(2021-08-19). 2020 US census: Americans calling themselves multiracial surged by 276 percent. wsws.org A US Census Bureau report released last week showed a sharp increase in the number of Americans who consider themselves multi-racial, highlighting the lack of any scientific basis for the racialist politics of the Democratic Party and the pseudo-left.
(2021-08-19). Biden Admitted US War In Afghanistan Is Becoming A Somalia-Like Drone War. popularresistance.org In a Monday televised speech in which he defended his adherence to the withdrawal negotiated with the Taliban by his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden said he'd always believed the US mission "should be narrowly focused on counterterrorism, not counterinsurgency or nation-building," and that the US wasn't giving up on that mission in pulling its roughly 12,000 troops out of Afghanistan.
(2021-08-19). Public Opinion largely Supportive of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal, despite Angst over Chaotic Process. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The abrupt collapse of the government of President Ashraf Ghani and his supposed 300,000 security forces in the past two weeks clearly caught the Biden administration by surprise. It is the most serious crisis yet for the new administration, and has shaken public confidence in the president, giving him the …
(2021-08-19). 'Chaos was inevitable!' Biden shrugs off shock scenes of Afghans falling from US plane because 'that was five days ago'. rt.com 
US President Joe Biden defended his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, telling ABC News that it couldn't have gone any other way and vowing to keep troops in Kabul until all Americans who want to leave can do so. | Biden was in Camp David over the weekend when the US-backed Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban took over. He returned to Washington on Monday to give a speech, after harrowing videos of Afghans mobbing US transport planes and reportedly falling to their deaths began making rounds. He took no questions from the press, however. | "That was four days ago, five days ago!" Biden told George…
(2021-08-19). US Policy Toward Afghanistan Was a Recipe for Collapse From the Start. zcomm.org While we should certainly hold Biden accountable, it's also important to refute spurious accusations from the right, which could lead future presidents to needlessly prolong unwinnable wars…
(2021-08-19). After Afghan retreat, Biden to focus on Donbass war, Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky, Biden will meet on Aug 31 — Kuleba Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden will meet on August 31, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said. He said that…the format of the presidents' meeting had been expanded and would now include not only a meeting between delegations but also a one-on-one …
(2021-08-19). Headlines for August 19, 2021. democracynow.org Two Die as Taliban Open Fire on Independence Day Celebration, Ashraf Ghani: I Fled to Prevent Afghanistan from Becoming "Bloodbath Like in Syria and Yemen", Biden: U.S. May Stay in Afghanistan Beyond Aug. 31, U.S. Announces Plans for Vaccine Boosters Despite Criticism from WHO, Biden Moves to Mandate Vaccines at Nursing Homes & Fight Mask Mandate Bans, Paralympics Report First Confirmed COVID Case in the Olympic Village, Death Toll from Haitian Earthquake Nears 2,200, Caldor Fire Destroys Most of Grizzly Flats in California, Texas Supreme Court Rules Absent Democratic Lawmakers Can Be Arrested, Appeals Court Upho…
(2021-08-19). Afghan Journalist Who Fled Kabul: Women Are "Hopeless" After U.S. War Ends with Taliban Takeover. democracynow.org 
Protests have broken out against the Taliban in Kabul and other cities across Afghanistan as the militant group, at war for 20 years, now finds itself in power. Evacuation flights are continuing from Kabul, but the Taliban is preventing many Afghans from reaching the airport, with some being shot or whipped as they attempt to flee the country amid fears that the Taliban will impose draconian restrictions on everyday life as they did during their last time in power. Women especially are terrified of the future, says journalist Nasrin Nawa, who fled the capital Friday and whose sister is still in the country. "They…
(2021-08-19). "The Afghanistan Papers": Docs Show How Bush, Obama, Trump Lied About Brutality & Corruption of War. democracynow.org 
We speak with Washington Post investigative reporter Craig Whitlock, author of the new book "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War," which reveals how multiple U.S. presidents deceived the public about progress in the war despite widespread skepticism among defense and diplomatic officials about the mission. "The public narrative was that the U.S. was always making progress. All these presidents said we were going to win the war, and yet, in private, these officials were extremely pessimistic," says Whitlock. He also discusses miscalculations in the initial invasion of Afghanistan, the collapse of t…
(2021-08-19). "Uncertainty, Fear": How Afghan Women & Ethnic Minorities Feel About Taliban Takeover & U.S. War. democracynow.org 
We look at how the rights of women and ethnic minorities will be impacted by the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan with two Afghan women who fled their country. Mariam Safi, who left Kabul last month and is founding director of the Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies, says the Taliban's rapid advance across the country surprised many people who had been hoping for a negotiated end to the war. "We had felt that there would be some space for a political settlement," says Safi. "What has happened has certainly caught everyone by surprise." We also speak with journalist Zahra Nader, a member of the…
(2021-08-19). Once again, the vultures circle Haiti. mronline.org 
Joe Biden's response to the earthquake was to put war hawk Samantha Power, who now heads USAID, in charge of U.S. relief efforts in Haiti.
(2021-08-19). Cuba, China, Latin America and the World. orinocotribune.com 
By John Ross — Aug 12, 2021 | The US in Latin America is at present once again seeing a series of countries attempting to follow independent policies, corresponding to their national interests, and some with a socialist orientation, rather than subordinating themselves to the US. These countries typically reject the current US cold war against China and indeed seek win-win relations with China. The US is responding to this trend by tightening its blockade of Cuba in an attempt to strangle that country in the hope of provoking a "colour counter-revolution." This anti-Cuba US blockade is being carrying out in…
(2021-08-19). Dr. Marcus Papadopoulos: America Will Continue with its Economic War Against Iran (Interview). orinocotribune.com During the past ten years, Iran and Saudi Arabia have struggled for dominance in the Middle East, which has raised fears of a US military intervention. The proxy wars in Syria and Yemen are prime examples of the two powers jockeying for position. The Biden administration is negotiating with Iran, but has not radically changed US foreign policy in the region. Some analysts say that both Iran and Saudi Arabia are looking to lower tensions in the region. | Steven Sahiounie of MidEast Discourse interviewed Dr. Marcus Papadopoulos to gain insight into the various issues more deeply. | Dr. Marcus Papadopoulos is a hist…
(2021-08-19). North Dakota gets fracked. mronline.org 
When the big shutdown finally takes hold in the Bakken, the frackers will have gone and most wells abandoned, and people in the region will still have to deal with the illegal trash dumps, polluted streams, health problems, and other unfortunate effects of the boom.
(2021-08-19). Biden, Sanders & LGBTQ+ Oppose Republican Recall. indybay.org Pres. Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and LGBTQ+ are all strongly in opposition to the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom, set for Sept 14, with vote by mail ballots received by all registered voters. Do your part to save our state and Vote No on the Recall Today.
(2021-08-19). Behind the Biden administration's insistence on bringing the unions into Amazon. wsws.org American capitalism needs a means of containing the growth of socialist politics within the working class. It has such means with the trade unions.
(2021-08-19). Life at the Bottom in Joe Biden's America. counterpunch.org With the economy facing substantial bottlenecks, and the continuing spread of the pandemic, it is worth taking a quick look at how lower paid workers have been faring. Nominal wages have been rising rapidly for workers at the bottom of the pay ladder in recent months. This has allowed workers in the lowest paying jobs
(2021-08-19). 'Resounding' Climate Win as Judge Blocks Alaska Drilling Project Defended by Biden. commondreams.org
(2021-08-19). Thousands of students in Tampa, Florida placed on quarantine days after schools reopen. wsws.org The extraordinary toll the virus is now taking on the population is a testament to the recklessness of the reopening strategy designed by district officials and underlines the criminal handling of the pandemic by the Republicans and Democrats.
(2021-08-19). Cal Recall Impacts Nation; Repub Elder's Anti-Pregnant Workers. indybay.org The Sept 14 Governor Recall will drag the US government and economy to the reactionary, economic deep hole of Nazi Trump if it succeeds. The Trump Republican Larry Elder wants female employees to be required to notify their employer when they plan to get pregnant. He is also anti-mask and anti-vaccine in this COVID19 pandemic. This is not about the Democrats; this is about our lives.
(2021-08-19). How California's Top Democrats Paved the Way for a Republican Governor This Fall. zcomm.org Corporate Democrats like Newsom and Feinstein routinely look out for number one. That's how we got into this ominous recall mess in the first place.
(2021-08-19). How is Corona changing the world of work? indybay.org Exceptional situations do not necessarily have to be handled in an authoritarian manner; efficiency does not have to be generated in command structures. Independent action by employees becomes productive in democratic structures – perhaps the Corona crisis has also triggered learning processes that go in this direction.
(2021-08-19). Thursday 8/19: "Is Nancy Pelosi Addicted– to War?" indybay.org Nancy Pelosi's house, 2640 Broadway, in Pacific Heights, San Francisco…
(2021-08-19). GOP Governors Are Pushing Expensive COVID Remedies While Undermining Preventions. truthout.org 
A number of Republican governors are pushing treatment options for the coronavirus while ignoring or downplaying preventive measures that could reduce infections and hospitalizations in more effective ways, including vaccinations and wearing masks. |
(2021-08-19). [Research Paper] The geography of emergency department-based HIV testing in South Africa: Can patients link to care? thelancet.com We have shown that strategies to improve linkage to care from the ED should consider the high rates of poor linkage among young men and those presenting to the ED with trauma. Furthermore, innovative linkage to care solutions will need to account for the unique geographical consideration of this population, given that many ED patients will need to continue care at a site distant from the diagnosis site.
(2021-08-18). What Israel hopes to gain from America's Afghan disaster. electronicintifada.net Bennett may push Biden for more belligerence towards Iran.
(2021-08-18). Does the Future Belong to the Taliban? ips-dc.org It's as if a sudden natural disaster has just struck Afghanistan. | The scenes from the capital Kabul reflect the kind of panic that comes when a Category 5 hurricane makes landfall, when the waters rise and the levees are breached, when a forest fire jumps over a fuel break to spread out of control. | The Taliban victory this past weekend was not a complete surprise. The news had been full of warnings of their territorial advance, and pundits had worked hard to out-Cassandra one another with their pronouncements of impending doom. | And yet no one expected the sky to fall quite so quickly. | The Biden administra…
(2021-08-18). Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan. ips-dc.org The scenes from Afghanistan are heartrending. | I can't imagine the desperation of someone who clings to a military airplane as it takes off, as Afghan refugees attempted to in Kabul. Nor is it possible to dismiss the fears of Afghan women, as a faction that once executed them for seeking jobs or education comes back to power. | But in light of the precipitous collapse of the country's 300,000-man army and political leadership, it's also impossible to dismiss President Biden's conclusion that the war was never going to be winnable. | "If Afghanistan is unable to mount any real resistance to the Taliban now," Bide…
(2021-08-18). In OtherWords: August 18, 2021. otherwords.org The rapid collapse of Afghanistan's government was harrowing, but not surprising. | This week in OtherWords, I argue that President Biden is right to stand by his decision to end the war — but wrong to place all the blame for its failure on Afghans. The U.S. has been at war in the country for not just two decades, but nearly four. More war won't clean up the mess we made, but we must still help the ordinary Afghans living with the consequences. | On the domestic front, Rebekah Entralgo looks again at the federal infrastructure package and argues that it needs to provide a pathway to citizenship for undocume…
(2021-08-18). Afghanistan: Longest US War Continues to a New Stage. dissidentvoice.org The longest of the United States' "forever wars" in Afghanistan was supposed to end August 31 after President Biden extended his predecessor's withdrawal date from May of this year. But what will be ending is not clear; certainly not the imperial mission of the world's superpower. If the US determines that it cannot impose its …
(2021-08-18). US Government Lied For Two Decades About Afghanistan. popularresistance.org "The Taliban regime is coming to an end," announced President George W. Bush at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on December 12, 2001 — almost twenty years ago today. Five months later, Bush vowed: "In the United States of America, the terrorists have chosen a foe unlike they have faced before. . . . We will stay until the mission is done." Four years after that, in August of 2006, Bush announced: "Al Qaeda and the Taliban lost a coveted base in Afghanistan and they know they will never reclaim it when democracy succeeds. . . . The days of the Taliban are over. The future of Afghanistan belongs to t…
(2021-08-18). Fact Check: Rep. Barbara Lee Was Only Member Of Congress To Vote No On Military Authorization In Afghanistan. moguldom.com Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA 13th District) was the only member of Congress to vote against the war in Afghanistan and for doing so, she was called a traitor. On Sept. 14, 2001, three days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against the U.S., the California Democrat cast the lone "no" vote against giving President George …
(2021-08-18). GOP State Officials Take Step Toward Overseeing Elections in Georgia's Heavily Democratic Fulton County. commondreams.org Now our obligation is to those Afghans living with the consequences of our four decades of intervention.
(2021-08-18). Headlines for August 18, 2021. democracynow.org Taliban Addresses Women's Rights, Press Freedom in First Press Conference Since Takeover, U.S. Continues Evacuations as Top Dems Pledge to Investigate Biden's Afghanistan Exit, Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Hits 2,000 as Survivors, Many Now Unhoused, Lashed by Tropical Storm, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Alabama Runs Out of ICU Beds; 3,000 NOLA Students and Staff in Quarantine, New Zealand Orders Lockdown After ID'ing One COVID Case, Tokyo Extends State of Emergency; Thai Protesters Demand PM Step Down for Mishandling COVID, India Bans Single-Use Plastics, But New Law Contains Major Loopho…
(2021-08-18). Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan? nationofchange.org This external approach, based on military occupation, to promote democracy in occupied foreign countries was "doomed to fail."
(2021-08-18). "People Are Thirsty for Peace": Afghans Wary of Taliban as Group Vows to Uphold Rights. democracynow.org 
We go to Kabul for an update as the Taliban moves to secure control of Afghanistan. The group said Tuesday former government officials will not face retribution and that the rights of women and journalists will be upheld. The Taliban's rhetoric and the relatively restrained behavior of its fighters in Kabul are starkly different from how the group governed Afghanistan after seizing power in 1996, when it imposed draconian restrictions on everyday life. Despite the Taliban's pledges, many women across Afghanistan have not left their homes since the Taliban seized control over the weekend and as thousands of people…
(2021-08-18). "There is No Military Solution." Time to Get Real About It. counterpunch.org "There is no military solution to the conflict." That was the conclusion reached by the Biden administration earlier this year, which set into motion the plans for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of August. Nearing the termination of this process, in a few short days we witnessed the collapse
(2021-08-18). The Choice Facing Afghans: Do a Deal With the Taliban or Flee. counterpunch.org As Afghans see it, President Donald Trump began a series of one-sided deals favouring the Taliban in 2020, an approach confirmed by President Joe Biden in his speech on 14 April this year. He declared that the final American pull-out would be completed by the 20th anniversary of 9/11, come what may.
(2021-08-18). Afghanistan: It Was Not for Democracy, or the Burqa. It Was for the Oil. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Afghan women. Internet The American military fled Afghanistan on August 15, after 20 years of occupation, during which time the United States and Europe guaranteed the construction of the longed-for oil pipeline that would transport oil from the Caspian Sea to the West. Afghanistan is a multicultural country with more than 35 million…
(2021-08-18). Advocates Call on Biden Admin to Move Faster on Resettling Afghan Refugees. democracynow.org 
President Joe Biden has allocated $500 million in new funds for relocating Afghan refugees following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The U.S. had already vowed to help evacuate over 80,000 Afghan civilians who qualify for special immigrant visas and face possible retribution from the Taliban, such as translators and interpreters for the U.S. military or NATO, but critics say the Biden administration needs to move faster and expand refugee resettlement from the country. There is already a backlog of more than 17,000 Afghan nationals and 53,000 of their family members awaiting visa approval. "This entire backl…
(2021-08-18). Washington's War in Afghanistan Is Over. What Happens Now? zcomm.org President Biden was right to withdraw US troops. But we should have no illusion that this will end the war for Afghans…
(2021-08-18). Ex-Official Matthew Hoh, Who Resigned over Afghan War, Says U.S. Mistakes Helped Taliban Gain Power. democracynow.org 
"The only thing more tragic than what's happened to the Afghan people is that in a few days America will have forgotten Afghanistan again," says Matthew Hoh, a disabled combat veteran and former State Department official stationed in Afghanistan's Zabul province who resigned in 2009 to protest the Obama administration's escalation of the War in Afghanistan. He says much of the U.S. media coverage has been filled with "complete lies and fabrications," despite decades of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. "You see the same people who've been wrong about this war trotted out over and over again," says Hoh, a senior fe…
(2021-08-18). Decades of Disaster: Biden Is Right to End the War in Afghanistan. commondreams.org "The stench of corruption wafting up from Louis DeJoy's office is so thick seagulls are flying in from the Jersey Shore and circling overhead."
(2021-08-18). Advocates Urge Biden to Move Faster to Resettle Afghan Refugees. truthout.org 
President Joe Biden has allocated $500 million in new funds for relocating Afghan refugees following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The U.S. had already vowed to help evacuate over 80,000 Afghan civilians who qualify for special immigrant visas and face possible retribution from the Taliban, such as translators and interpreters for the U.S. military or NATO, but critics say the Biden administration needs to move faster and expand refugee resettlement from the country. There is already a backlog of more…
(2021-08-18). Hyphen-ated for Life: Palestinian-American, Almost. counterpunch.org "Democratic representation of We The People requires an accurate ascertainment of who 'We The People' are." ~Arab American Institute The space of identity is tight. A single identity can hardly fit into its place, yet that is what society expects. The reality of identity is much more dynamic and colorful than dry categories of some
(2021-08-18). Documents of the Revolution: Unpublished Che Guevara Letters. thenation.com Documents of the Revolution: Unpublished Che Guevara Letters…
(2021-08-18). Wounded Paternalism: Biden and the US Imperial Complex. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). The GOP's Election Lies Are Stale, But the Stakes Are High. otherwords.org Right now our nation still has two competing narratives about the 2020 election. | One is that Joe Biden legitimately won and that Donald Trump encouraged a false narrative, known as the Big Lie, that Biden's win was fraudulent. The other is that Joe Biden did not win the election, and Trump's claims of voter fraud are true. | For each, ask: What would have to be true for this to be accurate? How do you know you know? What information can you personally confirm from the evidence you have access to? | If you learn something secondhand, where did it originate — and would someone who said it personally gain by…
(2021-08-18). Joe Biden To Increase Food Stamp Benefits By 25 Percent: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com All 42 million recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will receive additional aid in a permanent boost from President Joe Biden, who is increasing food stamp benefits by more than 25 percent from pre-pandemic levels. There has long been a misconception about who receives welfare. The stereotype of President Ronald Reagan's Black "welfare …
(2021-08-18). Kabul Has Fallen — But Don't Blame Biden. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-18). US extends public transportation mask mandate through JANUARY, citing Delta variant threat. rt.com 
Wearing of face coverings on planes, trains and public transportation of any kind in the US will be mandatory through at least mid-January 2022, the Biden administration has announced, citing the spread of Covid-19. | Originally imposed on February 1 as part of President Joe Biden's "Mask Up America!" plan to defeat the virus in 100 days, the mandate was extended in April and set to expire on September 13. On Tuesday, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) informed the media that it will be extended through January 18 next year. | "The purpose of TSA's mask directive is to minimize the spread of Covi…
(2021-08-18). Biden's Mounting Pandemic Failures. dailyposter.com 
(2021-08-18). In Somalia, the US is Bombing the Very 'Terrorists' it Created. libya360.wordpress.com TJ Coles US and British meddling transformed Somalia's al-Shabaab into an extremist group, inflaming the humanitarian crisis that persists throughout the country. This July, the Biden administration picked up where Trump left off and began bombing Somalia, a country with a gross domestic product of less than $6 billion and a poverty rate of 70 percent. But why? The official reason provided by the…
(2021-08-18). Biden urges all fully-vaccinated US adults to get booster jabs, after CDC & FDA say immunity wanes over time. rt.com 
US President Joe Biden called on all adults in the country to receive vaccine booster shots, saying a third dose will give better protection against Covid-19 after health officials warned that the jabs are losing effectiveness. | "Earlier today, our medical experts announced a plan for booster shots for every fully vaccinated adult American. This will boost your immune response, it will increase your protection from Covid-19," Biden said on Wednesday, adding "It's the best way to protect ourselves from new variants that could arise." | The plan is for every adult to get a booster shot eight months after you go…
(2021-08-18). Dozens of Democrats to Biden: Revoke Permits for Line 3 Pipeline. commondreams.org "If your dress code can enforce skirt lengths, it can enforce masks."
(2021-08-18). MIDDAY POSTER: Climate Personnel Is Policy. dailyposter.com 
(2021-08-18). US Moves to Cut Backlog of Asylum Cases at US-Mexico Border. latinorebels.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed changing how asylum claims are handled, aiming to reduce a huge backlog of cases from the U.S.-Mexico border that has left people waiting years to find out whether they will be allowed to stay in America.
(2021-08-18). House on verge of votes on infrastructure, budget, voting rights. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—With heavy lifting scheduled in the U.S. House next week on infrastructure, the budget, and voting rights, progressive groups and their allies are scrambling to put pressure on the majority Democrats to stand by party priorities on those issues. Those priorities include provisions to battle climate change, tax the rich, permanently enact paid family and …
(2021-08-18). Venezuela: Huge Election Turnout for Maduro's PSUV. orinocotribune.com By Fight Back News — Aug 15, 2021 | Acarigua, Portuguesa state, Venezuela — Long lines, including a lot of red-clad United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) supporters of the Chavez/Maduro party, wrapped around the block until 1 a.m. on August 9, waiting to vote for the tens of thousands of new candidates running in the primary regional elections. Polls were to close at 6 p.m. August 8, but Venezuelans felt energized to participate in the democracy and vote to continue the revolutionary policies of PSUV. | "75% of the candidates running are new candidates. Everyone knows that they can participate in o…
(2021-08-18). Progressive Democrat Morgan Harper Launches Campaign Against Rep. Tim Ryan for Ohio Senate Seat. commondreams.org Pennsylvania and other places want to push forward on carbon removal plans, but there's little evidence for their impact.
(2021-08-18). From Soil to Society: A Systems Approach to Change. commondreams.org "I don't think Democrats will flip Ohio if we nominate another establishment insider," she told supporters.
(2021-08-18). Texas Governor Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Coronavirus After Banning Mask & Vaccine Mandates. democracynow.org 
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has tested positive for the coronavirus, just one day after he attended a packed indoor Republican event in Dallas, where he and most attendees were unmasked. Abbott, who said he was not showing symptoms of COVID-19, imposed a statewide ban on vaccine and mask mandates last month, though a judge later blocked the ban on mask mandates. Abbott has also tried to blame immigrants for the spread of COVID-19 in Texas and issued an executive order last month instructing state troopers to stop any vehicle suspected of transporting migrants "who pose a risk of carrying COVID-19." Abbott's rhetor…
(2021-08-18). As pandemic intensifies public discontent, Australian government unveils anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org The bills seek to strip party registration from all parties not currently represented in parliament by requiring them to provide lists of 1,500 members—triple the existing requirement—within three months of the laws passing.
(2021-08-18). America's 'Good Cop v. Bad Cop', Fake-'News', Major Media. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Eric Zuesse. | The way it works in America and other 'democratic' regimes is that everything in politics comes down ultimately to two political parties, each of which is owned/controlled by one of the two contending factions of the country's ruling oligarchy (i.e., of the country's billionaires), and different oligarchic families control each one of the various 'news'-media, and use its med…
(2021-08-18). 8 Quotes From Top Reparations Scholar Dr. Sandy Darity On Obama's Legacy And Black America. moguldom.com Professor, economist and top reparations scholar Dr. Sandy Darity has never been one to mince words about the state of Black America. The Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy at Duke University, Darity has gone on record in the past to criticize former President Barack Obama's legacy as it relates to Black people. In …
(2021-08-18). The Regulator: Nancy Pelosi Is Loaded With Shares Of Big Tech Monopoly Companies Based In California. moguldom.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul have a net worth of at least $66.1 million and as much as $315.7 million, much of it tied up in real estate, according to her 2020 annual financial disclosure, filed on Aug. 13 by the Clerk of the House. However, Paul Pelosi also trades stocks in big tech …
(2021-08-18). Florida Moves Closer to Punishing Districts Defying DeSantis's Ban on Mask Rules. truthout.org 
The Florida Board of Education determined on Tuesday that two school districts in the state, in Broward and Alachua Counties, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill passed by the state legislature into law earlier this year, and has thr…
(2021-08-18). TX School District Includes Masks in Dress Code to Sidestep Abbott's Mandate Ban. truthout.org 
As news reports have detailed how Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott
(2021-08-18). As Covid-19 Cases Rise, Global Task Force Lays Out How to Avert Future Pandemics. commondreams.org GOP-appointed judges sided with Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and right-wing lawmakers in the state, who are seeking to secure a quorum to pass legislation attacking voting rights.
(2021-08-18). How A Drone Whistleblower In Montana Survived A Political Prosecution. thedissenter.org 
Brandon BryantIn July, drone whistleblower Brandon Bryant survived a political prosecution that was launched against him by the Missoula County Attorney's Office in Montana and with support from city council members.Brandon was accused of making "threats" and "improper influence" in official or political matters, a felony that carries a potential sentence of 10 years in prison. The charge stemmed from a city council member who googled him after he spoke at a city council meeting during public comment.City Council member Julie Merritt found a video that was edited by someone who joined the…
(2021-08-18). Texas Supreme Court Says Dems Who Fled State to Block Voter Suppression Package Can Be Arrested. commondreams.org "Voters deserve better," said one advocacy group.
(2021-08-18). UAW keeps autoworkers in the dark about possible strike at Dana, Inc. parts plant in Warren, Michigan. wsws.org Workers at the Dana, Inc. auto parts manufacturing plant in Warren, Michigan told the World Socialist Web Site that their contract is expiring today, August 18, but the United Auto Workers has told them nothing about the status of their negotiations with the company.