Voices, The Peoples News
February 4, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Excavating the future: Odilia Romero on how Indigenous communities confronted COVID. The Los Angeles-based Zapotec organizer shares how “mutual aid” has always been traditional.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/excavating-the-future-odilia-romero-on-how-indigenous-communities-confronted-covid__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NXgzDQEY$
# Indigenous / Global
Two years after B.C. passed its landmark Indigenous Rights act, has anything changed? The more things change the more things stay the same.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-undrip-two-years/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NV_eEgg4$
# Covid / Pandemics
290 Fully Vaccinated Massachusetts Residents Died of COVID-19 Over One Week. Nearly 300 fully vaccinated residents in Massachusetts died of breakthrough COVID-19 over the past week even as case numbers have dropped statewide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-nw-fully-vaccinated-massachusetts-residents-died-covid-over-week/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NQ4164MP$
What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity: Immunologists have raced to work out how to protect against Omicron and other variants of SARS-CoV-2. Their research has yielded a wealth of insights — and a few surprises.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00214-3?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=27042f090f-briefing-dy-20220204&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-27042f090f-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NeFaDDev$
Advertising in the pandemic: how companies used COVID as a marketing tool. The adverts, often featuring sombre piano music and declarations that everyone was “in this together”, were ubiquitous. Now our research reveals the tactics behind these adverts, and why consumers should be wary of marketing in a crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/advertising-in-the-pandemic-how-companies-used-covid-as-a-marketing-tool-172202__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NYTjywAZ$
# Economy / Finance / Trade
Black Houston Doctor Files Lawsuit After JPMorgan Chase Bank Refuses To Deposit $16,000 Check. Now she’s suing, alleging racial discrimination https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/chase-bank-lawsuit-black-doctor-houston-16826498.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NRn21RLQ$
# Education / Schools
America’s School Lunch Program Is Failing Black Students. Solutions like prepackaged meals and debit cards aren’t meeting the demand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blackfeministcollective.com/2019/11/09/the-school-system-is-failing-black-students/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NWdz5EFA$
The spike in cases of book banning and attempts to prohibit teaching about the country’s history of racism and discrimination is a reminder of how school boards have long been a tool of white supremacy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/30/books/book-ban-us-schools.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NcyTReM9$
Banning Books is Not About Protecting Children. It’s About Discrimination Against Others.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/opinion-banning-books-is-not-about-protecting-children-its-about-discrimination-against-others/2022/02__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NehF8JPG$
The Epidemic of Book Bannings Must Be Read as a Warning. McMinn County is not alone in banning books. The racial reckoning following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, in May, 2020, revitalized interest in teaching the literature of race and racism and of books by and about marginalized communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/the_epidemic_of_book_bannings_must__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NV9x8EYk$
Erasing History: Holocaust Graphic Novelist Art Spiegelman on “Maus” & Wave of Book Bans Sweeping U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/2/art_spiegelman_maus_a_survivors_tale__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NXhhpg7Q$
Four States Have Placed Legal Limits on How Teachers Can Discuss Race.
More May Follow
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/four-states-have-placed-legal-limits-on-how-teachers-can-discuss-race-more-may-follow/2021/05__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NR9FI1Zy$
Iowa Republican Authors Bill Demanding Cameras in Every Classroom in State Opponents of the bill say it infringes on teachers’ and students’
privacy rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/iowa-republican-authors-bill-demanding-cameras-in-every-classroom-in-state/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Naq1f-Ir$
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Kelp Gets on the Carbon-Credit Bandwagon. Is there potential for seaweeds to help solve the climate crisis?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/features/kelp-gets-on-the-carbon-credit-bandwagon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NSIh5N3-$
‘Use It or Lose It’ Rules Favor Extraction Over Land Conservation.
Century-old “use it or lose it” rules require public lands leaseholders to drill, log, graze, or otherwise develop the land; if they don’t, their leases can be canceled. But in light of modern demands, these old laws need to be updated to recognize conservation as a legitimate “use”
of natural resource rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2022/02/01/use-it-or-lose-it-rules-favor-extraction-over-land-conservation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Ndw9nzk-$
Scientists discover lost range of ‘supermountains’ three times longer than the Himalayas. The destruction of these ancient mountains may have fueled Earth’s biggest evolution booms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.livescience.com/supermountains-drove-evolution-on-earth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NcmESsny$
# Food Recalls / Alerts
Urgent candy recall: These candies could poison you if you eat them. the new El Chavito candy recall is all the more important because certain candies might have been contaminated with lead. Consumption of lead can result in lead poisoning, which can have serious adverse effects. If you have any of these El Chavito candies from the recall at home, you should stop eating them immediately.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bgr.com/lifestyle/urgent-candy-recall-these-candies-could-poison-you-if-you-eat-them/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NeV9IXXk$
# General Information / Other News
Olympic Bosses’ Business Links to China and Xinjiang Exposed. A Daily Beast investigation reveals that several IOC big shots have deep business links to China, whose human-rights record they refuse to condemn.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-coates-dick-pound-and-seb-coes-business-links-to-china-exposed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NUNVM66t$
# Global Politics
Besties Putin and Xi Order the West to Back Off From Ukraine. The pair signed a joint statement that portrays NATO as the aggressors in Eastern Europe. Chinese and Russian leaders call on west to abandon ‘cold war’
approach at pre-Olympic meeting
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/04/xi-jinping-meets-vladimir-putin-china-russia-tensions-grow-west__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NTIB4SWG$
# Gov / Politics
Republicans in Congress were in on Trump’s coup plot. They knew that Donald Trump was plotting a coup and they said nothing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2022/02/04/in-congress-were-in-on-coup-plot/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NdhjmWCb$
# Law Enforcement
After a poor start, CT’s anti-racial profiling effort is making progress. New legislation could change how police conduct traffic stops https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.courant.com/politics/hc-pol-racial-profiling-20220131-s3goxbcd5fgv7blw4uejfe7gte-story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NRcftlay$
Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force.
Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer was recently sentenced to two years in federal prison the use of excessive force. “In order for the public to have full trust and confidence in the law enforcement officers who have sworn to protect them, those officers who choose to abuse their authority must be held accountable.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/04/former-louisville-cop-sentenced-to-prison-for-using-excessive-force/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NcWZ8HcO$
# Legal / DOJ
Legal Gun Owner Amir Locke Was Sleeping Just Before Minneapolis Police Killed Him. The parents of Amir Locke and their attorneys say the black man was “executed” by a Minneapolis SWAT team that woke him from a deep sleep, and that he reached in confusion for a legal firearm to protect himself.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-02-03/police-video-shows-man-shot-by-officer-was-on-couch-had-gun__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NRYkbhW3$
# Media
House Democrat Fumes Over Louis DeJoy’s Failure to Electrify USPS Truck Fleet Rep. Gerry Connolly demanded the postmaster general’s ouster over his push to spend $11 billion on gas-powered trucks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/03/dejoy-has-go-right-now-fury-over-postal-service-failure-electrify-truck-fleet__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NZQCQugK$
# Medical / Health Care
The Truth About the Drug Companies: Health Corruption; Top MD Reveals Corruption in Health Care https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wanttoknow.info/health/health-corruption__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NVRn3sp4$
California Inks Sweetheart Deal With Kaiser Permanente, Jeopardizing Medicaid Reforms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2022/02/03/state-inks-sweetheart-deal-kaiser-permanente-jeopardizing-medicaid-reforms/6659667001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Nc4OndFW$
# Social
The cost of apartment and home rentals in some cities has risen by 30 percent, forcing families to find new housing. For rent and utilities to be considered affordable, they are supposed to take up no more than 30 percent of a household’s income.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/business/more-renters-find-30-affordability-ratio-unattainable.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4NQxv00HL$
# Space
NASA plans to retire the ISS by crashing it into the ocean. The space laboratory was launched in 2002 and has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth, welcoming 200 astronauts from all around the world. From 2031 onwards, the ISS will be replaced by commercially operated space platforms – what NASA described as a venue for collaboration and scientific research with the private sector.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/nasa-plans-retire-iss-03022022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!l_quclHtPMV_qo_noJ2Drx-iorTnT-3lRjKD_tWUAHy1zAUjz8K2KM3fq-v4Nc2qBzxv$
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