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May 16, 2020

Connecting the Dots Between Environmental Injustice and the Coronavirus

Katherine Bagley Yale Environment 360

People wait in line for masks and food in New York City.

Scientist Sacoby Wilson has long focused on health and environmental injustice. Here he discusses how social and environmental inequality has contributed to the outsized impact of COVID-19 on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

May 15, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | May 15, 2020

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What the F**k Is “Obamagate”? Everybody Must Stay Home | Bob Dylan Coronavirus Parody. Angela Davis on Ahmaud Arbery's Killing and More. USPS: John Oliver. Amid Pandemic, Renewables Now Supply More Energy than Coal.

What the F**k Is “Obamagate”? | The Daily Social Distancing Show

May 15, 2020

Trump accuses Obama of “Obamagate” (whatever that is), the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Trump has to release his financial records, and Dr. Fauci testifies before Congress. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #Coronavirus

Everybody Must Stay Home | Bob Dylan Coronavirus Parody

May 15, 2020

A little covideo for your Rainy Day Livin’ #2&17

Angela Davis on Ahmaud Arbery's Killing, Racism, Prison Abolition, Animal Rights and Capitalism

May 15, 2020

Civil rights icon Angela Davis talks to Frank Barat (editor of her latest book Freedom is a Constant Struggle) about institutionalized racism, animal rights, prison abolition and the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Amid Pandemic, Renewables Now Supply More Energy than Coal in the U.S.

May 15, 2020

Time to tackle multiple questions about how the pandemic sets the stage for our energy future: the complex story of wind, solar, hydro, nuclear

USPS: John Oliver

May 15, 2020

As the U.S. Postal Service faces financial catastrophe, John Oliver discusses why the service is so important, what brought it to this point, and what we can do to help.

May 15, 2020

Biden and Sanders Create Joint Policy Task Forces

Ella Nilsen Vox

The unity task forces could have a big hand in shaping Democratic policy in 2020. Here’s who’s on them.

May 15, 2020

Anti-vaccine Movement Could Undermine Efforts to End Coronavirus Pandemic, Researchers Warn

Philip Ball Nature

Studies of social networks show that opposition to vaccines is small but far-reaching — and growing

May 15, 2020

Prison Labor Replaces Striking Garbage Workers in New Orleans

MIKE ELK Payday Report

sanitation workers holding a sign: I am a man.

After striking, the workers were fired en-masse earlier this week. Now, the city has found new workers to replace the striking workers - prison labor from nearby Livingston Parish.