17 June 20
Juan Cole | The Ostrich Policy: Trump Ready to Kill Hundreds of Thousands to Avoid Bad Coronavirus Optics for Election
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Trump and Pence on Monday were busy trying to spread the Big Lie that the only reason the US coronavirus numbers are spiking is increased testing."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Trump and Pence on Monday were busy trying to spread the Big Lie that the only reason the US coronavirus numbers are spiking is increased testing."
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A protest over the death of George Floyd. (photo: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Nick Turse | Will the Death of George Floyd Mark the Rebirth of America?
Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Turse writes: "It takes a long time, but the earth's orbit and axis do change and once they do, things are never the same again."
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Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Turse writes: "It takes a long time, but the earth's orbit and axis do change and once they do, things are never the same again."
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A coronavirus walk-up testing site in Immokalee, Fla., last week. (photo: Saul Martinez/NYT)
Florida, Texas and Arizona Set Records for Most Virus Cases in a Day
Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Holcombe writes: "Loosening restrictions and increasing public gatherings may make it seem as though the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over, but just this week Florida, Texas and Arizona set daily records for new cases."
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Holcombe writes: "Loosening restrictions and increasing public gatherings may make it seem as though the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over, but just this week Florida, Texas and Arizona set daily records for new cases."
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Migrant families. (photo: Getty Images)
The End of Asylum - for Now
Philip G. Schrag, The Hill
Schrag writes: "On June 15, the Trump administration proposed new federal regulations that would, as a practical matter, end asylum in the United States for victims of persecution in other countries."
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Philip G. Schrag, The Hill
Schrag writes: "On June 15, the Trump administration proposed new federal regulations that would, as a practical matter, end asylum in the United States for victims of persecution in other countries."
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New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea stands with the Rev. Kevin McCall and First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker at a news conference in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 3, 2020.(photo: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters)
NYPD Is Disbanding a Unit That Is the 'Last Chapter' of Stop-and-Frisk
Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst and Tim Stelloh, NBC News
Excerpt: "The New York City Police Department is disbanding a 600-person plainclothes anti-crime unit in a move that a top official described Monday as the end of its controversial stop-and-frisk program."
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Tom Winter, Jonathan Dienst and Tim Stelloh, NBC News
Excerpt: "The New York City Police Department is disbanding a 600-person plainclothes anti-crime unit in a move that a top official described Monday as the end of its controversial stop-and-frisk program."
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Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban attends his Fidesz party campaign closing rally on April 6, 2018. (photo: Laszlo Balogh/Getty Images)
The Decline of Democracy in Hungary Is a Troubling Vision of the Future
Imre Szijarto, Jacobin
Excerpt: "Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to silence his critics, even as he endorses street mobilizations by the organized far right. But these aren't just the pathologies of a country with weak democratic traditions - they're an extreme version of a reactionary turn happening across the West."
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Imre Szijarto, Jacobin
Excerpt: "Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán has used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to silence his critics, even as he endorses street mobilizations by the organized far right. But these aren't just the pathologies of a country with weak democratic traditions - they're an extreme version of a reactionary turn happening across the West."
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A regenerated rainforest at Samboja near Balikpapan, on Kalimantan, Indonesia on May 20, 2019. (photo: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Images)
Fighting Poverty Can Also Fight Deforestation, New Study Finds
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "It may be surprising that a universal basic income would also help the environment, but that is exactly what a new study found."
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Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "It may be surprising that a universal basic income would also help the environment, but that is exactly what a new study found."
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