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Posted Jul 01, 2020
Politics, Not Public Health, Drives Policies Linked to Alarming Increase in COVID-19 Cases
Interview with Dr. Rob Davidson, executive director of the Committee to Protect Medicare, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Jul 01, 2020
The Movement Against U.S. Police Violence Must Also End the War on Drugs
Interview with Kevin Alexander Gray, activist, author & editor of "Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence," conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Jul 01, 2020
Activists Nationwide Demand Removal of Racist, Colonial-era Statues
Interview with Kica Matos, director of the Center on Immigration and Justice at the Vera Institute, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Posted Jul 01, 2020
This Week’s Under-reported News Summary July 1, 2020
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Siberian Arctic hits 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit
- Philippines journalist Maria Ressa convicted of cyber-libel
- Homeownership inequality central to U.S. racial wealth gap
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CNN goes inside Houston hospital on the front lines of coronavirus - CNN Video
CNN's Miguel Marquez takes you inside an coronavirus hospital and speaks to doctors, nurses, and patients about the pandemic.
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CNN goes inside Houston hospital on the front lines of coronavirus - CNN Video
CNN's Miguel Marquez takes you inside an coronavirus hospital and speaks to doctors, nurses, and patients about the pandemic.
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Bad news for Republicans: Oklahoma's vote to expand Medicaid could be a harbinger of what’s to come in November
By the slimmest of margins, voters in Oklahoma passed a constitutional amendment to expand Medicaid in their state. Not only will that allow an additional 200,000 people to obtain health insurance, Keith Humphreys noted how it will impact the state more broadly. This will help Oklahoma save its r
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‘Burned to the ground’: Never Trump conservatives vow to 'repudiate' Trumpism by helping Democrats retake the Senate
President Donald Trump’s right-wing critics — who range from MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough to columnist George Will to just about anyone who writes for The Bulwark — have been asserting that Trump is so toxic to the Republican Party and the conservative movement that the only way to clean up the m...
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