Bureau of Prisons asked to provide demographic information
The 68 undersigned organizations are writing to urge the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to include certain demographic information in its daily reporting[1] of COVID-19 …
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Guyana gov’t holds on to power 16 months beyond mandate and it’s all legal
They were supposed to hold a general election in Guyana by March 2019. It took place this March, one year later. They were supposed to …
A new Earth Day
When I was born 70 years ago there was no Earth Day. That only started 50 years ago. Before Earth Day the US military used …
Pandemic won’t elect Dems, nor defeat Trump
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought out the best in President Donald J. Trump, the worst in both the national media and U.S. House Speaker …
Love in a time of coronavirus: now more than ever
While most Americans have been scrambling to find toilet paper and groceries and state and local governments plead for protective gear for health workers and …
Reparations will cure the racial wealth gap
I have a remedy to help flatten that curve. Reading this may make you some of you uncomfortable, but the more I learn about the …
The Virus that may bring us together
VOLKER FRANKE A country paralyzed. A booming economy about to crash. Citizens afraid of an enemy they can’t see, hear or smell. The coronavirus has …
Hay fever or virus? For allergy sufferers, a season of worry
HAMBURG, Pa. (AP) – The spring breezes of 2020 are carrying more than just tree pollen. There’s a whiff of paranoia in the air. For …
Call to sacrifice the elderly to economic expediency is morally repugnant
A German tribe that lived some 1500 years ago put the elderly and the sick on a pile of wood, stabbed them to death and …
Coronavirus Relief Package
FREDERICA S. WILSON As the coronavirus crisis threatens the lives and livelihoods of Floridians, we must work every day to support the health-care workers who …