16 March 20
The March fundraiser is not doing very well overall so far, but people are starting to respond at this point and help out. Thank you sincerely for that.
We’re still pretty far off the pace we need to be on. If you haven’t made a contribution recently now would be a great time.
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16 March 20
Jeff Cohen | Socialists for Biden – and the Power of Corporate Media
Jeff Cohen, Reader Supported News
Cohen writes: "It’s doubtful that Sunday night’s CNN debate shifted momentum in the presidential race currently favoring Joe Biden. The next few weeks offer the Bernie Sanders movement perhaps its last chance to win over – mostly through electronic means – Democratic primary voters."
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Jeff Cohen, Reader Supported News
Cohen writes: "It’s doubtful that Sunday night’s CNN debate shifted momentum in the presidential race currently favoring Joe Biden. The next few weeks offer the Bernie Sanders movement perhaps its last chance to win over – mostly through electronic means – Democratic primary voters."
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Hairless Hare Brewery in Vandalia, Ohio, before Gov. Mike DeWine ordered a mandatory shutdown of all bars and restaurants starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday. (photo: Brad Lee/AFP/Getty Images)
CDC Recommends All Events With 50 or More People Be Canceled for Two Months
Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on organizers to cancel any events that involve 50 or more people for the next eight weeks in an effort to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus."
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Daniel Politi, Slate
Politi writes: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on organizers to cancel any events that involve 50 or more people for the next eight weeks in an effort to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus."
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David Xol-Cholom of Guatemala hugs his son Byron at Los Angeles international airport last month as they reunite after being separated about one and half years ago. (photo: Ringo HW Chiu/AP)
'Anchor Babies': The 'Ludicrous' Immigration Myth That Treats People as Pawns
Alexandra Villarreal, Guardian UK
Villarreal writes: "It’s a narrative trope that completely misrepresents the harsh realities of America’s current immigration laws, as well as just the natural progression of life, experts suggest."
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Alexandra Villarreal, Guardian UK
Villarreal writes: "It’s a narrative trope that completely misrepresents the harsh realities of America’s current immigration laws, as well as just the natural progression of life, experts suggest."
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Diners eat at a Chipotle restaurant on October 25, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Unions Across America Are Screaming for Paid Sick Leave and Healthcare
Hamilton Nolan, In These Times
Nolan writes: "As coronavirus spreads, sowing panic and economic dislocation, unions across the country are using the crisis as an opportunity to call for priorities that were dismissed as left-wing fantasies not long ago—and now seem like common sense."
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Hamilton Nolan, In These Times
Nolan writes: "As coronavirus spreads, sowing panic and economic dislocation, unions across the country are using the crisis as an opportunity to call for priorities that were dismissed as left-wing fantasies not long ago—and now seem like common sense."
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Then-national scurity adviser Michael Flynn talks to others in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 13, 2017. (photo: Jabin Botsford/WP)
Trump Says He’s 'Strongly Considering' Pardoning Michael Flynn
Felicia Sonmez and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump said Sunday that he is considering pardoning former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign."
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Felicia Sonmez and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump said Sunday that he is considering pardoning former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI during its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign."
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'Everyone is wearing a mask even though we all know they do little good.' (photo: Alberto Pizzoli/Getty Images)
In Italy's Coronavirus Lockdown, the Living Are Trapped With the Dead
Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast
Nadeau writes: "At least 1,809 people have died with the novel coronavirus since it arrived with a vengeance in Italy just three weeks ago, sucking the lifeblood out of one of the most vibrant countries in the world."
Barbie Latza Nadeau, The Daily Beast
Nadeau writes: "At least 1,809 people have died with the novel coronavirus since it arrived with a vengeance in Italy just three weeks ago, sucking the lifeblood out of one of the most vibrant countries in the world."
EXCERPTS:
All across Europe and in Britain, governments are looking at the situation in Italy and admitting the same fate may be in store for them. Americans should do the same. That future is only days or weeks away. This is what it’s like in Italy right now.
t least 1,809 people have died with the novel coronavirus since it arrived with a vengeance in Italy just three weeks ago, sucking the lifeblood out of one of the most vibrant countries in the world. I say “at least” because I am not yet sure if my elderly neighbor is one of them.
She died a few days ago, it seems, but was only discovered Thursday when men in hazmat suits freaked out the collective condominium by breaking the lock on her door. Her caregiver hadn’t been able to come to check on her because schools have been closed and the caregiver couldn’t afford a babysitter. And since everyone is supposed to stay inside, no one noticed she wasn’t around.
They’ll eventually do an autopsy to see if she died with “il virus,” pronounced il vee-rus in Italian. There was a sense of conflicted relief when whispers that she fell and hit her head circulated around the palazzo.
The story of this woman’s singular tragic death is complicated by the location of the grocery store on the ground floor of my building here in central Rome. People have to stand one meter apart and only 10 people can enter at a time, making the line a long one. The coroner quite rightly didn’t want to alarm anyone waiting to buy vital supplies by wheeling out a corpse covered in protective plastic, so it was decided to do it in the dark of the night after the store closed.
These early days of the lockdown will surely be the most important. Eventually we will acclimate to these restrictions, carrying out our new daily tasks like science-fiction zombies wandering a wasteland. The first inclination when things started to close down last weekend was to get around the rules and sneak out. People borrowed dogs to walk because it is one of the accepted reasons to go outside. I strolled around for an hour carrying a shopping bag with a few onions and lemons in it in case I got stopped. But as of Sunday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases had risen to 24,747 and no one wants to break the rules anymore. Three weeks ago we had just three cases.
A gas explosion in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos killed at least 15 people, injured many more and destroyed around 50 buildings on March 15, 2020. (photo: Getty Images/Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP)
Gas Explosion in Nigeria Leaves 15 Dead, More Than 50 Buildings Damaged
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "At least 15 people died in a gas explosion in Lagos, Nigeria Sunday morning."
Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch
Rosane writes: "At least 15 people died in a gas explosion in Lagos, Nigeria Sunday morning."
EXCERPT:
Pipeline explosions are a recurring danger in Nigeria, where they are usually caused by attempts to steal from the pipelines. One such fire killed 60 people in 2018.
Nigeria is Africa's leading producer and exporter of oil, but it has paid a price for its fossil fuel extraction. In the Niger Delta, that extraction has led to oil spills of 40 million liters (approximately 10.6 million liquid gallons) every year, The Guardian reported. This has polluted air and water and harmed residents' health.
"You just need to take a tour to understand the magnitude of the environmental abuse," Bayelsa state commissioner for the environment Udengs Eradiri told The Guardian. "[Bayelsa] used to be green, you could go to farm or fish. We used to have very impressive harvests. You would spend just an hour in the water and you have a lot of fish."
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