river to the sea…\" echoing for blocks. The protest was one of many actions that happened…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/17/boisterous-nakba-day-car-rally-rolls-through-minneapolis-suburb

Chinese Ambassador To Israel Found Dead, Sparking Avalanche Of Rumors Amid Tensions
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-17
China\'s Ambassador to Israel has been found dead inside his home near Tel Aviv Sunday morning, Israel\'s Foreign Ministry has confirmed. 57-year old ambassador Du Wei had only assumed his post in February 2020 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, due to which he entered a two week mandatory self-quarantine upon his arrival. He\'d previously been China\'s envoy to …
iranian.com/2020/05/17/chinese-ambassador-to-israel-found-dead-sparking-avalanche-of-rumors-amid-tensions/

Venezuela: Guaido\'s Leadership in Question Following Failed Coup Attempt
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-17
A letter from Silvercorp\'s lawyers demanding payment has cast doubt on Guaido\'s denials of involvement in a recent paramilitary operation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14876

AU and UN appeal for \'stable and peaceful environment\' for Burundi elections
news.un.org | 2020-05-17
Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations (UN) urged the authorities to provide a safe and secure environment for citizens to cast their votes.
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[Commentary] The imperative for universal healthcare to curtail the COVID-19 outbreak in the USA
Alison P. Galvani, Alyssa S. Parpia, Abhishek Pandey, Charlotte Zimmer, James G. Kahn, Meagan C. Fitzpatrick | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States is growing steeply and spreading widely. As of March 26, national incidence surpassed every other country, and as of April 28 has reported over a million cases. The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the systemic frailties in our healthcare system. More than 78 million people in America do not have access to adequate health insurance [1]. Given that health insurance in the US is typically provided by employers, millions more are at risk of losing their healthcare coverage as unemployment surges.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30124-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Commentary] Serosurveys and convalescent plasma in COVID-19
Cristina Pérez-Cameo, Juan Marín-Lahoz | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
The current pandemic is not only overwhelming the health systems of the affected countries but also is killing thousands of other ways healthy adults. Convalescent plasma has been proposed [1] and approved to treat COVID-19 based on the experience acquired treating other viral diseases such as influenza, Ebola, and SARS [2]. It is considered a safe treatment (at least its side effects and contraindications are well known) and it has proven to be efficacious in several viral infections for more than a century.
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[Letter] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection. What are the implications for the commencement of elective surgery?
Gary L Ross | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30129-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] COVID-19 and Healthcare worker\'s families: behind the scenes of frontline response
Amine Souadka, Hajar Essangri, Amine Benkabbou, Laila Amrani, Mohammed Anass Majbar | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
During the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare professionals are exposed to a high-risk of infection and mental health problems [1], but also fear of contagion and spreading the virus to their families [2]. In fact, considering them as individuals implies looking beyond their function as frontline responders and taking into account their societal role as parents, spouses and offspring.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30117-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Commentary] COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities in the care sector
Paulina Cecula, Sir David Behan, Mahiben Maruthappu | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
Covid-19 has spread around the world at a tremendous pace. On April the 12th, the total number of cases in the UK reached 84,279 including 10,612 deaths [1]. The UK Government introduced measures to reduce the spread of disease and the NHS is operating at full capacity to manage the demand. Meanwhile, more than 2000 care homes in England reported Covid-19 cases, which are underrepresented in national statistics [2]. Charities are calling for urgent action to support older people and the care sector.
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[Letter] Can we operate our patients without fear during the period of COVID-19 infection?
Jean-Jacques Tuech, Lilian Schwarz | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
We read the paper by Shaoquin LEI and colleagues [1] with great interest. The authors reported 34 patients in whom the infection was revealed after surgery was performed. In this group of patients 15 (44.1%) needed ICU care and 7 (20.5%) died. This retrospective cohort study is the first one to describe the outcome of operative patients with SARS-Cov-2 infection.
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[Letter] Author\'s reply
Shaoqing Lei, Zhong-Yuan Xia, Zhengyuan Xia | thelancet.com | 2020-05-17
We thank Tuech et al. and Dr. Ross for their letters in response to our recent study [1]. At the very beginning of the epidemic, we encountered some patients who had no symptoms before surgery but quickly developed COVID-19 pneumonia after surgery. During the period of the research, the participating hospitals performed approximately 15,000 elective surgeries. Our focus was to report those we believe and confident that the surgeries were performed during incubation period. Thus, any infection long after surgery (say, 10 to 14 days after surgery) or those who contacted with confirmed cases of COVID-19 after surger…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30130-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Grading the States\' Coronavirus Control
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-05-17
I recently wrote a Twitter thread ( 5/12/20) about another New York Times graphic feature that was a good idea, strangely executed. | The good idea, which appears on the Times\' \"Coronavirus in the US\" page, is to sort states in terms of how well they\'re controlling the coronavirus outbreak, using graphs of the daily count of new cases in each state. This seems like a good cho…
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The Online Double-bind
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-17
The trap was set at least twenty-five years ago and the mice jumped at the smell of the cheese. I am referring to the introduction of the computer as a mass necessity and the Internet that followed. I was slow to enter the trap, \"forced\" finally in 2007 by the college where I was teaching. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-online-double-bind/

1000 rally in Brunswick, Georgia demanding justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-17
Brunswick, GA

Google Play Removes Iranian App Used against Coronavirus
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-17
The anti-Iran sanctions imposed by the \"Wild West\" have forced Google to remove Iranian mobile application \'Mask\', developed to tackle the novel coronavirus and warn people to avoid high-risk areas, from its Play Store, a health official said. Iranian Health Ministry spokesperson Kianoosh Jahanpoor said in a post on his Twitter account that the homegrown …
iranian.com/2020/05/16/google-play-removes-iranian-app-used-against-coronavirus/

DHS & FBI fear more attacks on 5G infrastructure fueled by Covid-19 conspiracies
rt.com | 2020-05-17
The Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies are worried that conspiracy theories, bizarrely linking the Covid-19 pandemic to the 5G technology rollout, could inspire more vandalism and violence in the US. | The DHS, FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center issued a joint warning to US law enforcement officials about the growing threat this week, while a separate DHS intelligence report, obtained by ABC News, noted that the widening online \"misinformation…
rt.com/usa/488881-dhs-fbi-5g-attacks-coronavirus/

Missing the Context of De Blasio\'s \'Jewish Community\' Tweet
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2020-05-16
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio\'s tweet ( 4/28/20) to \"the Jewish community.\" | Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal. | Right-wing voices throughout the media thought they found one with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio\'s tweet ( 4/28/20) about a Hasidic funeral that violated Covid-19 social-distancing rules. But their shoddy coverage was the real shanda. | The background is this: Some Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, members of a strictly Ort…
fair.org/home/missing-the-context-of-de-blasios-jewish-community-tweet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=missing-the-context-of-de-blasios-jewish-community-tweet

[Editorial] Reviving the US CDC
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-16
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to worsen in the USA with 1 ∑3 million cases and an estimated death toll of 80‚Äà684 as of May 12. States that were initially the hardest hit, such as New York and New Jersey, have decelerated the rate of infections and deaths after the implementation of 2 months of lockdown. However, the emergence of new outbreaks in Minnesota, where the stay-at-home order is set to lift in mid-May, and Iowa, which did not enact any restrictions on movement or commerce, has prompted pointed new questions about the inconsistent and incoherent national response to the COVID-19…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31140-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Offline: Don\'t let COVID-19 divert us completely
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-16
Dr Robert Spencer, a trustee of Dr Edward Jenner\'s House, Garden and Museum in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK, wrote to me last week on the 40th anniversary of the eradication of smallpox (May 8). He was polite but disappointed: \"On this day in 1980 the WHO announced the eradication of smallpox from the world. This infection, which probably caused more deaths than any other disease, was finally condemned to the history books. Sorry to see you had no space in this week\'s edition of The Lancet to commemorate this milestone, especially at a time of COVID-19 pandemic.\" Dr Spencer was right to admonish me.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31130-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Cultivating a taste for traditional crops in Hawaii
news.un.org | 2020-05-16
Hundreds of millions of people go hungry around the world, and there are fears the COVID-19 pandemic could make matters worse. In Hawaii, researchers think that bringing back overlooked, traditional crops, could help feed many vulnerable people. As part of an ongoing series focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals and ahead of International Day of Biodiversity marked annually on 22 May, UN News travelled to Hawaii with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to see how researchers are trying to cultivate a taste for indigenous crops.
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Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
On Friday, Donald Trump announced his appointment of Moncef Slaoui, a former executive with vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, to lead \"Operation Warp Speed\", Trump\'s plan to fast track the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Slaoui will serve in a volunteer position, assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command. According …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/trump-appoints-big-pharma-exec-connected-bill-gates-head-vaccine-developments/

This U.S. State Has Already Established Legal Means for Mandatory Vaccinations
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
While the U.S. government and global health \"authorities\" debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines, Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory. It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that, \"We are looking for a …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/this-us-state-already-established-legal-means-mandatory-vaccinations/

DeRay McKesson on the Threat to Protesters\' Rights
aclu.org | 2020-05-15
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, protests have erupted across the country. Some are related to the virus: Protestors in Ohio and Michigan took to the streets and state capitols to call for an end to their governors\' stay-at-home orders. Others are calling out an ongoing injustice: the killing, often at the hands of the state, of Black Americans. Now, the rights of participants in protests across the spectrum could be at stake unless the Supreme Court weighs in on an important decision., , In this episode of At Liberty, we speak with DeRay McKesson, an activist at the center of an important ACLU…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/deray-mckesson-on-the-threat-to-protesters-rights

Democracy At Stake: \"Faithless Electors\" SCOTUS Case Tests If Electoral College Members Can Go Rogue
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could shape the outcome of future presidential elections. The question at hand was whether Electoral College members can \"go rogue\" and support candidates who did not win the state\'s popular vote. In 2016, one of Colorado\'s nine electors, Michael Baca, attempted to cast his Electoral College ballot for Republican John Kasich instead of Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Colorado secretary of state at the time

\'The American friends\': New court files expose Sheldon Adelson\'s security team in US spy operation against Julian Assange
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-15
An exclusive investigation by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson\'s Las Vegas Sands played in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/14/american-sheldon-adelsons-us-spy-julian-assange/

\"Can Democracy Survive the Pandemic?\": Election Hangs in the Balance as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The coronavirus pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the November presidential election, as President Trump and the GOP capitalize on the moment to attack voting rights. We speak with Emily Bazelon, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, whose new cover story examines the bureaucratic and political challenges of mobilizing widespread vote-by-mail by November. We also speak with Jena Griswold, secretary of state of Colorado, which already has universal vote-by-mail and the second-highest voter turnout in the country.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/15/securing_2020_election_during_pandemic

\"The Wuhan of the Americas\": U.S. Deports COVID-19-Positive Immigrants to Haiti & Guatemala
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The United States continues to deport thousands during the coronavirus pandemic, causing a dangerous spread of COVID-19 to Central America and the Caribbean. We speak with Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat, who says \"U.S. deportations to Haiti during coronavirus pandemic are \'unconscionable,\'\" and go to Guatemala City for an update from reporter José Alejandro García Escobar.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/15/us_deportations_haiti_guatemala_coronavirus

As US Reels From COVID-19, Trump Turns to Sanctions, War Making and Threats
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
The Trump admin has decisively chosen war over peace and conflict over cooperation. Yet it appears less able than ever to coerce the world into following its lead.
mintpressnews.com/us-reels-covid-19-trump-sanctions-war-threats/267592/

Study: Coronavirus Has Been a Massive Boon for America\'s Billionaires
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
A new study found that in the past eight weeks alone, the country\'s super wealthy have added a further $368.8 billion to their already enormous fortunes.
mintpressnews.com/study-coronavirus-billionaires-wealth-jeff-bezos/267604/

Massachusetts Contact Tracing Program Handed to Clinton-Linked NGO with Questionable Past
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
A new contact tracing program was recently unveiled in Massachusetts in partnership with Partners in Health, an NGO with links to US regime change operations, big pharma and the Clinton Foundation.
mintpressnews.com/massachusetts-contact-tracing-partners-in-health-clinton/267534/

Russia makes a botch of its Syrian alliance
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-05-15
Russia\'s relationships with its client states have never been easy. Of course, managing client states is always a complicated exercise. The Kremlin\'s cupboard is full of skeletons

Climate Crisis: KXL Ruling, Unity Task Force, California Pollution, and TRNN\'s New Climate Reporter
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Climate activists get a big court win on Keystone XL as the Biden and Sanders camps unite. California has delayed air pollution rules at the behest of industry during COVID-19 as polluting oil tankers line its coast.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-kxl-ruling-unity-task-force-california-pollution-and-trnns-new-climate-reporter

Tampa students demand COVID-19 relief for undocumented students
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Tampa, FL – On May 14, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a car protest at the University of South Florida (USF) to demand COVID-19 relief funds for undocumented students. USF has offered no financial help for undocumented students during the pandemic and the only COVID-19 aid for students is the CARES Act Fund, for which DACA and undocumented students are ineligible. | Students and SDS members parked near the USF president\'s mansion on campus for socially-distanced speeches and chants demanding that USF provide relief for undocumented students. Simon Rowe, a member of SDS stated, \"DACA stude…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/tampa-students-demand-covid-19-relief-undocumented-students

Millions of migrants across Russia, Central Asia, \'teetering on the brink\', as UN launches urgent appeal
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched an urgent $7 million appeal on Thursday, to ease the impact of COVID-19 on migrant communities in five Central Asian countries and the Russian Federation, where the pandemic is pushing a growing number of migrant workers into poverty.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064182

Still in the Dark in Wisconsin
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-05-15
Health officials don\'t have an up-to-date count of people who got COVID-19 after attending a \'large gathering.\'…
progressive.org/dispatches/still-in-the-dark-in-wisconsin-lueders-200515/

UPS Teamsters plan call-in to demand hazard pay
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Salt Lake City, UT – UPS Teamsters are working extremely long hours in hazardous conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, putting themselves and their families at risk with no hazard pay. UPS was late to provide sufficient personal protective equipment for workers and only did so after workers demanded it. Still, many areas lack the appropriate PPE to stay safe at work. The Teamsters union has not put hazard pay on the negotiating table for UPS Teamsters; workers are organizing on the shop floor to win their demand. UPS recently announced their quarterly profits at almost $1 billion. | \"UPS is making hundreds of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/ups-teamsters-plan-call-demand-hazard-pay

Child vaccinations down in DR Congo, and COVID-19 is not helping: UNICEF
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
Fewer children are getting vaccinated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the COVID-19 pandemic is almost certainly going to make matters worse, the United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF) says. If the trend continues, it could trigger a resurgence in deadly childhood diseases such as polio, chickenpox, measles, yellow fever, hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and meningitis.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064212

As Corporations Adapt to a COVID-19 Economy, the Working-Class Prepares for a Paradigm Shift
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
As social distancing measures persist across the country, corporations are setting in a \"new normal\" where most people are safely squirreled away in their homes, with paradigm-shifting implications for the working classes.
mintpressnews.com/corporations-adapt-covid-19-digitized-economy-working-class-paradigm-shift/267630/

Trump Unveils Plan That Would See Big Pharma Reap Massive Profits from COVID-19 Vaccine
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
President Trump has revealed a plan to mobilize the US military to deliver mass vaccinations across the country, coupled with Operation Warp Speed, a \"Manhattan project-style\" race to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.
mintpressnews.com/trump-plan-big-pharma-massive-profits-covid-19-vaccine/267617/

Plan Now for Vaccination Decisions to Come
Joe Amon | progressive.org | 2020-05-15
Who should be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine once it is available?
progressive.org/op-eds/plan-for-vaccination-decisions-to-come-amon-200515/

COVID-19 shows crucial role of the UN, says next General Assembly President
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the \'crucial role\' of the UN and its agencies, according to the veteran Turkish diplomat and parliamentarian who, as the only candidate for the top job, is slated to lead the historic 75th session of the General Assembly which begins in September.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064142

Support stepped up for Rohingya camps as first COVID-19 infections are confirmed
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
After confirmation that the first cases of COVID-19 infection have been identified in a vast and overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh, UN humanitarians on Friday announced additional measures and appealed for funds to prevent the disease from spreading.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064152

The Secretive Police Commission The Justice Department Doesn\'t Want You To Notice
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
PAR learns about life under lockdown with COVID-19 from a guest just released from 10 months of incarceration, and examines the secretive police commission created by Attorney General Barr.
therealnews.com/stories/police-accountability-report-secret-police-commission-justice-department-attorney-general-barr

Coronavirus lockdowns in Central America, exploited by criminal gangs
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
Chronic violence, insecurity and now COVID-related restrictions have put tens of thousands of Central Americans at risk of increased hardship and even death, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064172

Head of the Hydra: The Rise of Robert Kadlec
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
WASHINGTON DC ( The Last American Vagabond)

Philippines typhoon recovery, complicated by coronavirus concerns
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
As Typhoon Vongfong slammed the Philippines on Thursday, tens of thousands of people fled to cramped shelters, raising fears that without proper safety precautions in place, evacuation centres could become a hotbed of coronavirus infection, the UN emergency humanitarian relief agency (OCHA) said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064202

Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-15
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Foreign Policy Sees \'Repression\' in Vietnam\'s Fight Against Coronavirus – In the US, government may surveill you, but at least it doesn\'t protect your health
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-15
Foreign Policy ( 5/12/20) illustrates a story on \"repression\" in Vietnam with a photo of a \"propaganda poster\" encouraging people to wear masks. | A recent piece in Foreign Policy ( 5/12/20) is headed with a photograph of a placard that features an image of a nurse demonstrating the importance of wearing a face mask as both personal and interpersonal protection against the coronavirus. But reader beware: It\'s not pu…
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FROM THE FIELD: Venezuelan refugee counsellor hears \'pain, anger and frustration\'
news.un.org | 2020-05-15
A Venezuelan psychologist who moved to Peru as a refugee, has been telling the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, about the \"pain, anger and frustration\" that has been expressed by fellow displaced and local people he has counselled.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064132

\'Boogaloo Boy\' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-15
\"Boogaloo Boys\"

Our Revolution Los Angeles Leaves Democratic Party
Trudy Hess | peoplesparty.org | 2020-05-15
Our Revolution Los Angeles\' overwhelming vote to leave the Democratic Party and join the Movement for a People\'s Party on Monday has ignited a fierce debate in the progressive movement over whether Bernie supporters should continue trying to reform the Democratic Party or form the major new party that the majority of Americans want.
peoplesparty.org/our-revolution-los-angeles-leaves-democratic-party/

Chicagoland area Arabs and Muslims continue to fight racist, incompetent, township board during pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Chicago, IL – On May 11, over 30 Arab and Muslim community members and their allies joined a Palos Township online meeting to continue demanding the resignation of the racist trustee, Sharon Brannigan. | Since the global pandemic forced the state of Illinois and its functions to be moved to digital forms, the Palos Township started to hold its monthly general meetings via Zoom. | The #ResignBrannigan coalition, which has been demanding the resignation of Brannigan since July of 2017, refused to let the quarantine get in the way of their campaign and took the fight to Zoom. | The meeting, like usual, became heated…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/14/chicagoland-area-arabs-and-muslims-continue-fight-racist-incompetent-township-board-during

Almost 3 million more applied for Unemployment Insurance last week
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
San José, CA – On Thursday, May 14, the Labor Department reported more bad news, saying that almost 3 million people applied for unemployment insurance in the previous week ending May 9. This means that over the last eight weeks more than 36 million people applied after losing jobs and income. Another 3.5 million are collecting the federal government\'s Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, or PUA, which goes to the self-employed. This brings the total number of recently unemployed people to about 40 million. | This report was worse than mainstream economists expected, with a drop of only 200,000 from the week before,…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/almost-3-million-more-applied-unemployment-insurance-last-week

The Sound and Fury of \'America Strong\'
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2020-05-15
What\'s the best way to honor medical professionals during a pandemic? Why, with a public display of militarism, of course!
progressive.org/dispatches/sound-and-fury-of-america-strong-ervin-200515/

HEROES Act Includes Utility Shutoff Ban, $4 Billion For Broadband Access
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Republicans oppose the HEROES Act provision to expand broadband, but students and educators say lack of internet access is a major roadblock to learning in low income and rural communities.
therealnews.com/columns/heroes-act-includes-utility-shutoff-ban-4-billion-for-broadband-access

INSTEX Transactions Unsatisfactory: Iranian Deputy FM
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-05-15
Iran\'s deputy foreign minister for economic diplomacy expressed dissatisfaction with the volume of transactions that Tehran has been able to carry via a financial mechanism the EU has devised for trade with the Islamic Republic, known as INSTEX. In an interview with IRIB, Gholam Reza Ansari said although the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges …
iranian.com/2020/05/15/instex-transactions-unsatisfactory-iranian-deputy-fm/

Iranian Warns US Acts Over Venezuela Fuel Shipments Will Not \'Go Without Repercussion\'
Sputnik News | iranian.com | 2020-05-15
An Iranian news agency has warned the US against taking action against several Iranian-flagged tankers transporting fuel to Venezuela, as Washington has threatened. \"If the United States, just like pirates, intends to create insecurity on international waterways, it would be taking a dangerous risk and that will certainly not go without repercussion,\" Iran\'s Nour News …
iranian.com/2020/05/15/iranian-warns-us-acts-over-venezuela-fuel-shipments-will-not-go-without-repercussion/

The Heat: China-U.S. tensions
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-15
U.S. President Donald Trump renews his attacks against China, as tensions flare between the two economic powers.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/15/the-heat-china-u-s-tensions

Hell No, You Can\'t be Safer at Home
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Wisconsin Supreme Court, in act of \'blatant . . . judicial activism,\' strikes down state rules meant to curb spread of COVID-19.
progressive.org/dispatches/hell-no-you-cant-be-safer-at-home-conniff-200514/

When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Cope, Relieve Suffering?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
We look at the tremendous emotional toll the coronavirus is taking on families when loved ones are forced to battle COVID alone in hospitals or at home, with Dr. Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She helped start a 24-hour palliative care hotline for COVID-19 patients in New York City that served nearly 900 people in a four-week period.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/diane_meier_palliative_care

Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis as Millions Feel Alone, Anxious & Depressed
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
Is the coronavirus pandemic generating a mental illness crisis? Millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety. We speak with psychology professor and author Andrew Solomon, as the United Nations calls on governments to put mental health \"front and center\" in their response to the crisis.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/andrew_solomon

\"My Job Is To Make Syria A Quagmire For The Russians\": CIA Doctrine Made Official Policy
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-05-14
Like with the disastrous Iraq quagmire years before the US war machine came to Syria under Obama, Washington\'s rationale and justification for occupying the Syrian Arab Republic has shifted and changed drastically multiple times over. When ultimately what started as US covert regime change efforts targeting Assad failed (based ostensibly in \"protecting civilians\"), the official mission then …
iranian.com/2020/05/13/my-job-is-to-make-syria-a-quagmire-for-the-russians-cia-doctrine-made-official-policy/

Workers and COVID-19: Access to healthcare, now \'a matter of life and death\'
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
The spread of COVID-19 in developing countries has exposed gaps in social protection coverage which could compromise recovery plans, expose millions of people to poverty and affect global readiness to cope with similar crises, according to two policy briefs issued Thursday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064112

In Fear of Falling Behind and Privacy Invasions, Students Demand Action on Remote Learning
Kate Ruane | aclu.org | 2020-05-14
Mia\'s high school peers are completing class assignments from their school parking lot because they, like many families in their rural Maryland community, lack access to internet at home. Delina, a high school junior from Arizona, has to wait until all her younger siblings finish their schoolwork using the one computer at home before she can use it to start hers. One student from New Jersey fears that the lack of privacy protections for students using remote learning technology puts their mom at increased risk of deportation. , , This is the reality of education in America during the COVID-19 crisis, accordin…
aclu.org/news/disability-rights/in-fear-of-falling-behind-and-privacy-invasions-students-demand-action-on-remote-learning

US Should Release Occupational Data in COVID-19 Death Reports
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-14
Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that UK women working in care occupations are two times as likely to die from COVID-19 as women in professional and technical occupations. In addition, UK men in low-paid, manual jobs are four times as likely to die from the virus as men in professional and technical jobs. The …
cepr.net/us-should-release-occupational-data-in-covid-19-death-reports/

AI-Powered Medical \"Pre-Crime\" Is Officially Here To \"Fight COVID-19\"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-14
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/ai-powered-medical-pre-crime-officially-here-fight-covid-19/

Presidents and prime ministers lead call for \'people\'s vaccine\', free to all
news.un.org | 2020-05-14
UNAIDS, the UN agency fighting against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus, has initiated a petition from global leaders requesting that when a successful COVID-19 vaccine is developed, it be made available free of charge to all.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1064122

Israel Strips Financial Aid From Palestinian Prisoners, Leaving Them To Face COVID-19 Alone
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-14
Calls and visits are denied to many of Israel\'s Palestinian prisoners, leaving their fate in the pandemic unknown.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-financial-aid-from-palestinian-prisoners-coronavirus

Bay Area car caravan: Stop state executions by COVID-19!
Patricia Gorky | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-14
More than 80 cars drove around San Quentin prison in Marin County, California on Sat. May .
liberationnews.org/stop-state-executions-0509/

Why China is not the aggressor
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-14
The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying and threatening the United States. Don\'t fall for it

Prisons Are Using the Pandemic to Impose Lockdowns
Michelle Chen | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Advocates say the extreme restrictions on movement are punitive and dangerous.
progressive.org/dispatches/prisons-using-pandemic-lockdowns-chen-200514/

The Other Americans: Trump is Spreading the Virus
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2020-05-14
Deportations of migrants are exacerbating already weakened health care systems in Latin America.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-is-spreading-the-virus-abbott-200514/

Corruption and the Pandemic Bailout
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-05-14
(This piece was originally posted on my Patreon page.) Neil Irwin had an interesting New York Times piece on how concerns about moral hazard in the bailout may damage the recovery. The gist of the article is that the fear that bad actors will be wrongly rewarded will prevent us from spending enough money to …
cepr.net/corruption-and-the-pandemic-bailout/

Who\'s Fighting The War Against Cash?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-14
Mastercard, Visa, and Bill Gates are all pushing for polices to make it harder to use cash, hoping to keep closer tabs on the population through the trail of electronic transactions.
therealnews.com/stories/who-is-fighting-war-against-cash-visa-mastercard-bill-gates

ideas that are lying around
Trudy Hess | peoplesparty.org | 2020-05-14
| LYING AROUND … | During a crisis, when people are disoriented, afraid and focused on survival, it is much easier to push through horrific policies that will punish working and poor people with austerity, further privatize our commons, and transfer wealth from the bottom to the top. | But Friedman\'s legacy didn\'t end with his own work. We see the Shock Doctrine playbook everywhere in US policy. | We saw it in the \"rebuilding\" of Iraq, the responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Maria, and of course,…
peoplesparty.org/ideas-that-are-lying-around/

DeVos is Rolling Back Protections for Sexual Harassment and Assault Survivors in Schools. We\'re Suing to Put a Stop to It
Jennesa Calvo-Friedman | aclu.org | 2020-05-14
By the time a student graduates from college

Iran Receives Another Cargo Of Medical Supplies From Germany
RFE | iranian.com | 2020-05-14
An official of the Iranian Customs Organization on Thursday confirmed that a consignment of medical equipment purchased from Germany worth around 749,000 euros (about $800,000) has been delivered to Iran. Speaking to the Islamic Republic News Agency, the Director-General of Customs Office Sadeq Namdar at the Turkish border said the equipment delivered from Germany consists …
iranian.com/2020/05/14/iran-receives-another-cargo-of-medical-supplies-from-germany/

Donald Trump does not represent human nature
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-14
Green Left Peter BoyleIssue 1265 Australia Green Left Fighting FundMay 14, 2020Just as horrific as the growing COVID-19 death toll and infection numbers in the United States is the spectacle of the daily tantrums of its megalomaniac President Donald Trump. | Tru…
greenleft.org.au/content/donald-trump-does-not-represent-human-nature

Three essential measures to make workplaces COVID-19 safe
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-14
Workers & unions Fred FuentesIssue 1265 Australia COVID-19 Australian Council of Trade UnionsMay 14, 2020Success in suppressing the spread of COVID-19, along with expanded testing, has l…
greenleft.org.au/content/avoid-new-covid-19-clusters-workers-need-say-safe-workplaces

The Heat: Brazil now ranks sixth in global pandemic infections
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-14
Brazil records its deadliest day yet from the coronavirus.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/14/the-heat-brazil-now-ranks-sixth-in-global-pandemic-infections

Naomi Klein: Healthcare Industry Sees \"Potential Bonanza\" of Profits in COVID-19 Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
As the top infectious disease expert testifies to the Senate that needless death and suffering could result from reopening too quickly, author and journalist Naomi Klein says a \"pandemic shock doctrine\" is beginning to emerge. \"The fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that\'s a win for them.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/13/naomi_klein_coronavirus_healthcare

Screen New Deal: Naomi Klein on How Companies Like Google Plan to Profit in High-Tech COVID Dystopia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
In her new report for The Intercept on the \"Screen New Deal,\" Naomi Klein looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is more high-tech than previous disasters

Vigil for Peace in Yemen: A New Norm
Kathy Kelly | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
U.S. national security leaders and stakeholders in war, as they shelter in place, have an extraordinary opportunity to set a new norm and link with the vigil for Peace in Yemen…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/vigil-for-peace-in-yemen-a-new-norm/

[UPDATED] Venezuelan Oil Sector Continues Slump Amid Pandemic, US Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-13
The Maduro government is working to repair refineries with Chinese and Iranian assistance to tackle fuel shortages.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14874

Bernie\'s Decision: Retreat Should Not Be Confused with Surrender
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
Photo by StoopDown/Shutterstock.com Politics is ultimately about life and death, as the current pandemic horrors make clear. Policies that can seem abstract not only routinely harm quality of life; they also kill. Both Bernie Sanders campaigns for president have brought a principled seriousness to the national discourse that no other candidate has come near Read…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/bernies-decision-retreat-should-not-be-confused-with-surrender/

Billionaires Are the Biggest Threat to Public Schools
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-05-13
For education \"disruptors\" like Bill Gates and Betsy DeVos, COVID-19 isn\'t a crisis–it\'s an opportunity.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/billionaires-threat-public-schools/

Market \"Solutions\" to the Covid-19 Crisis
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The Fed has opened a free money spigot to investors, bankers, and to big business of all types, and has simply declared \"come on in and take it.\" And if the $6 trillion to date isn\'t enough, we\'ll provide…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/market-solutions-to-the-covid-19-crisis/

COVID-19 and the Wasting Disease of Normalcy
Brian Terrell | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The wasting disease of normalcy is the far greater existential threat and our survival requires that we meet it with at least the same courage, generosity and ingenuity…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/covid-19-and-the-wasting-disease-of-normalcy/

Can Democracy Survive the Coronavirus?
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
The coronavirus is not just a threat to our personal and collective health; it is a threat to our democratic institutions as well. We need to protect lives and democracies…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/can-democracy-survive-the-coronavirus/

ICE Eases Threat but \"Essential\" Immigrant Farmworkers Struggle to Feed Themselves During Coronavirus
Danica Jorden | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
Immigrant farm workers have long been essential to the U.S. But they have never been recognized, respected or properly rewarded for their labor…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/ice-eases-threat-but-essential-immigrant-farmworkers-struggle-to-feed-themselves-during-coronavirus/

\'Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics\' – CounterSpin interview with Ricardo Salvador on the coronavirus food crisis
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-13
Janine Jackson interviewed the Union of Concerned Scientists\' Ricardo Salvador about the coronavirus food crisis for the May 8, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/our-food-system-is-very-much-modeled-on-plantation-economics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-food-system-is-very-much-modeled-on-plantation-economics

U.S. Officials Chart a Course for Greenland\'s Future
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2020-05-13
Trump\'s talk of buying the island fits a broader pattern of efforts to keep the island under U.S. influence.
progressive.org/dispatches/us-officials-course-for-greenland-future-hunt-200513/

The bigger picture is hiding behind a virus
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
If only we could redirect our gaze, if we could seize back control of our attention for a moment, we might understand that we are being plagued not just by a virus but by our fear, our hate, our hunger, our selfishness…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/the-bigger-picture-is-hiding-behind-a-virus/

Love In A Dangerous Time
Mike Ferner | zcomm.org | 2020-05-13
If we can expand our consciousness and compassion, we can begin to comprehend our government\'s behavior in the world and come out of this pandemic demanding to be better members of the human family…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/love-in-a-dangerous-time/

Evidence suggests prehistorical Iranians migrated to Americas
Tehran Times | iranian.com | 2020-05-13
Some prehistorical residents of the Iranian plateau migrated to the Americas, an Iranian archaeologist and researcher says based on evidence from similarities between the petroglyphs and cave painting symbols in central Iran and the ones found in the Americas. \"After years of exploring ancient paintings inside Iran\'s caves and mountains and other parts of the …
iranian.com/2020/05/13/evidence-suggests-prehistorical-iranians-migrated-to-americas/

\"Losing the Fabric of the City\": COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic\'s disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago\'s first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago\'s population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report \"COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn\'t Have To.\" She says the story paints a picture of \"sophisticated structural racism\" in Chicago.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/chicago_70_black_people_dead_first

Los New Yorkers: Essential, Underprotected Undocumented Immigrants Struggle to Survive in Epicenter
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
As the coronavirus continues to devastate New York City communities, we hear the voices of undocumented New Yorkers about how they are surviving the pandemic. Their stories are told in a new ProPublica story headlined \"Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic\'s Epicenter.\" We speak with one of the story\'s reporters, Adriana Gallardo.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/los_new_yorkers_essential_undocumented_workers

Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-12
☎️🗣Call your Reps. to ✂ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we\'ve alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last three years alone

[Research Paper] Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000–2017
ISDBICC | thelancet.com | 2020-05-12
CGF indicators have improved in India, but there are substantial variations between the districts in their magnitude and rate of decline, and the inequality between districts has increased in a large proportion of the states. The poor correlation between the national surveys for CGF estimates highlights the need to standardise collection of anthropometric data in India. The district-level trends in this report provide a useful reference for targeting the efforts under NNM to reduce CGF across India and meet the Indian and global targets.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30061-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Kent State 50th with Mickey Huff
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this week\'s…
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Trump Is Using COVID-19 As An Excuse To Let Polluters Destroy The Earth
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-12
Trump\'s former coal lobbyist EPA administrator is letting oil, gas, and coal take advantage of the global pandemic.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-is-using-covid-19-as-an-excuse-to-let-polluters-destroy-the-earth

The Censorship of Inequality in the Covid-19 Era: How Corporate and Market-Based Metrics Rule the News, and Why it Matters
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-12
By Anthony DiMaggio The old adage that \"the more things change the more they stay the same\" seems particularly appropriate to media coverage in the Covid-19 crisis. Old patterns of media…
projectcensored.org/the-censorship-of-inequality-in-the-covid-19-era-how-corporate-and-market-based-metrics-rule-the-news-and-why-it-matters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-censorship-of-inequality-in-the-covid-19-era-how-corporate-and-market-based-metrics-rule-the-news-and-why-it-matters

Etazini vle depà≤te yon gwo asasen an Ayiti
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
ayiboPost Al gade nan atik sou sit orijinal la An Anglè Pandan pandemi COVID-19 la, prèske tout fwontyè ak ayewopà≤ nan mond lan fèmen men avyon Imigrasyon leta Ameriken (ICE) kontinye vole. Chak 2 a 3 semèn, yon và≤l depà≤tasyon konpayi Swift Air, LLC opere, ateri nan ayewopà≤ Pà≤toprens. Apre youn nan và≤l sa yo …
cepr.net/etazini-vle-depote-yon-gwo-asasen-an-ayiti/

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis – NYT should not fixate on debt as governments respond to the coronavirus pandemic
Nina Eichacker | fair.org | 2020-05-12
I recently wrote a piece for FAIR ( 4/25/20) about how I felt more optimistic about media reporting on the economic aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite what I saw as a failure to clearly call out capitalist market reliance. The New York Times was calling for people to remember FDR\'s Four Freedoms, and even the Financial Times was encouraging readers to think about Beveridge\'s Full Employment in a Free Society. N…
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President Trump\'s Assault On Inspectors General Threatens Our Civil Liberties
Kate Oh | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
One recent Friday night, President Trump quietly nominated a replacement inspector general (IG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). But this was no ordinary nomination. If confirmed by the Senate, it will force out the acting IG after her office released a survey of hospitals that, to Trump\'s vocal displeasure, underscored his administration\'s botched handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. , , The ouster is also only the late…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/president-trumps-assault-on-inspectors-general-threatens-our-civil-liberties

Mountains Of Evidence Show COVID-19 Was All Over The World Oct/Nov 2019, Why Is It Being Ignored?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-12
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/12/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/mountains-evidence-show-covid-19-was-all-over-world-oct-nov-2019-why-being-ignored/

Dallas County Officials are Leaving Vulnerable People to Catch COVID-19 in Jail
Andrea Woods | aclu.org | 2020-05-12
Wykivia and Ideare Bailey were taking every precaution. Worried for their asthmatic daughter due to the spread of COVID-19, the couple was meticulous in cleaning, sanitizing, and social distancing to reduce every possible threat. However, when Ideare was arrested for property theft and booked into the Dallas County Jail on April 6, there was no way to adhere to those precautions. Held in a crowded intake room, he could not maintain six feet of distance from other people. Forced to live in a dormitory with 60 other people

Stir Crazy! Episode #32: Don\'t Make Us Regret This!
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-12
On today\'s show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, co-host of \"By Any Means Necessary\" Jacqueline Luqman, and TRNN managing editor Marc Steiner. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-32-dont-make-us-regret-this

Consumer Price Index Plunges 0.8 Percent, Core Falls 0.4 Percent
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-12
Food prices rose 2.6 percent in April, reflecting a large increase in store-bought food. The overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.8 percent in April, driven again by large price declines in sectors that were hit hard by pandemic-related shutdowns. Gas prices fell 20.6 percent, following a drop of 10.5 percent in March. They are …
cepr.net/prices-2020-05/

The Heat: Countries face economic fallout from COVID-19
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-12
In the United States the latest government figures show 20.5 million people lost their jobs in April, raising the unemployment rate to 14.7%. Both are post-World War II records. The European Union is now forecasting the worst economic outlook since the Great Depression. While …
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/12/the-heat-countries-face-economic-fallout-from-covid-19

Bombshell: Crowdstrike admits \'no evidence\' Russia stole emails from DNC server
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-11
Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: \"We did…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/11/bombshell-crowdstrike-admits-no-evidence-russia-stole-emails-from-dnc-server/

Guaidó\'s mercenary hit contract on Venezuela\'s Maduro mirrors official US bounty, authorizes death squad killings
Alan MacLeod | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-11
The leaked contract between Juan Guaidó and the Silvercorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/10/guaido-mercenary-contract-venezuelas-maduro-us-bounty-death-squad/

\"COVID-19 Has Been Racialized\": Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking \"Trump = Plague\"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City\'s response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing \"Trump = Plague\" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is \"telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die,\" says Nelson. \"It\'s ridiculous.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/jill_nelson_nypd_arrest_trump_plague

Trump Death Clock: Creator Eugene Jarecki Says \"Reckless Mishandling\" of COVID-19 Must Be Quantified
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
As the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States surpasses 80,000, an unusual new billboard called the Trump Death Clock in New York City\'s Times Square keeps tally of lives lost to government inaction. \"What we found was that there was an amazing and very dark truth underlying the numbers that spoke to reckless mishandling of a pandemic by the president and his team, and we felt that ought to be quantified,\" says Eugene Jarecki, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and activist behind the project.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/eugene_jarecki_trump_death_clock

\"Weaponized and Racialized\": Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown Communities
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Viral images have shone a spotlight on uneven policing. Some show police officers distributing masks to White residents in crowded New York City parks

Western Venezuela Rocked by Rolling Blackouts
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-11
Low water levels at hydroelectric dams, \"terrorist sabotage\" and damaged infrastructure have been blamed for the power cuts.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14873

Doctors Speak Out About COVID 19 & The Violent Suppression Of Your Rights
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
The only question, is whether We The People have the courage to stand for what we know to be right, or if we will allow ourselves to be scared into passively accepting the \"new normal,\" a locked down controlled society that was prepped for, planned out, and designed years ago. I for one, will never …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/censorship/doctors-speak-out-about-covid-19-violent-suppression-your-rights/

We Also Face a Pandemic of Racism
Linda Wiggins-Chavis | progressive.org | 2020-05-11
COVID-19 sheds light on America\'s systemic oppression of people of color.
progressive.org/op-eds/we-face-pandemic-of-racism-wiggins-chavis-200511/

This Is Why You Can\'t Trust The Fact Checkers
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
For the last eight years I have worked as a writer, researcher, and investigative reporter for many well-known American independent media outlets. I have spent my time investigating digital surveillance technology, attacks on indigenous communities, and the overall growth of the government and corporate power. As someone working in this field, writing about topics which …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/censorship/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-the-fact-checkers/

SPLC fights to keep children out of juvenile detention, other confined settings during pandemic
splcenter.org | 2020-05-11
splcenter.org/news/2020/05/11/splc-fights-keep-children-out-juvenile-detention-other-confined-settings-during-pandemic

College Faculty Are Speaking Out Against Billionaire Donors
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2020-05-11
Resignations from a growing number of professors bring attention to the undue influence of deep-pocketed donors like Charles Koch.
progressive.org/dispatches/college-faculty-against-billionaire-donors-bader-200511/

[UPDATED] Venezuela Makes Fresh Arrests as Opposition Splinters over Failed Coup
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-10
Trump said the operation \"was not a good attack,\" again denying any US involvement.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14869

New York pandemic spending favors wealthy over workers
Vincent Tsai and Camden Goetz | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-10
New York politicians have recently barreled forward with plans for massive cuts to public spending.
liberationnews.org/new-york-pandemic-spending-favors-wealthy-over-workers/

Women In Prisons Say They\'re Being Punished For Speaking Out About COVID-19 Risks
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Women say they\'re being punished for contacting people outside about their living conditions. Activists are planning an action May 23 at Jessup Correctional Facility in response.
therealnews.com/stories/women-in-prisons-say-theyre-being-punished-for-speaking-out-about-covid-19-risks

\"Gene-Edited\" Future Justified By COVID-19 & France Admits Athletes Infected At Wuhan Military Games
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-09
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/8/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/gene-edited-future-justified-by-covid-19-france-admits-athletes-infected-at-wuhan-military-games/

\'We Can Pool the World\'s Science to Develop Better Medical Tools\' – CounterSpin interview with Peter Maybarduk on Covid-19 and the drug industry
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-05-09
Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen\'s Peter Maybarduk about the drug industry and Covid-19 for the May 1, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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Largest Public Utility To Outsource Hundreds Of Jobs Amid Covid-19
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Despite Trump\'s \'America First\' policy, the Tennessee Valley Authority is outsourcing hundreds of federal jobs overseas.
therealnews.com/stories/largest-public-utility-to-outsource-hundreds-of-jobs-amid-covid-19

As Oil Price Plummets, Call to Nationalize Industry Rises
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
The price of oil dropped below zero, prompting new subsidies from the Federal Reserve. Progressive voices in the U.S. and Canada have a different idea: nationalization as a way to wind down the sector, tackle the climate crisis and create a just economic transition.
therealnews.com/stories/as-oil-price-plummets-call-to-nationalize-industry-rises

HBO Docuseries Points To Many Suspects In Atlanta Child Murders, Including The Klan
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-09
Atlanta\'s mayor re-opened the 40-year-old case of 30 missing and murdered Black children in Atlanta. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation operated a secret investigation that pointed towards a Klan member for at least one of the murders.
therealnews.com/columns/hbo-docuseries-points-to-many-suspects-in-atlanta-child-murders-including-the-klan

Silvercorp co-founder speaks with The Grayzone: What did State Department know about failed Venezuela invasion?
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-08
The Grayzone speaks to Drew White

Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic, America\'s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-05-08
Although most Americans currently face hard times, with unemployment surging to the levels of the Great Depression and enormous numbers of people sick or dying from the coronavirus pandemic, the nation\'s super-rich remain a notable exception. Financially, they are doing remarkably well. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, between March 18 and April 28, Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/amid-the-coronavirus-pandemic-americas-billionaires-thrive-and-prosper/

\"A Terrible Price\": Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black America
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
We look at the deadly disparate impact of the pandemic on African Americans as told through an in-depth story for The New York Times Magazine by writer Linda Villarosa in her new piece, \"\'A Terrible Price\': The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America,\" that tells what happened to the Zulu club, a Black social organization in New Orleans, during and after Mardi Gras. She reports that the experience is usually a joy, but the coronavirus made it a tragedy.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/coronavirus_racial_disparity_zulu_club_new

As States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions, Dr. Leana Wen Warns \"We Are Not Ready for a Safe Reopening\"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
As more than 40 states begin to reopen, President Trump is downplaying the need for mass COVID-19 testing, even as he himself is now being tested every day for the virus. We speak with emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen, who says, \"Widespread testing is so critical. … Why shouldn\'t this testing be available to all Americans?\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/dr_leana_wen_covid_19_testing

HIGH-FREQUENCY failure of combination antiretroviral therapy in paediatric HIV infection is associated with unmet maternal needs causing maternal NON-ADHERENCE
Jane R. Millar, Nomonde Bengu, Rowena Fillis, Ken Sprenger, Vuyokazi Ntlantsana, Vinicius A. Vieira, Nisreen Khambati, Moherndran Archary, Maximilian Muenchhoff, Andreas Groll, Nicholas Grayson, John Adamson, Katya Govender, Krista Dong, Photini Kiepiela, Bruce D. Walker, David Bonsall, Thomas Connor, Matthew J. Bull, Nelisiwe Nxele, Julia Roider, Nasreen Ismail, Emily Adland, Maria C. Puertas, Javier Martinez-Picado, Philippa C. Matthews, Thumbi Ndung\'u, Philip Goulder, the Ucwaningo Lwabantwana Consortium | thelancet.com | 2020-05-08
The success of early infant testing and cART initiation strategies is severely limited by subsequent cART non-adherence in HIV-infected children. Although there are practical challenges to administering paediatric cART formulations, these are overcome by mothers who themselves are cART-adherent. These findings point to the ongoing obligation to address the unmet needs of the mothers. Eliminating the particular barriers preventing adequate treatment for these vulnerable women and infants need to be prioritised in order to achieve durable suppression of viraemia on cART, let alone HIV cure/remission, in HIV-infecte…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30088-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-08
Media…
fair.org/home/ricardo-salvador-on-the-food-system-covid-19/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ricardo-salvador-on-the-food-system-covid-19

U.S. to roll back infection control rules in nursing homes in midst of pandemic
Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-08
Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of long-term care facilities were failing to maintain appropriate standards of hygiene and disease prevention.
liberationnews.org/u-s-to-roll-back-infection-control-rules-in-nursing-homes-in-midst-of-pandemic/

In NYC pandemic used as excuse to crackdown on the homeless
Vincent Tsai | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-08
This follows incitement by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo against the homeless.
liberationnews.org/in-nyc-pandemic-used-as-excuse-to-crackdown-on-the-homeless/

US Investigating Ex-Green Beret, Denies \'Direct\' Involvement in Failed Venezuela Coup
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-07
New documents confirm that the Venezuelan opposition signed a contract with Florida-based Silvercorp to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14867

Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-07
Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C.

[Correspondence] Calling for a COVID-19 One Health Research Coalition
John H Amuasi, Christian Walzer, David Heymann, Hélène Carabin, Le Thi Huong, Andrew Haines, Andrea S Winkler | thelancet.com | 2020-05-07
Emerging from its ancestral bat host in December, 2019,1 possibly at a wildlife trading market in Wuhan, China,2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) had by mid-April, 2020, spread globally, infecting more than 2 million individuals and causing at least 130‚Äà000 deaths. Travel restrictions were imposed, borders sealed, schools and businesses closed, and more than half of humanity locked down, all to reduce the spread of this virus.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31028-X/fulltext?rss=yes

How capitalism and racism hold back a COVID-19 cure
Neal Sweeney | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-07
In a few short months, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has swept the world without any proven treatment or vaccine.
liberationnews.org/how-capitalism-and-racism-hold-back-a-covid-19-cure/

The Heat: COVID-19 Pandemic-U.S. and Japan
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-07
A new government document projects the daily death toll in the U.S. could reach 3000 by June 1. Japan is extending its state of emergency until May 31.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/07/the-heat-covid-19-pandemic-u-s-and-japan

U.S. Reverses Policy On Use of Landmines
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-06
On May 6, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) headed a congressional oversight letter with 107 other members of Congress to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressing disappointment to the Trump Administration\'s reversal of the policy limiting the use of antipersonnel landmines to the defense of South Korea, and seeking answers to …
peaceaction.org/2020/05/06/u-s-reverses-policy-on-use-of-landmines/

[Correspondence] COVID-19-associated nephritis: early warning for disease severity and complications?
Oliver Gross, Onnen Moerer, Manfred Weber, Tobias B Huber, Simone Scheithauer | thelancet.com | 2020-05-06
Among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), parameters for the prediction of the need for admission to intensive care units (ICUs) are urgently needed to enable appropriate resource allocation. Here we report that analysis of a urine sample on admission to hospital can be used to detect systemic capillary leak syndrome, which can be a predictor of fluid overload, respiratory failure, need for ICU admission, and death.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31041-2/fulltext?rss=yes

Horrifying Glimpse Into How DARPA Will \"Save\" You From COVID-19 & Venezuela Coup Tied Back To Trump
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-06
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/6/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/horrifying-glimpse-into-how-darpa-will-save-you-from-covid-19-venezuela-coup-tied-back-to-trump/

A Massive \"COVID-19\" Cover Up Is Underway & \'US Mercenaries\' Caught In Venezuelan Coup Attempt
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-06
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/5/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/massive-covid-19-cover-up-underway-us-mercenaries-caught-venezuelan-coup-attempt/

Clase dominante a los obreros: tu labor o tu vida
Bratton Young | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-06
Los trabajadores de todo el país se preparan para un regreso prematuro a sus trabajos a pesar de las advertencias de salud pública de un segundo aumento en las infecciones por el Coronavirus. Un total de 23 estados, con una población combinada de 120 millones de personas, han emitido órdenes de \"regreso al trabajo\" que entrarán en vigencia en los próximos días.
liberationnews.org/clase-dominante-a-los-obreros-tu-labor-o-tu-vida/

Ruling class tells workers: your job or your life
Bratton Young | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-06
Workers across the country are bracing for a premature return to their jobs despite public health warnings of a second spike in Coronavirus infections.
liberationnews.org/ruling-class-tells-workers-your-job-or-your-life/

The Heat: COVID-19 impact on U.S.-China relations & Russia battles coronavirus
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-06
China-U.S. relations under strain over COVID-19. And, Russia battles coronavirus.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/06/the-heat-covid-19-impact-on-u-s-china-relations-russia-battles-coronavirus

New PSL book: \'Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism\'
Sunil Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
\"It is a small book, but expansive in outlook in a way that echoes the holistic eco-socialist society we will need…\"
liberationnews.org/new-psl-book-climate-solutions-beyond-capitalism/

Venezuela: Two US Citizens Captured in Botched Coup Attempt
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-05
Two former green berets were arrested in a second failed assault on Venezuelan shores on Monday.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14864

[Correspondence] SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus co-infection
Elena Cuadrado-Payán, Enrique Montagud-Marrahi, Manuel Torres-Elorza, Marta Bodro, Miquel Blasco, Esteban Poch, Alex Soriano, Gaston J Piñeiro | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Since December, 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been an international public health emergency.1–3 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) mimics the influenza virus regarding clinical presentation, transmission mechanism, and seasonal coincidence.3 Thus, co-infection by both viruses is feasible. To the best of our knowledge, only one case of co-infection is known, although the diagnosis was sequential.4 Here, we present four cases of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza co-infection, diagnosed simultaneously.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31052-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Acute limb ischaemia in two young, non-atherosclerotic patients with COVID-19
Paolo Perini, Bilal Nabulsi, Claudio Bianchini Massoni, Matteo Azzarone, Antonio Freyrie | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was announced a pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020.1 As of May 3, 2020, Italy is one of the countries hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 28‚Äà884 confirmed deaths.2 In addition to pulmonary insufficiency, COVID-19 is associated with other life-threatening complications such as sepsis, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism.3,4 Here we describe patients with COVID-19 who presented with acute limb ischaemia but did not have atherosclerosis, atrial fibrillation, or pre-existing blood clotting disorders.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31051-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Is the HScore useful in COVID-19?
David L Leverenz, Teresa K Tarrant | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Puja Mehta and colleagues1 suggest using the HScore2 to detect hyperinflammatory states in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The HScore is validated for the diagnosis of secondary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH), a condition that shares a similar cytokine profile to severe COVID-19.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31057-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Letter] Pandemic-related excess mortality (COVID-19), public health measures and funerary rituals
Eric Crubézy, Norbert Telmon | thelancet.com | 2020-05-05
Faced to COVID-19, the earliest public health recommendations in France [1] forbade washing of the body and mandated inhumation and cremation within 24 h, recommendations similar to those when case-patients were, more likely than non–case-patients, to have participated in funeral rituals. When a patient is hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2, family and friends were not allowed to be with him or her, and the farewells were done as the patient got into the ambulance. The grieving process, however, implies three phases [2]: viewing of the body, performing a collective ceremony to support those affected, and finally a…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30102-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Detainees put at high risk for COVID-19 at Madison, Wi., jail
Annika Lee | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
To protect them from COVID-19, incarcerated people must be freed.
liberationnews.org/detainees-put-at-high-risk-for-covid-19-at-madison-wi-jail/

Why White Supremacists Are Targeting Zoom Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
splcenter.org | 2020-05-05
White supremacists have harassed people through the video conferencing app Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic, part of a broader trend in which they exploit emerging online platforms to promote hate before companies can sufficiently adapt to their presence.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/05/why-white-supremacists-are-targeting-zoom-meetings-during-covid-19-pandemic

Paramilitary invasions in Venezuela: Made in USA
Nic de la Riva | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
Attempted invasion taken care of swiftly and efficiently by the Venezuelan government.
liberationnews.org/paramilitary-invasions-in-venezuela-made-in-usa/

The Heat: U.S. approves drug to treat COVID-19
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-05
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Remdesivir emergency authorization for treating COVID-19. While not a cure, the drug has helped the sickest coronavirus patients.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/05/the-heat-u-s-approves-drug-to-treat-covid-19

The Heat: Italy reopens and COVID-19 surges in U.S
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-05
Italy reopens nearly two months after a nationwide shutdown.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/05/the-heat-italy-reopens-and-covid-19-surges-in-u-s

The Heat: COVID19-U.S. Economy & Mexico battles coronavirus
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-05
Unemployment claims move past 30 million in the United States as its economy shrinks and Mexico battles the coronavirus pandemic.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/05/the-heat-covid19-u-s-economy-mexico-battles-coronavirus

Coronavirus Gives a Dangerous Boost to DARPA\'s Darkest Agenda
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-04
Technology developed by the Pentagon\'s controversial research branch is getting a huge boost amid the current coronavirus crisis, with little attention going to the agency\'s ulterior motives for developing said technologies, their potential for weaponization or their unintended consequences. In January, well before the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis would result in lockdowns, quarantines and economic devastation …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/coronavirus-gives-dangerous-boost-darpas-darkest-agenda/

Facebook Is Go-To Platform For Organizing Protests Against Social Distancing
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
As COVID-19 continues to pose a lethal threat worldwide, fringe, right-wing activists are using Facebook to mobilize protests of stay-at-home orders in several states.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/05/facebook-go-platform-organizing-protests-against-social-distancing

[Correspondence] Obesity could shift severe COVID-19 disease to younger ages
David A Kass, Priya Duggal, Oscar Cingolani | thelancet.com | 2020-05-04
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was first reported in China in late December, 2019, and has since evolved into a global pandemic. As of April 29, 2020, COVID-19 has been confirmed in more than 3 million individuals in 185 countries and regions, with an overall mortality rate of more than 6%.1 Severe disease involves bilateral interstitial pneumonia requiring intensive care unit (ICU) ventilatory support and can evolve into adult respiratory distress syndrome with high mortality.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31024-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] The arrival of SARS-CoV-2 in Venezuela
Alberto E Paniz-Mondolfi, Emilia M Sordillo, Marilianna C Márquez-Colmenarez, Lourdes A Delgado-Noguera, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales | thelancet.com | 2020-05-04
We read with interest the World Report about the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Venezuelan migrants.1 We concur wholeheartedly that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a negative impact on Venezuelans who have taken refuge in neighbouring countries.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31053-9/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] The COVID-19 response for vulnerable people in places affected by conflict and humanitarian crises
David Nott | thelancet.com | 2020-05-04
Next year I will have worked full time in the UK\'s National Health Service (NHS) for 40 years. I seem to be a survivor not only from the political rollercoaster that various governments have enacted on the NHS, but also from volunteering my surgical skills in places affected by conflict and natural disasters for the past 25 years. The experiences of the patients I have served whose lives have been impacted by war, injustice, and inhumanity during this time have given me insight into what life is really about.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31036-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Amid pandemic, poultry workers must be protected
Carmen Martinez | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
Recently, there has been an outpouring of praise for essential workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
splcenter.org/news/2020/05/05/amid-pandemic-poultry-workers-must-be-protected

Special Guests Nicholas Baham, III, Anthony DiMaggio
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-05-04
This week\'s program focuses on the media\'s response to the current Covid-19 pandemic. Mickey\'s first guest is ethnic studies professor Nicholas Baham, III, who outlines his \"Covid Chronicles,\" a continuing…
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Venezuela: 45 Killed in Guanare Prison Riot
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-04
The government pledged to investigate the May 1 riot, which it described as an attempted breakout.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14863

Anti-LGBTQ Group Pushes Voter Fraud Conspiracy Theories Amid COVID-19
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-05-04
Family Research Council (FRC) has branched out of its usual anti-LGBTQ and anti-choice rhetoric to push longtime right-wing conspiracy theories about voting by mail. It\'s a narrative that is gaining popularity during COVID-19 restrictions with regard to public gatherings and social distancing.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/05/06/anti-lgbtq-group-pushes-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories-amid-covid-19

[Letter] A reality check on the use of face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong
Victor CW Tam, Shing Yau Tam, Wai Kwong Poon, Helen Ka Wai Law, Shara WY Lee | thelancet.com | 2020-05-03
Despite the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) into a pandemic, an \'east-west\' divide remains between the recommendations of different health authorities on the use of face masks in the community [1,2]. We respectfully differ from the WHO recommendation on its effectiveness [3]. In our opinion, mass masking in the community is one of the key measures that controls transmission during the outbreak in Hong Kong and China. Moreover, it would be futile to convince individuals who experienced the SARS or swine flu outbreaks, not to wear face masks for protection.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30100-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Venezuelan Armed Forces: Paramilitary Incursion Neutralized
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-03
Former US green beret Jordan Goudreau, reported to have led preparations for a coup, confirmed the operation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14861

Remembering Henri Falcon\'s May 2018 Presidential campaign in Venezuela
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2020-05-02
Henri Falcon was a viable candidate

Former US Special Ops Soldier Led Plot to Invade Venezuela: Sources
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-02
AP reports that the Venezuelan opposition and Colombian authorities were aware of the plan.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14859

Fool Me Once
Trudy Hess | peoplesparty.org | 2020-05-01
| once … | Elizabeth Warren split the progressive vote, lied about Bernie saying a woman couldn\'t win and, to put the cherry on the ice cream sundae, refused to endorse Bernie when she deservedly flamed out because her feelings had been hurt or something. | Prior to Super Tuesday, most of the remaining candidates, as if having heard the same subsonic dog whistle inaudible to us mere humans, simultaneously dropped out and endorsed Creepy Uncle Joe. (Special kudos to Pete Buttigieg in…
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Jim Naureckas on Coronavirus False Choices, Peter Maybarduk on Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-01
Media…
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JAMA Internal Medicine –The Year in Review, 2019
Redberg RF. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-01
Clearly, 2020 is another year full of interesting health care issues and new (and not so new) health care proposals that we look forward to discussing on these pages. In addition to a wide range of clinical topics in internal medicine, we will continue to cover issues such as drug pricing, surprise billing, bundled payments, Medicare for all, and transparency issues, to name a few. We are now in the tenth year of the Less Is More series and are pleased to see international attention to the harms of overdiagnosis and overtreatment and on programs to increase high-value care. Of course, our work is far from done, a…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2763178

Not All Hypertension Is a Lifelong Disease
Yang S, Hu J, Li Q. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-01
This Teachable Moment encourages clinicians to be aware of the high prevalence of primary aldosteronism and to consider screening in appropriately selected patients.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2762879

Concerns Remain Regarding Long-term Ozone Exposure and Respiratory Outcomes
Luo M, Li P, Niu W. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-01
To the Editor We read with great interest the article by Paulin et al, who examined the association between long-term ozone exposure and the respiratory health of smokers, finding that higher ozone exposure was significantly associated with lower lung function and more emphysema and air trapping. The findings of this article underscore the need for enhanced meteorological monitoring on ground ozone concentrations as well as the need for early detection and targeted intervention of respiratory diseases in vulnerable members of society to reduce the escalating burden of respiratory diseases worldwide. However, from…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2763411

The Heat: China and Impact of COVID-19 on Native Americans
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-01
The Heat takes a look at the latest from China as it emerges from lockdown and in the U.S. How is the coronavirus outbreak impacting Native Americans?>…
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/01/the-heat-china-and-impact-of-covid-19-on-native-americans

US to Mobilize Military Reservists in \'Anti-Drug\' Operation Against Venezuela
Ricardo Vaz and Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-30
The Trump administration is also targeting oil-for-food deals involving the Venezuelan government and Mexican companies.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14857

Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That\'s the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars out of these stimulus bills! All just to keep the mega-profits rolling for weapons dealers and the military-industrial complex. As people here at …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/take-action-keep-covid-stimulus-away-from-the-pentagon/

U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Joint Statement: U.S. organizations react to global military spending report April 27, 2020 Our diverse group of 39 think-tanks, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups based in the United States find the exorbitant amount of money spent on militaries worldwide to be an irresponsible and harmful use of global wealth. The Global Military Expenditures Report …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/u-s-organizations-react-to-global-military-spending-report/

[Correspondence] Considering BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19
Nigel Curtis, Annie Sparrow, Tedros A Ghebreyesus, Mihai G Netea | thelancet.com | 2020-04-30
In addition to its specific effect against tuberculosis, the BCG vaccine has beneficial nonspecific (off-target) effects on the immune system that protect against a wide range of other infections and are used routinely to treat bladder cancer.1,2 This has led to the suggestion that vaccination with BCG might have a role in protecting health-care workers and other vulnerable individuals against severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31025-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Dismantling The Superficial \"China Did It\" Narrative (Origin Unknown) & CDC \"Suspends\" Flu Reporting
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-30
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/29/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/dismantling-superficial-china-did-narrative-origin-unknown-cdc-suspends-flu-reporting/

Cody Wilson Uses COVID-19 Crisis To Re-enter Extremist Movement
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-30
A registered sex offender and antigovernment icon is trying to use the current global pandemic to whitewash his image. A recent post on Jacobite magazine\'s website seeks to remind readers of Cody Wilson\'s past contributions to the movement and to cast doubt on the government responsible for his arrest and sentencing.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/30/cody-wilson-uses-covid-19-crisis-re-enter-extremist-movement

The Heat: COVID-19 research and medical response
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-04-30
america.cgtn.com/2020/04/30/the-heat-covid-19-research-and-medical-response

[Comment] Remdesivir for COVID-19: challenges of underpowered studies
John David Norrie | thelancet.com | 2020-04-29
In The Lancet, Yeming Wang and colleagues1 report a randomised trial of remdesivir (200 mg on day 1 followed by 100 mg on days 2–10, in single daily infusions) versus placebo for adults with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in ten hospitals in Wuhan, China. The authors report on 236 patients (140 [59%] men and 96 [41%] women; median age 65 years [IQR 56–71]), with inconclusive findings on the primary outcome of time to clinical improvement, defined as a two-point improvement on a 6-point ordinal scale,2 a hazard ratio of 1 ∑23 (95% CI 0 ∑87–1 ∑75; favouring remdesivir), and…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31023-0/fulltext?rss=yes

[Articles] Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial
Yeming Wang, Dingyu Zhang, Guanhua Du, Ronghui Du, Jianping Zhao, Yang Jin, Shouzhi Fu, Ling Gao, Zhenshun Cheng, Qiaofa Lu, Yi Hu, Guangwei Luo, Ke Wang, Yang Lu, Huadong Li, Shuzhen Wang, Shunan Ruan, Chengqing Yang, Chunlin Mei, Yi Wang, Dan Ding, Feng Wu, Xin Tang, Xianzhi Ye, Yingchun Ye, Bing Liu, Jie Yang, Wen Yin, Aili Wang, Guohui Fan, Fei Zhou, Zhibo Liu, Xiaoying Gu, Jiuyang Xu, Lianhan Shang, Yi Zhang, Lianjun Cao, Tingting Guo, Yan Wan, Hong Qin, Yushen Jiang, Thomas Jaki, Frederick G Hayden, Peter W Horby, Bin Cao, Chen Wang | thelancet.com | 2020-04-29
In this study of adult patients admitted to hospital for severe COVID-19, remdesivir was not associated with statistically significant clinical benefits. However, the numerical reduction in time to clinical improvement in those treated earlier requires confirmation in larger studies.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31022-9/fulltext?rss=yes

What are the underlying transmission patterns of COVID-19 outbreak? An age-specific social contact characterization
Yang Liu, Zhonglei Gu, Shang Xia, Benyun Shi, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Yong Shi, Jiming Liu | thelancet.com | 2020-04-29
With an in-depth characterization of age-specific social contact-based transmission, the retrospective and prospective situations of the disease outbreak, including the past and future transmission risks, the effectiveness of different interventions, and the disease transmission risks of restoring normal social activities, are computationally analyzed and reasonably explained. The conclusions drawn from the study not only provide a comprehensive explanation of the underlying COVID-19 transmission patterns in China, but more importantly, offer the social contact-based risk analysis methods that can readily be appl…
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30098-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Preventing major outbreaks of COVID-19 in jails
Justin T Okano, Sally Blower | thelancet.com | 2020-04-29
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections are now being found in jails throughout the USA. Conditions in jails are very conducive to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and social distancing is impossible. Therefore, there is widespread concern that there could be major outbreaks in jails and that jails could amplify transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in surrounding communities.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31015-1/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Institutional, not home-based, isolation could contain the COVID-19 outbreak
Borame L Dickens, Joel R Koo, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Alex R Cook | thelancet.com | 2020-04-29
In the absence of vaccines, non-pharmaceutical interventions such as physical distancing, intensive contact tracing, and case isolation remain frontline measures in controlling the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.1 In Wuhan, China, these measures were implemented alongside city lockdown, mass quarantine, and school closure during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in January and February, 2020.2 Critical to Wuhan\'s success, cases identified through liberal testing, regardless of symptom profile, were immediately isolated in purpose-built shelters, as delays in isolation fro…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31016-3/fulltext?rss=yes

Israel Attacks Syria, US OKs Annexation, OPCW Caught Again & Impending (Already Here) Bio False Flag
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-attacks-syria-us-oks-annexation-opcw-caught-again-impending-already-here-bio-false-flag/

[Comment] What policy makers need to know about COVID-19 protective immunity
Daniel M Altmann, Daniel C Douek, Rosemary J Boyton | thelancet.com | 2020-04-27
About a third of the world is under lockdown as a public health measure to curb the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Policy makers are increasingly pressed to articulate their rationales and strategies for moving out of lockdown; the process of re-emergence is already cautiously starting in Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Wuhan, and some US states. As the counterpoise between further disease spread and socioeconomic costs is debated, it is essential that policy makers in all affected countries have the best possible d…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30985-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/27/anti-lockdown-rallies-are-providing-opening-proud-boys-and-other-far-right-extremists

Peter Kuznick and The Global Covid 19 Solidarity Manifesto
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-27
Historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of \"The Untold History of the United States,\" returns to the Project Censored Show to discuss his latest project: working with a team of other…
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Venezuela Rolls out Cabinet Change, Economic Measures to Combat Inflation
venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-27
Measures include a 60 percent wage increase and a push to bring food prices under control.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14855

Evidence US Gov Knew Of COVID Before November 2019 & Anti-China Talking Points Expose CV Cover Up
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-26
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/25/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/evidence-us-gov-knew-of-covid-before-november-2019-anti-china-talking-points-expose-cv-cover-up/

Their Second Recession: For the Second Time in Their Lives, Millennials Will Head to the Polls with an Economic Depression Looming
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-25
By Nolan Higdon On Election Day 2020, millennials face a difficult choice: vote or stay home. Either way, their decision will need to be accompanied by wide-spread activism, something they…
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[Research Paper] A study of type-specific HPV natural history and implications for contemporary cervical cancer screening programs
Maria Demarco, Noorie Hyun, Olivia Carter-Pokras, Tina R. Raine-Bennett, Li Cheung, Xiaojian Chen, Anne Hammer, Nicole Campos, Walter Kinney, Julia C. Gage, Brian Befano, Rebecca B. Perkins, Xin He, Cher Dallal, Jie Chen, Nancy Poitras, Marie-Helene Mayrand, Francois Coutlee, Robert D. Burk, Thomas Lorey, Philip E. Castle, Nicolas Wentzensen, Mark Schiffman | thelancet.com | 2020-04-24
HPV type and persistence are the major predictors of progression to CIN3+; at a minimum, distinguishing HPV16 is clinically important. Dividing the other HPV types into three risk-groups is worth considering.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30037-7/fulltext?rss=yes

Fraihat v. ICE Community Resources
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
On April 20, 2020, a federal district court granted a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take a number of important steps to protect medically vulnerable people in its custody from COVID-19.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/fraihat-v-ice-community-resources

Trump\'s Immigration Order Was Drafted by Officials With Ties to Hate Groups, According to Report
Michael Edison Hayden and Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
Two officials with ties to anti-immigrant hate groups helped write President Trump\'s executive order blocking the issuance of new green cards, according to a report.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/24/trumps-immigration-order-was-drafted-officials-ties-hate-groups-according-report

The Heat: Economic impact of COVID-19 in the U.S
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-04-24
More than 26 million Americans have now filed for unemployment, the highest number since the Great Depression.
america.cgtn.com/2020/04/24/the-heat-economic-impact-of-covid-19-in-the-u-s

If Farmworkers Are \"Essential,\" Why Are They Treated So Badly?
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
On March 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, spurred to action by the coronavirus pandemic, issued a memorandum that identified the nation\'s 2.5 million farmworkers as \"essential\" workers. Soon thereafter, agribusinesses began distributing formal letters to their farm laborers, also declaring that that they were \"essential.\" Of course, it shouldn\'t have required a Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/if-farmworkers-are-essential-why-are-they-treated-so-badly/

Venezuela: Guaido to Use Funds Frozen in US to Pay Loyalists $5000 Monthly Salaries
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-23
Pro-Guaido lawmakers and diplomats will take nearly a third of an $80 million \"Liberation Fund.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14853

A Myriad of Ways to Wage Peace During These Times
Jon Rainwater | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-23
As we shelter in our homes to protect ourselves from this global pandemic, we wanted to share some of the many ways you can remain active and impactful in the work for a more peaceful world. Peace Action has long been a leader in organizing international conferences, marches, and rallies around the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/23/wage-peace-during-pandemic/

[Editorial] Reflecting on World Asthma Day in the era of COVID-19
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine | thelancet.com | 2020-04-23
On May 2, 2020, World Asthma Day will again focus on the needs of people with asthma across the globe. Previous themes have included managing asthma and living with the disease. These themes resonate more than ever this year, as any discussions are likely to be dominated by current debates in relation to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on asthma care and management.
thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30184-3/fulltext?rss=yes

The Heat: Impact of COVID-19 on Immigration and Latino Communities
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-04-23
As the number of global cases surpasses 2.6 million, The World Health Organization warns the coronavirus will be with us for a long time.
america.cgtn.com/2020/04/23/the-heat-impact-of-covid-19-on-immigration-and-latino-communities

Trump Administration Orders Chevron to Shutter Venezuela Operations
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-22
The latest measures followed reports of fresh dialogue between the government and the opposition.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14852

[Commentary] SARS-CoV-2 pandemic expanding in sub-Saharan Africa: Considerations for COVID-19 in people living with HIV
Paul K. Drain, Nigel Garrett | thelancet.com | 2020-04-21
In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, started a global pandemic of respiratory illness, termed COVID-19 [1]. The spectrum of COVID-19 has ranged from a mild, self-limiting respiratory tract illness to severe progressive pneumonia, multi-organ failure, and death [2]. Older patients and those with a weaker immune system appear to have a greater risk of death [3]. Thus far, the vast majority of deaths from COVID-19 have occurred in Italy, China, Iran, and Spain–all Northern hemisphere countries with good health care resources and a low HIV prevalence.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30086-9/fulltext?rss=yes

India, Narendra Modi, and the Coronavirus
Arundhati Roy | zcomm.org | 2020-04-21
Is the far-right government of Narendra Modi exploiting the crisis to target Muslims and the media?>…
zcomm.org/zvideo/india-narendra-modi-and-the-coronavirus/

The Heat: 20+ potential COVID-19 vaccines in development
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-04-21
Urgent work continues on more than 20 potential coronavirus vaccines. Plus is there enough accurate testing for U.S. states to reopen?
america.cgtn.com/2020/04/21/the-heat-20-potential-covid-19-vaccines-in-development

US \'Plunders\' $342m of Venezuelan Funds as COVID-19 Hotspot Breaks Out at Baseball Academy
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-04-20
The money has been transferred from a Venezuelan Central Bank account at Citibank to an account at the US Federal Reserve.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14850

Andy Lee Roth, April Anderson, and Peter Obstler Discuss LGBTQ Issues
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2020-04-20
For the first half of the program, sociologist Andy Lee Roth describes his latest work with research librarian April Anderson indicating that Google and other internet giants are filtering out material…
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