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Coronavirus

211 Helplines That Offer Rent and Food Assistance Are Totally Overwhelmed
“This year has been the most stressful that many of us have faced since we’ve provided this service,” one official said.
Emma Ockerman
9.1.20
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Kanye West's Campaign Is Filled to the Brim With GOP Operatives
A number of Republican lawyers have ties to the campaign and a West elector shared "White Lives Matter" content.
Ben Jacobs
9.1.20
Environment

Extinction Rebellion Is Back to Shut Down Central London
A number of activists were arrested today after crowds marched on Westminster.
Jamie Clifton
9.1.20
8:46 News

Cops Shot and Killed a Black Biker After He Dropped His Gun
Los Angeles sheriff's deputies stopped Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man, for an unspecified traffic violation while he was riding his bike.
Trone Dowd
9.1.20
FRANCE

'Charlie Hebdo' Is Reprinting Those Inflammatory Cartoons of Prophet Mohammed
The satirical French newspaper is republishing the caricatures ahead of the terror trial of the alleged accomplices of those responsible for the deadly attack on its offices.
Tim Hume
9.1.20
Social Media

Celebrities Ruin Every Platform
Forget Raya—I dream about an exclusive internet club only for unrecognizable nobodies.
Bettina Makalintal
9.1.20
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Jerry Falwell's Wet, Hot, Evangelical Summer Keeps Getting Worse
Liberty University is now investigating his tenure as president, including how he handled the school's finances.
Paul Blest
9.1.20
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Amazon Is Hiring an Intelligence Analyst to Track 'Labor Organizing Threats'
Amazon is looking to hire two people who can focus on keeping tabs on labor activists within the company.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
9.1.20
News

Artists Snuck 'ACAB' Into a City Mural and Police Are Angry
The artists also formed a human shield when the Canadian city tried to remove it.
Brishti Basu
9.1.20
World News

They Got Away With a Gang Rape They Captured on Video. Then Came Instagram.
Video of an alleged gang rape in Egypt was so widely shared that it had a name: "The Fairmont Incident." So why wasn't anyone charged?
Dina Elshinnawi
9.1.20
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After Beirut, Experts Warn of the 14,000 Unexploded Bombs Off the UK Coast
A WWII shipwreck packed with bombs has loomed over the British seaside town of Sheerness for 76 years. The explosion could be bigger than Beirut – but will it explode? And what happens when it does?
Joe Zadeh
9.1.20
Environment

Exxon's Massive Offshore Oil Project Is a 'Carbon Bomb': Environmental Group
ExxonMobil is losing money for the first time in decades. The company's strategy to turn things around: exploit oil in Guyana, one of South America's poorest countries, accelerating the climate emergency there.
Geoff Dembicki
9.1.20
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