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Canada Swiftly Banned Assault Weapons, Spurring U.S. Calls Two weeks after a series of shootings in Canada killed 13 people, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday a ban on "assault-style" semi-automatic weapons in the country. The sale, transport, and use...
News Networks Must Rebut Trump’s Briefings Donald Trump has turned his daily COVID-19 briefings into campaign events, which demand consistent and swift rebuttal, writes Truthout. Some networks have considered suspending coverage or have switched away during Trump’s...
Little Federal Action Against Anti-Asian Hate — Acts of anti-Asian racism relating to COVID-19 have surged as of two months ago, reports the Center for Public Integrity. Across the U.S., Asians have been harassed and attacked under the false assumption that they are...
Progressive Caucus Pressures Pelosi for Relief Package — The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is pressuring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to advance another economic stimulus package that—unlike the previous corporate-friendly legislation—guarantees economic...
We Need a Coronavirus Truce — International cooperation must take priority in the war against coronavirus. Fair Observer discusses the need for and leaders’ pushback against even temporarily ending divisive expressions of state power. Though the military has been...
800,000 Doctors Implore Trump to Maintain Social Distancing — A council representing over 800,000 U.S. doctors signed a letter Friday imploring Donald Trump to reverse his call for businesses to reopen by April 12, warning that dismissing public health experts’...
The Pandemic Made Politicians Notice Basic Needs — The public health emergency resulting from COVID-19 has prompted an unusual display of U.S. bipartisanship to enhance social safety, as displayed by the House of Representatives’ passage on March 14 of an economic...
WHO Declares Coronavirus a Global Pandemic — The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic, emphasizing that, with sufficient political will, nations can still change the course of the outbreak, Common Dreams reports....
Park Center for Independent Media Events — March 19, Modern Day Threats to Journalists: PCIM is hosting the Freedom of the Press Foundation at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 19. Parker Higgins, Director of Special Projects, will discuss how the non-profit organization...
The Democratic Establishment vs. Bernie Sanders — In the refreshingly well-executed New Hampshire Democratic Primary, Bernie Sanders won 25.7% of the vote over Pete Buttigieg’s 24.4%. Amy Klobuchar’s 19.8% was close behind, unlike Elizabeth Warren’s 9.3%. Joe Biden’s...