Voices, The Peoples News
March 11, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Indigenous Woman at County Jail Nearly Dies in Custody. A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe nearly died while in custody at the Pennington County Jail due to medical negligence by medical staff in Rapid City, S.D.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/indigenous-woman-at-county-jail-nearly-dies-in-custody
# Indigenous / Global
Oil tanker traffic could endanger Indigenous way of life. While most protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are on the ground, the federal government has recognized that some of the project’s greatest risks relate to potentially catastrophic spills on water.
https://oltnews.com/oil-tanker-traffic-could-endanger-indigenous-way-of-life-investigatewest
# Border / Immigration
U.S. May Use NASA Facility to House Unaccompanied Migrant Children https://www.yahoo.com/gma/us-considers-using-nasa-facility-044639051.html
# CoronaVirus
Drug maker Eli Lilly reports positive trial results with an antibody cocktail that it says reduces death and hospitalizations by 87 percent
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly/eli-lillys-combo-therapy-for-covid-19-cuts-serious-illness-and-death-in-large-study-idUSKBN2B21C0
39-Year-Old Surgical Technician and Mother Dies 4 Days After Second Experimental Moderna COVID mRNA Shot https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-woman-39-dies-4-days-after-2nd-does-of-covid-19-vaccine-autopsy-ordered
More people are dying during the pandemic – and not just from COVID-19
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/07/10/more-people-are-dying-during-the-pandemic-and-not-just-from-covid-19
We need a people’s vaccine, not a profit vaccine’: Sanders urges Biden to support push to suspend pharma patents. “Ending this pandemic requires collaboration, solidarity, and empathy. It requires a very different mindset—a mindset that puts people over profits at every turn.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/11/we-need-peoples-vaccine-not-profit-vaccine-sanders-urges-biden-support-push-suspend
# Economy / Trade
Just Passed: Why Biden’s Bill will save America…Despite itself…What you MUST know
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/10/vote-ongoing-why-bidens-bill-will-save-america-despite-itself-what-you-must-know/?mc_cid=4fc4c76bc5&mc_eid=3f7488d454
The American Rescue Plan’s Significant Public Investments. It’s not just a rescue bill, it will lay down pieces of lasting infrastructure https://prospect.org/first100/american-rescue-plan-significant-public-investments/
# Education / Schools
The pandemic has made universal school meals the norm. This model could help cafeterias save a lot of money over time.
https://thecounter.org/universal-school-meals-usda-lunch-covid-29-biden/
# Employment / Labor
Black Workers in Alabama Aim to Slay the Trillion-Dollar Behemoth That Is Amazon Unionizing the Amazon warehouse workforce, which is 85 percent Black, is above all a civil rights issue, say organizers
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Utah agency reverses course, pulls back energy leases in original Bears Ears monument. SITLA returns fees to oil and gas companies as sides await outcome of Biden-ordered review.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/03/10/utah-agency-reverses/
Energy companies have left Colorado with billions of dollars in oil and gas cleanup. As the state tries to reform its relationship to drilling, an expensive task awaits.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-energy-companies-have-left-colorado-with-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-and-gas-cleanup
With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/15/bankruptcies-oil-gas-multi-billion-cleanup-bill-public
Who will clean up the ‘billion-dollar mess’ of abandoned US oilwells? As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/25/us-abandoned-oil-wells-leak-methane-climate-crisis
# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Senate on Wednesday voted 66-34 to confirm Michael Regan, 44, to be EPA administrator. He is the first Black man to lead the regulatory agency since its creation in 1970
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/542539-senate-confirms-michael-regan-as-epa-chief?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37493
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global The Amazon used to be ‘the lungs of the planet.’ Not anymore https://www.fastcompany.com/90613566/the-amazons-used-to-be-the-lungs-of-the-planet-not-anymore
# Gov / Political
Elizabeth Warren lost the presidential campaign. But a fleet of her mentees are working in the White House.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/how-elizabeth-warrens-acolytes-infiltrated-bidenworld/
# Law Enforcement
Why Are Police Departments Still on MAGA Hellsite Parler? Since the Jan.
6 Capitol riot that was powered by the site, some police departments have axed their accounts, while others insist they’re just lurking.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happens-when-cops-like-the-lapd-and-other-police-departments-go-on-parler
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Whistleblowers Allege Shady Hiring at Trump DOJ. Two whistleblowers allege an acting assistant attorney general chose a candidate who had defended a Trump policy over a more qualified one.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975723777/whistleblowers-allege-improper-hiring-at-justice-department-during-trumps-last-d
Senate Confirms Garland as Attorney General, Republicans Better Start Looking Over Their Shoulders
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/senate-confirms-garland-as-attorney-general-475108
Another charge for Derek Chauvin: “A third-degree murder charge has been reinstated in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is charged with killing George Floyd last May.”
https://bit.ly/3ckRrLj
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
2021 Sees Republican Lawmakers Take Lead On Marijuana Legalization In More U.S. States https://www.marijuanamoment.net/2021-sees-republican-lawmakers-take-lead-on-marijuana-legalization-in-more-u-s-states/
New York’s Assembly majority leader said marijuana legalization negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) have become so contentious that they’ve reached the point of screaming.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-new-york-lawmaker-says-legal-marijuana-talks-with-governor-reached-point-of-screaming/
The Government Accountability Office conducted a review of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s final hemp rules.
https://www.gao.gov/products/b-332899
# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
The Drug Enforcement Administration is being sued by a doctor who wants permission to give psilocybin mushrooms to terminally ill cancer patients.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-sued-by-therapists-who-want-permission-to-give-psilocybin-mushrooms-to-patients/
# Military / DOD
National Guard member supporting Capitol security mission found dead.
The National Guard member died due to an apparent medical emergency https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/national-guard-member-in-dc-dies-after-medical-emergency/
# Nuclear / Radiation
Fukushima’s tragic legacy—radioactive soil, ongoing leaks, and unanswered questions The ripple effects from one of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophes continue after a decade, with implications for human health https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/fukushima-tragic-legacy-radioactive-soil
# Other News
Tape Emerges of Trump’s Shady Call to GA Elections Official. During a phone call to elections investigator Frances Watson, the former president made nonsensical allegations of “unbelievable” fraud.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-a7b4aa4d8ce3bf52301ddbe620c6bff6
# Social
How the pandemic turbocharged inequality.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542548-how-the-pandemic-turbocharged-inequality
# Space
‘Lunar ark’ might store DNA from millions of species in Moon’s lava tubes https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/lunar-ark-might-store-dna-from-millions-of-species-in-moons-lava-tubes/
Perseverance records the song of Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has returned the first audio recorded on Mars. The microphone on its SuperCam instrument captured Martian wind and the zapping sound of the SuperCam’s laser firing at rock targets.
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-first-mars-sounds-audio
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