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Posts from the ‘human rights violations’ Category

02020-09-03Systemic Racism– an example: “Racial Disparities in Voting Wait Times”

02020-08-30A few thoughts about Kenosha and the incompetence of their police force.

02020-08-12ICE detainees suffer massive outbreaks of COVID-19: The Prospect

02020-08-11Xinjiang province produces most of China’s cotton with help of John Deere machines

02020-08-07Reports of COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants: MMWR

02020-07-23Protests over the death of George Floyd caused no increase in COVID-19: NBER. Politicians who say protests caused the increase in COVID-19 are mistaken or lying.

02020-07-18In Memoriam: John Robert Lewis: “… young people will lead the way. The last thing he said was, ‘Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Be brave.’” : NYT

02020-07-08Geopolitics: Where do we stand? Why does the US retreat from involvement in the world, as China increases its influence?

02020-06-10William Barr: his past, redux. A “sick, sadistic bully” since childhood, shaped by his father: Vanity Fair. June 1 was just another case of bully meets victim in alley.

02020-06-03COVID-19 and the protests over the death of George Floyd: will our administration yield to democratic rejection of its threats, or will fascism take over?