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May 19, 2021

Headlines for May 19, 2021

  • Israeli Assault Has Killed at Least 222 Palestinians and Displaced Tens of Thousands
  • Biden Addresses Rashida Tlaib, Jokes About Running Over Reporters Who Ask Questions on Israel-Palestine
  • Protests Continue Across U.S. in Solidarity with Palestinians
  • 60% of U.S. Adults Have Received One COVID Vaccine Dose; Tri-State Area Reopens
  • IEA Says No New Fossil Fuel Projects Can Be Permitted in Order to Avert Worst-Case Climate Scenario
  • Protests in North Carolina After DA Says Officers Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr. Were "Justified"
  • House Passes Legislation Addressing Hate Crimes Against AAPI Community
  • 57 Refugees Drown Off Coast of Tunisia
  • Humanitarian, Diplomatic Crisis Between Spain and Morocco Deepens as Spain Expulses 1000s from Ceuta
  • Allies of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Named in State Dept. Report on Drug Trafficking, Corruption
  • Biden Admin Approves Release of 3 Guatánamo Prisoners Held Without Charge for 20 Years
  • Mexican President López Obrador Apologizes for 1911 Massacre of 300 Chinese People
  • Larry Krasner Wins Dem Primary for Philly DA; Ed Gainey Set to Become Pittsburgh's 1st Black Mayor
  • GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Opposes Bipartisan Insurrection Inquiry as House Votes on Commission
  • Amazon Worker Says Security Guards Had Keys to USPS Ballot Mailboxes During Bessemer Union Vote

This post was originally published on Democracy Now!.

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