Prisons Are Using the Pandemic to Impose Lockdowns

Michelle Chen The Progressive
The coronavirus pandemic is leading to “an explosion in the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and detention centers.” Punitive isolation under the pretext of public health is worsening the crisis of mass incarceration.

The Ever War on Terror: What on Earth Is the U.S. Doing Bombing Somalia?

Danny Sjursen Independent Media Institute
A road is blocked after al-Shabaab troops stormed an American military base in Somalia.
In a move that will surely worsen Somalia’s slow-boiling coronavirus crisis, the Trump Administration has quietly ramped up a bombing and covert raiding campaign, a major escalation of a war Congress hasn’t declared and the media rarely reports.

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.

Friday Nite Videos | May 15, 2020

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