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February 18, 2021

Headlines for February 18, 2021

  • Texans Face Deadly Winter Storm with Ongoing Power Outages, Water Shortages
  • U.S. Life Expectancy Falls by 1 Year in 2020, Drops Nearly 3 Years for Black Americans
  • Florida Gov. DeSantis Prioritizes Vaccines for Rich White Residents, Then Threatens Critics
  • Mexico Denounces Vaccine Hoarding as U.N. Warns 130 Nations Have Yet to Receive Any Vaccines
  • Top Executives at Vaccine Manufacturers Sold $500 Million in Stocks Last Year
  • FBI Probes Cuomo over Nursing Home COVID Deaths; Cuomo Threatens to "Destroy" Critic
  • White House Unveils Immigration Bill with 8-Year Path to Citizenship
  • Burmese Anti-Coup Protests Continue Two Weeks After Military Takeover
  • Bolivia Returns $350 Million Loan to IMF, Taken Out After 2019 Coup
  • Biden Speaks to Israeli PM Netanyahu; U.S. to "Recalibrate" Saudi Relations
  • Dubai Princess Says She Is Being Held Hostage by Her Family in New Video
  • U.S. Approves $200 Million in Arms Sales to Egypt Amid Human Rights Concerns
  • Gunmen Kidnap 42 at Nigerian School
  • South Carolina Passes Bill to Ban Nearly All Abortions
  • Biden Supports Slavery Reparations Study
  • HUD Faulted for Failing to Protect Residents from Lead Poisoning
  • Rush Limbaugh Is Dead
  • Atlantic City Demolishes Trump Casino

This post was originally published on Democracy Now!.

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