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July 17, 2020

Ending the Pandemic Will Take Global Access to COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccines – Which Means Putting Ethics Before Profits

Nicole Hassoun The Conversation

Access to medicine is an ethical problem, not a scientific one. And any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to have a high price tag and be unequally distributed according to countries’ purchasing power.

July 17, 2020

Federal Agents Invade Portland, Citing Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Statues

Dan Friedman Mother Jones

The Border Patrol says it has authority to “conduct arrests” in Portland.

July 17, 2020

Bernie Sanders: The Case to Defund the Pentagon

Bernie Sanders Politico

It is time to rethink what we value as a society and to fundamentally transform our national priorities. Cutting the military budget by 10 percent and investing that money in human needs is a modest way to begin that process.

Bye Don Jr: Love Me, Daddy! | Meidas Touch

July 17, 2020

Everything Don Jr. says is a projection to cover up the criminal activity he and his family engage in on a daily basis

The Fight for America's 51st State, Explained

July 17, 2020

Washington, DC is closer than ever to becoming a state. Could it actually happen?

Rick Wilson's Most Uncomfortable Interview

July 17, 2020

The Hill's hosts confront Rick Wilson on his past tweets as well as George W. Bush's role in paving the way for Donald Trump. #TOTN #TooningOut

Black Physicians' Plea to America

July 17, 2020

McStuffin Mommies, a group of 1,200 US-based physicians of color, have released this letter to America

GOP Lawmakers Set to Skip Trump's Convention In Jacksonville As Florida's Covid Numbers Spike

July 17, 2020

Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Susan Collins will not attend the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville next month, as Florida's coronavirus problem spins out of control. #Colbert

July 17, 2020

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July 16, 2020

Union Drive Could Inspire Organized Labor Beyond Asheville

Brian Grodon CarolinaCoastOnline

On March 6, 1,600 registered nurses petitioned the NLRB to form a union, kickstarting one of the largest union campaigns in the country today. North Carolina is the second-least unionized state in the U.S.