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Health care to the Electoral College: Seven ways 2020 left America exposed
Jan 07, 2021 17:35Black and Latino Americans account for almost 40 percent of coronavirus deaths so far, despite comprising less than a quarter of the population. As they’ve borne the brunt of this pandemic, they’ve been forced to fight for their humanity in another regard: Taking to the streets to protest decades of unjust police killings, only to be met with more police violence.
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This must be undone: Trump EPA finalizes anti-science rule to limit use of public health research
Jan 07, 2021 17:35Trump's nightmarish giveaway to polluters will sicken millions of the most vulnerable people across the US.
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Threat to journalism remains, warn critics, after Assange extradition rejected solely due to brutal US prison system
Jan 07, 2021 17:34That a British court has ruled that the U.S. prison system is too barbaric to guarantee the safety of Assange tells its own story. But this is about something much bigger than Assange: it's about journalism, the free press, and... the ability to expose atrocities committed by the world's last remaining superpower.
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Hiding COVID-19: How Trump administration suppresses photography of pandemic
Jan 07, 2021 16:59The U.S. government has reinforced media restrictions at hospitals, reducing the flow of disturbing images of the pandemic.
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Killer cops: US police killed over 1,000 Americans in 2020
Jan 06, 2021 17:18American police violence is off the charts compared to other developed countries, with homicides occurring at a per capita rate almost 70 times that of the UK, and nearly 170 times more than Japan.
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Lame-duck Trump's "West Asia bonanza" continues with approval of $290 million weapons sale to Saudi regime
Jan 06, 2021 17:15The U.S. State Department has announced a flurry of deals, including $290 million in Boeing-made, precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia, $65 million in drones and fighter jets to the UAE, $169 million in military equipment to Egypt, and $4 billion in helicopters to Kuwait.
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UN experts: Trump violated international law in pardoning Blackwater mercenaries
Jan 06, 2021 17:11The pardoning of four Blackwater mercenaries by President Donald Trump earlier this month was an action that violated international law, a group of experts at the United Nations (UN) said recently.
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Trump protesters warned not to carry guns as Washington DC calls up National Guard
Jan 06, 2021 11:12The US capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by Donald Trump supporters in the lead-up to the congressional vote affirming Joe Biden’s election victory. Trump’s supporters are planning to rally on Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud.
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US barely kept track of the nearly 3,000 health care workers that died in 2020
Jan 05, 2021 06:25More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic since March, a far higher number than that reported by the government, according to a new analysis by KHN and The Guardian.
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Trump loyalists sue Mike Pence to give him power to overturn election results
Jan 05, 2021 06:22US Vice President Mike Pence has come under heavy pressure from President Trump to back an unconstitutional scheme to overturn his election defeat in a joint session of Congress.