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Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden could announce his running mate as soon as the end of this week, according to the time frame he laid out. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew discusses the positive and negative narratives that could emerge from each of his potential choices. They also ask why […]

Amid concentrated job losses and financial insecurity, disproportionate rates of contracting and becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, and nationwide protests in response to centuries of racial injustice and anti-Black racism, the past few months have exacerbated the already disparate mental health needs of many Black, Indigenous, and non-Black people of color (BIPOC). In particular, BIPOC […]

See also: “Lawmakers Must Strengthen SNAP in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic” by Areeba Haider As America continues to grapple with the devastating public health and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: The relief packages passed by Congress months ago are not doing enough to address hunger. For example, the Families […]

Reprinted from The Grayzone with the author’s permission. The July 18, 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina was one of the worst pre-9/11 terrorist attacks in the Western hemisphere, killing 85 and injuring 300. For over a quarter century, the US and Israeli governments have […]

At least four people were killed and 21 were wounded: In Baghdad, two people were killed and 21 were wounded in Tahrir Square, when security personnel fired upon protesters. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said that government forces were ordered not to fire bullets and he is opening an investigation into the attack. Two militiamen were […]

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Lothar Wieler warned this could be the start of a “second wave” The head of Germany’s public health agency has said he is “very concerned” by rising infections in the country. “We are in the middle of a rapidly developing pandemic,” Lothar Wieler, head of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), […]

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July 28 (UPI) — The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act has improved the “dietary quality” of schoolchildren participating in the National School Lunch Program, according to a study published Tuesday by JAMA. The findings are based on the performance of nearly 6,400 children on the Healthy Eating Index-2010. The assessment measures adherence to the 2010 Dietary […]

If we had to sum up 2020 with a single television moment, it would be Meryl Streep’s eardrum-piercing “Big Little Lies” screech from what now feels like eons ago. Since then, the entertainment industry has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, scrapping star-studded awards season campaigns and indefinitely postponing ceremonies to 2021 and beyond. And yet, […]

A health board in Scotland has claimed to be the first region in the world to “effectively eliminate” hepatitis C. NHS Tayside, one of 14 NHS Scotland boards, started pioneering efforts to tackle the blood-borne virus in 2012. After targeting people who inject drugs — an approach the health board developed because 90 per cent […]

Tweety McTreason Jr has had his Twitter account restricted for sharing a video of an anti-LGBT+ doctor who thinks people get sick because of sex with demons talking about coronavirus. Twitter confirmed it has limited Trump Jr’s account for “spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19”. The president’s son was one of many […]

A man has been ordered to pay compensation to a trans woman he verbally abused at Gatwick Airport in February this year. Simon Elgy, 37, from Hammersmith in London, appeared Worthing Magistrates’ Court earlier this month and pled guilty to causing harassment, alarm or distress. The court heard how he shouted abuse at the woman […]

Megan Rapinoe will join forces with “some of America’s most innovative thought leaders” including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for a new TV special on social change. Rapinoe, who led the US women’s football team to World Cup victory in 2019, has long been involved in politics and has been recognised as a trailblazing activist since she kneeled […]