[COVID-19\Caribbean]
Global Americans: “The IMF is forecasting a 10.3 percent contraction for tourist-dependent economies before a recovery in 2021 of 4.8 percent growth. This has important implications for what the Caribbean is going to look like at the other end of the COVID-19.”
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COVID-19 Pandemic
Black Businessman Hosted Texas Charity Benefit Promoting Black Artists
[Solomon RC Ali]
Mr. Ali is CEO of NDR Energy Group, one of the largest minority-owned energy companies in the United States, and CEO of Revolutionary Concepts which is the exclusive owner of multiple technology patents.
Photo: YouTube
American Policing Enforces Culture of Violence In Black Communities
[American Policing]
Perceptions of a few “bad apples” within police departments are quickly being dispelled due to such data and video recordings from cell phones and security cameras.
Photo: Anika Jackson
BLACK ALLIANCE FOR PEACE CALLS ON U.N. TO ADDRESS AMERICA’S HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS
[United Nations\America’s Human Rights Crisis]
Black Alliance: “Police authorities have been documented for abusing their power while enforcing COVID-19 mitigation efforts such as social distancing, which has been impossible for overcrowded African/Black communities.”
Photo: YouTube
AMERICA’S EXCESSIVE MILITARY SPENDING MADE US VULNERABLE TO COVID-19
[America’s Military Spending]
Heather Gray\Jonathan King: “The nation’s wealth has been mis-allocated between military and civilian needs over the past four decades…This mis-appropriation began in the 80’s.”
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COVID-19: NY IMMIGRANT ADVOCATES SAY CUOMO AND DE BLASIO MUST HELP IMMIGRANT VICTIMS
[NY\COVID-19 Pandemic\Immigrants]
Community vigils were held in Corona Plaza and in Brentwood, Long Island to commemorate the community members lost in the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vigils included candles, flowers, photos of those lost…”
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COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS DEMAND RELEASE OF RWANDAN JOURNALIST
[COVID-19\Press Freedom]
Authorities allege that, because Dieudonné Niyonsenga and Ishema TV are not registered with the Rwanda Media Commission, he and Fidèle Komezusenge were impersonating journalists.
Photo: YouTube
SENATE DEMOCRATS INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO KEEP WORKERS ON PAYROLLS DURING PANDEMIC
[Paycheck Security Act]
Sanders: “This unprecedented crisis demands an unprecedented legislative response. We cannot continue to allow tens of millions of Americans to lose their jobs, income, and health insurance during this horrific pandemic.”
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COVID-19 FALLOUT: DEAL WITH IMF THREATENS UKRAINE SMALL FARMERS
[Ukraine Small Farmers\IMF]
Oakland Institute: “It is wrong and immoral for Western financial institutions to force a country in a dire economic situation amidst an unprecedented pandemic to sell its land.”
Photo: Oakland Institute\Oleksiy Frayer