What Is Needed In This Moment By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. October 18, 2020 | Featured Campaign, Newsletter What Is Needed In This Moment2020-10-182020-10-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/stop-the-coup.jpg200px200px Are you or do you know an emerging activist who needs support? Popular Resistance and the Kevin Zeese family are launching the Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund with an online celebration on his birthday, October 28, from 7:30 to 9:00 pm Eastern. […]
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Elizabeth Marvel is as tickled by the lame joke as everyone seems to be while making it. The stage and screen actor, best known for roles on Homeland and House of Cards, stars in Hulu’s Helstrom, the latest TV series tie-in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), based on characters from Marvel Comics. She’s Elizabeth Marvel, about to star in Marvel’s Helstrom. Marvel and Marvel. Get […]
The UK government has warned that it may need to introduce tougher anti-Covid measures than those already announced, but critics say the current restrictions will cause more harm than good. Robert Jenrick, the UK housing secretary, told Sky News on Tuesday that the government’s decision to introduce new Covid-related restrictions was unavoidable but further action may be needed. “The message that we did deliver to those […]
All she needs to convict Trump of rape is a DNA sample from any Trump family member and two of them have now volunteered. Maybe he can share a cell with Cosby. Guardian: The US justice department is seeking to take over Donald Trump’s defense in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who accused him of rape, and federal lawyers asked a court on Tuesday to […]
Photo by Carol Duff China Requires U.S. Passengers Present Negative COVID-19 Certificate Before Boarding Flight to China Notice on Mandatory COVID-19 Negative Certificates for China-bound Passengers Before Boarding https://t.co/LNwhGB2TEL pic.twitter.com/SBByhXJ2mT — Carol Duff (@CarolDuff18) September 8, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Travelers from the U.S. are not welcome in many countries due to coronavirus and the large numbers of daily cases we continue to have. All U.S. […]
Trevor Noah out here with a full-on afro and some righteous anger and I’m so here for it. pic.twitter.com/XcjmDEQ4ys — Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) August 27, 2020 #TrumpFailed No worries, Trevor Noah & Associates & Sons can defend you. Please call 201-WH-CRIME(201-942-7463) The phone works. I tested it. pic.twitter.com/FkmAYJlAom — Vote Blue All The Way🌊🌊🌊 (@tew_pak) August 29, 2020 Trevor Noah and The Daily Show troll Trump […]
Is Movement Journalism Needed During Reckoning Over Race And Inequality? By Tina Vasquez, Nieman Reports. August 27, 2020 Is Movement Journalism Needed During Reckoning Over Race And Inequality?2020-08-272020-08-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/manolia-charlotin-scaled-e1598539964895.jpg200px200px Above photo: Press On cofounder Manolia Charlotin speaks at the movement journalism track at the 2018 Allied Media Conference, which led to the formation of Press On in 2019. Press On. A movement journalist examines what it means to engage […]
By Rachana Pradhan and Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News As the coronavirus crisis deepened in April, Georgia officials circulated documents showing that to get through the next month, the state would need millions more masks, gowns and other supplies than it had on hand. The projections, obtained by KHN and other organizations in response to public records requests, provide one of the clearest pictures of the […]
Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus leader who claims to have won a disputed presidential election, said on Saturday that Vladimir Putin had promised him to help securing safety of Belarus if needed, the state news agency Belta reported. “As far as military matters are concerned, we have an agreement with Russia within the framework of the Union State and the CSTO [Collective Security Treaty Organization]. . . that covers these […]
The peace agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was brokered by the United States and announced on Thursday, envisaging a full normalization of relations between the two countries and the retreat of Tel Aviv from its plans to extend additional sovereignty over the West Bank. Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has denounced the UAE-Israeli peace deal brokered by the United States as a move […]
A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city. The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first. Advertisement – story continues below The guard, who has not yet been identified, is said to be in stable condition. Officers can’t get EMS in to get […]
To Make Oxygen on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance Rover Needs MOXIE by Max G. Levy/Smithsonianmag.com Putting boots on Mars isn’t easy, but it’s a lot easier than bringing them back. This week, NASA launches its Perseverance rover on a one-way trip to the surface of Mars. Among many other tools, the craft carries an experimental instrument that could help astronauts in the future make roundtrip voyages to the planet. […]
There’s “no chance” of Moscow returning to the elitist Group of Seven unless the Ukrainian conflict is solved, Berlin has said. But untying this and other knots is unimaginable without Russia’s helping hand, it admitted. The alliance of the world’s top-tier powers made Moscow leave in the wake of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis. It unfolded shortly after Crimea chose to rejoin mainland Russia, followed by hostilities […]
In the event that his three piece and a soda isn’t enough to get the job done at UFC 251, Jorge Masvidal says he has arranged for a very special recipe to dethrone welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on ‘Fight Island’. While he admits the journey to this point was tough – after all, who enjoys cutting 20lbs while travelling halfway around the world? – now that […]
A recently published study suggests that farm and domestic animals can be used to predict when earthquakes may occur, because they behave abnormally leading up to the seismic shakes. To test their hypothesis, German researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the Cluster of Excellence Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior attached sensors to cows, sheep and dogs in an earthquake-prone […]
Doctors, Not Bombs, Needed For Humanity To Save Itself By Raúl Antonio Capote, Resumen English. July 1, 2020 Doctors, Not Bombs, Needed For Humanity To Save Itself2020-07-012020-07-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/cuba-overseas-e1593629637512.jpg200px200px Above photo: Cuban doctors provided aid to Italy during the pandemic. At a time when the world is hit by one of the most dangerous pandemics in human history, the United States is arming itself for war. It allocates millions […]
Experts identify steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response NIH Media Advisory More than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published a report of their conclusions and recommendations on COVID-19 serology studies online in Immunity. The group gathered for an online workshop in May to discuss the role of serology testing in understanding and responding to the COVID-19 public health […]
Debt Strike Needed As Debt Collectors Keep Coming After Millions Of People By Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica. June 9, 2020 Debt Strike Needed As Debt Collectors Keep Coming After Millions Of People2020-06-092020-06-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/11/Strike-Debt-banner1-150×112.jpg200px200px Capital One and Other Debt Collectors Are Still Coming for Millions of Americans As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Americans got protection from evictions, foreclosures and student debt. But debt collectors have continued to siphon […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia. He has now secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Philadelphia. He has now secured enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Matt Rourke/AP Former Vice President Joe Biden has secured the delegates needed to win the Democratic Party’s presidential […]
BET Founder Bob Johnson called today for a $14.7 Trillion reparations package for 42 million African Americans. Johnson’s plan will offer a $350,767 one time cash payment to every African American in the US today who are descendants of of slaves. Johnson says now is the time to go big with his $14 trillion plan. TRENDING: Barack Obama to Address Nation on George Floyd Riots (5 […]