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Juneteenth

Here Are the Racist, White Supremacist Confederate Statues Still Standing in Congress
The states themselves pick the statues, with each state getting two in the Capitol.
Cameron Joseph
6.19.20
Coronavirus

Indian Hospital Says a Suspected COVID-19 Patient Died After Family Unplugged Ventilator to Plug in Air Cooler
The hospital's air conditioners had been deactivated to prevent the spread of coronavirus, so the patient's family brought a portable air cooler.
Shamani Joshi
6.19.20
Press Freedom

Indian Journalists Are Being Targeted for Questioning Governments’ Handling of the Pandemic
Arrest, physical assault, and intimidation are just some of tools the Modi Government is using to enforce its official narrative.
Pallavi Pundir
6.19.20
China censorship

Hong Kong Residents Are Erasing Their Own Internet Histories Before China's Big Crackdown
“Draconian laws and barricades cannot stop our spirit of resistance,” said a young engineer who expects to be targeted by Beijing.
David Gilbert
6.19.20
MailChimp | Essentials

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When Going to Work Puts Your Family at Risk | Essentials Episode 2
Coronavirus has paradoxically brought communities together while keeping those within it physically apart. We take a look at how bonds are being tested, and tightened, during the pandemic. In partnership with Mailchimp.
prison

This Ex-Inmate Risked His Life Fighting Fires in California — But He’s Banned From a Career Doing It
Dario Gurrola’s two felony convictions prevent him from getting the EMT certification required for a full-time job at most municipal fire departments.
Emma Ockerman
6.19.20
Coronavirus

Why Do Indonesians Keep Taking Back the Bodies of COVID-19 Patients by Force?
It has to do with cultural expectations, for one thing, and stigma, for another, but some say the government could also stand to be a little more flexible.
Ikhwan Hastanto
6.19.20
Worst Hot Take of the Week

Worst Opinion of the Week: 'Don't Feed Poor Kids with My Money'
Marcus Rashford securing free school meals for children over the summer has made him Me-Me-Me England's worst nightmare: an influential public figure with money refusing to remain "apolitical".
NEO
6.19.20
Black Lives Matter

Someone Burned a Cross Outside the Home of a Teenage Black Activist
"It has made me want to go harder for my community," 17-year-old Travon Brown said.
Paul Blest
6.19.20
Weed

Everything You Know About What Makes Weed Potent May Be Wrong
The answer doesn’t lie in the THC content, like many have believed all these years.
Shamani Joshi
6.19.20
London Rental Opportunity of the Week

Rental Opportunity of the Week: This Bed Sums Up London's Terrible Rentals
THE CONCERNS OF MAN ARE THE TORTURES OF THE LEOPARD BED.
Joel Golby
6.19.20
Homelessness

Homeless People Are Taking Over Vacant Homes to Escape the Coronavirus
“The LA mayor put a shelter-in-place order, but how am I supposed to wash my hands without a house?”
Rick Paulas
6.19.20
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