Voices, The Peoples News
April 21, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
How Native communities on the frontline of climate change are feeling the heat https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/04/20/climate-change-native-land-communities
# Border / Immigration
Biden to increase number of immigrants approved for refugee, visa status. President Joe Biden’s border policy will include an increase in the number of people approved for refugee and visa status, his administration announced Tuesday.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/biden-to-increase-number-of-immigrants-approved-for-refugee-visa-status/article_2812a5b2-a2a1-11eb-b187-9bea0c4a656f.html
# CoronaVirus
Some children with COVID-related syndrome develop neurological issues.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/half-of-kids-with-inflammatory-syndrome-after-covid-19-have-neurologic-symptoms-301270336.html
Many Kids Who Develop Severe MIS-C Have Neurologic Symptoms
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210414/many-kids-who-develop-severe-misc-have-neurologic-symptoms#1
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/m/mis-c
# Employment / Labor
Dirty dollars: Accused money launderers left a path of bankrupt factories, unpaid taxes, shuttered buildings and hundreds of steelworkers out of jobs.
https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/ukraine-money-laundering/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals President Joe Biden has refused to shut down the contested Dakota Access Pipeline during a court-ordered environmental review. This has caused climate activists and indigenous leaders to criticize the president and claim that he has broken his campaign promise to move the country away from fossil fuels.
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-dakota-access-pipeline-2652502898.html
Texas and California Blackouts Show We Need Dramatic Infrastructure Upgrades. The U.S.’s outdated energy infrastructure is no match for the demands placed on it by extreme unstable weather patterns.
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-and-california-blackouts-show-we-need-dramatic-infrastructure-upgrades/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Lego billionaires plan new investment targeting plastic waste https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-19/lego-billionaires-plan-new-investment-targeting-plastic-waste
# Global Politics and other news
Satellite Images Show Russia’s Expanding Ukraine Buildup
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/satellite-images-show-russian-military-b-idUSRTXBN4Y0
Putin Plunges Russia Into New Era of ‘Dictatorship’: Thousands risked violence and imprisonment to protest Wednesday in a final battle against Russia’s descent into outright authoritarianism.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-plunges-into-era-of-dictatorship-as-putin-looms-over-eastern-europe
# Gov / Political
Biden says Chauvin verdict is step forward in fight against racial injustice https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/549377-biden-says-chauvin-verdict-is-step-forward-in-fight-against-racial
Here’s how Texas elections would change, and become more restrictive, under the bill Texas Republicans are pushing
https://www.texastribune.org/?mc_cid=0f1a6edd59&mc_eid=6f15633605
Minnesota lawmaker proposes law to strip convicted protesters of food stamps, unemployment benefits, and other gov’t programs. Bill also includes college loan grants, rent or mortgage assistance, and business grants https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-protester-bill-food-stamps
Pro-Trump Meetup Features Call to Kill Political Enemies: At this far-right Tulsa gathering of thousands, wearing masks was the ultimate faux pas and Lin Wood was at it again with the firing-squad talk.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-pro-trump-conference-where-covid-19-denial-and-calls-to-kill-political-enemies-reign
Mass Protests Led to Chauvin’s Conviction. Now They’re Being Criminalized. GOP state lawmakers have pushed 81 new bills aimed at crushing protest in the 2021 legislative session.
https://truthout.org/articles/mass-protests-led-to-chauvins-conviction-now-theyre-being-criminalized/
Former President Trump and his allies are showing no signs of backing down from their vow to challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) reelection effort, setting up a potentially brutal intraparty fight during a critical election year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/549374-kemp-faces-uphill-battle-overcoming-trumps-rage
Senate Republicans discussed the outlines of a scaled-down infrastructure bill they say could pass the Democratic-led Congress with strong bipartisan support.
Senate GOP crafts outlines for infrastructure counter proposal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/549384-senate-gop-crafts-outlines-for-infrastructure-counter-proposal
# Law Enforcement
Cop to Columbus Shooting’s Neighbors: An officer shot 15-year-old Makiyah Bryant. The girl’s aunt said the teen called police, as well as her father and grandmother, for help when a group of girls were trying to jump on Makiyah, and grabbed a knife to defend herself.
Within seconds of arriving on the scene police exited their squad and shot her.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/columbus-cop-told-witnesses-blue-lives-matter-after-colleague-shot-teenage-black-girl-makiyah-bryant
You Cannot Divorce Murder From Policing. Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.
https://truthout.org/audio/you-cannot-divorce-murder-from-policing/
Deputy Fatally Shoots N.C. Black Man While Serving Warrant. Andrew Brown Jr. was reportedly shot by authorities outside his home in Elizabeth City.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/04/21/north-carolina-deputy-fatally-shoots-black-man-while-serving-warrant/
New signs of progress emerge on police reform. Congress is under heightened pressure to reach a long-elusive deal on police reform https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549608-new-signs-of-progress-emerge-on-police-reform
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Chauvin’s Conviction is the exception that proves the rule, by David A.
Graham https://bit.ly/3xeDc4z
Texas lawmakers and activists portrayed Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict as a step toward justice but said there is more work ahead to reform police behavior and the criminal justice system.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/20/texans-george-floyd-derek-chauvin/?mc_cid=0f1a6edd59&mc_eid=6f15633605
DOJ to probe Minneapolis police: Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday morning that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will open an investigation into the policing practices of law enforcement in Minneapolis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549437-doj-to-probe-minneapolis-police
# Social
Crowds in the Streets Celebrate Chauvin Guilty Verdict. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on two counts of murder and one of manslaughter.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549327-minneapolis-crowds-celebrate-chauvin-verdict-in-george-floyd-case
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