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Canada's indigenous genocide is ongoing
Jul 05, 2021 13:38The founding of these two North American neighboring countries, Canada and the US has everything to do with genocide and erasure of Indigenous presence — as well as erasure of the horrors committed by white supremacist authorities in government, police, religious institutions and educational systems.
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Rumsfeld was not “controversial.” He played a leading role in mass murder
Jul 04, 2021 15:36The world we live in today was created in fire and blood by Donald Rumsfeld and his think tank pals at the Project for a New American Century (PNAC) — along with all the Republicans and Democrats complicit in empowering their sordid plans.
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Highly contagious Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
Jul 04, 2021 04:25Chun Eun-mi, a respiratory disease specialist at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul said "The Delta variant of coronavirus is a strain that is most optimized for widespread transmissions."
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Arizona Republicans faced pressure from Trump and allies following election, records show
Jul 04, 2021 04:19Newly released records show the top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county dodged calls from former President, Donald Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the 2020 election, as the then-president sought to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in key battleground states.
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US nearly $1.3 trillion national security budget isn't making Americans any safer
Jul 03, 2021 07:47President Biden's first Pentagon budget, released late last month, is staggering by any reasonable standard.
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Chauvin’s behind bars, yet white supremacy, anti-black policing far from dismantled
Jul 03, 2021 07:39Netfa Freeman of Pan-African Community Action, a Washington-based grassroots group advocating for African-American rights said the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who murdered George Floyd, was a “bait-and-switch distraction” from the underlying causes of police violence against African Americans.
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Trump in financial and political danger as company faces possible criminal charges
Jul 02, 2021 02:52New York prosecutors may soon bring indictment against Trump Organization tied to perks for top executives.
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Masks again? Delta variant’s spread prompts reconsideration of precautions
Jul 01, 2021 14:55Throughout the pandemic, face masks have ranked among the most contentious public health measures in the United States, symbolizing a bitter partisan divide over the role of government and individual liberties. Now, with a new variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe, masks are again the focus of conflicting views, and fears, about the course of pandemic and the restrictions required to manage it.
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Miami condo collapse: death toll rises to 10 as search and rescue operations continue
Jul 01, 2021 04:09US officials in Miami are calling for inspections of all older buildings over six storeys within 45 days after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South apartment building that it is now feared to have killed potentially scores of people.
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Tulsa massacre: Why we need to remember the darkest chapters of US history
Jul 01, 2021 04:04The Tulsa race massacre took place between 31 May and 1 June 1921, when armed mobs of white people attacked Black residents and destroyed homes and businesses in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma.