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July 24, 2021

Court Stops Police From Blockading Line 3 Protester Camp

Kenny Stancil Common Dreams

One attorney described the blockade as "an outrageous abuse of law enforcement authority serving the interests of the Enbridge corporation against its environmental opponents."

July 24, 2021

Workers Are Being Crushed by Governors’ Unemployment Benefit Shutoffs

Julia Rock and Andrew Perez Jacobin

Republicans are cutting off unemployment benefits at a time when huge numbers of workers still desperately need them — and the Democrats aren’t putting up a fight over it.

July 23, 2021

Professor Bullhead & Critical Race Theory

Peter Neil Carroll newversenews.com

The denial of racism in education is hardly new, as poet Peter Neil Carroll presents the story of a Native American reformer.

The Decline of the Death Penalty Across America

July 23, 2021

Virginia abolished the death penalty on March 24, 2021, making it the 23rd state to do so. The decline of the death penalty in America continues. Learn more about work at https://eji.org/death-penalty/

MAGA Crime Spree: Count Up to 12 Indictments

July 23, 2021

The chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee was recently arrested. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber is joined by The Nation’s Elie Mystal to discuss the barrage of indictments and convictions surrounding citizen Trump.

“Crime of the Century”: How Big Pharma Fueled the Opioid Crisis That Killed 500,000

July 23, 2021

Democracy Now speaks with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary, “The Crime of the Century,” looks at the pharmaceutical industry’s methods in promoting and selling the powerful drugs.

#ShowMustGoOn - Flashmob at the Odéon (Paris)

July 23, 2021

Cultural workers stage a flashmob for culture in front of the Odeon Theater in Paris, with three songs: The Sound of Silence (Paul Simon), Dying on Stage (M. Jouveaux / J. Barnel) and The Show Must Go On (Queen).

How Pegasus Spyware Was Found on Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée's Phone | Frontline

July 23, 2021

A global consortium of news outlets has been investigating the spyware called Pegasus and the Israeli company that sells it to foreign governments. Pegasus has been used to spy on journalists, human rights activists and others. One target: Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée.

July 23, 2021

Deep Mind's AI for Protein Structure Is Coming to the Masses

Ewen Callaway Nature

Machine-learning systems with far-reaching potential application in medicine, agriculture, materials science and more from Google sister-company DeepMind and from a rival academic group are now open source and freely accessible.

July 23, 2021

Texas Republicans Can't Handle the Truth About the Alamo

Jason Stanford Washington Post

Texas conservatives are so exercised about the possibility of students learning more about slavery and racism that Governor Abbott has added discussion about a ban on the teaching of critical race theory to the special legislative session.