Housing Advocates Welcome CDC Eviction Moratorium But Say It's Not Enough
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-08-09
Image Credit: Facebook: KC Tenants | Despite a new two-month moratorium on evictions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, millions of people in the U.S. are still at risk of losing their homes as landlords in some states fight back against the measure. The new CDC moratorium is "a band-aid over a bullet wound," says Tara Raghuveer, director of KC Tenants, a tenants' rights organization in Kansas City. "This is a very small step. It's the bare minimum. And for many tenants … th…
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Data Suggests Police Prey On Drivers In Black DC Neighborhoods
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-08-09
In Washington D.C., Black residents fill the city's coffers with fines and fees collected through traffic enforcement. A new analysis from The Washington Post found that 62 percent of all fines were from majority Black neighborhoods with an average median income of less than $50,000. | Metro Database Reporter John D. Harden searched through millions of records over a five-year period from 2016 to 2020. According to the report, the disparity remains even through the pandemic period of March 2020 to June 2021. | In a Twitter thread, Harden laid out some facts about the cycle of debt that can trap some drivers in th…
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Venezuela Registers 1,155 COVID-19 Cases on Saturday and Maintains a 95% Recovery Rate (12 Deaths)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-08-09
On Saturday August 7, Delcy Rodríguez, the executive vice president of Venezuela, tweeted that there were 1,155 new COVID-19 cases, all by community transmission, detected in the last 24 hours by the Venezuelan health authorities. The recovery rate remains at 95%, with 297,536 patients healed, thanks to the free treatments guaranteed by the Venezuelan Government. | During the daily report offered by the Presidential Commission for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, Rodríguez specified that community cases were detected in 23 states: Miranda (236), Carabobo (192), Caracas (133 ), Lara (104), Yaracuy (104), La…
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Progressives Demand More as Infrastructure Bill Clears Key Senate Hurdle
Brett Wilkins | zcomm.org | 2021-08-09
"We're not backing down now," the Congressional Progressive Caucus tweeted after Saturday's vote. "If the bill doesn't fund these sufficiently, it's not getting our votes."
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2021 Climate Disasters Raise Alarm Over Food Security
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-08-09
In July, A Video Went Viral On Social Media In Argentina Showing People Walking Across What Looks Like A Desert. But It Isn't A Desert. This Is The Bed Of The Paraná River, Part Of The Second-Largest River System In South America. Normally The Stream Rises In Brazil And Reaches The Sea Via The River Plate, Draining A Vast Watershed Covering All Of Paraguay, Southern Brazil And Northern Argentina. Normally The Water Volume Flowing To The Atlantic Roughly Equals That Of The Mississippi River. | What's Happening Now Is Not Normal. The Drying Up Of Large Stretches Of River Comes As The Most Severe Drought Since 1944…
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A Global Anti-Olympics Movement Rises
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-08-08
Just three months into 2021, police officers wearing riot gear descended on an encampment of houseless people in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, forcing residents out in a sweep that went viral on social media. For Los Angeles-based activist Gigi Droesch, the videos were reminiscent of a park sweep that took place in 2015 on the other side of the world — in Tokyo. | "When I was looking at the footage from the Tokyo sweep, it looked really similar to our own footage," Droesch said. "The way the police were hassling residents — it was the same sort of thing. There were people who were unhouse…
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Venezuela Strongly Condemns Violence Against Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-08-08
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, on behalf of the people and the government of Venezuela, strongly criticized the act of violence perpetrated last Thursday, August 5, against the Prime Minister of , Ralph Gonsalves, in which the prime minister was injured. Jorge Arreaza, Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, published President Maduro's statement on his Twitter account @jaarreaza. | Gonsalves was on his way to the parliament of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines when he was hit on the temple by an opposition activist during an anti-government protest. | After the incident, the prime minister was trans…
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