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March 8, 2021

Headlines for March 8, 2021

  • Senate Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Package, Votes Down $15/Hour Min. Wage Amendment
  • Fauci Warns of Possible 4th COVID Surge as More States Move to Open Up
  • Jury Selection Starts in Derek Chauvin's Trial for Murder of George Floyd
  • Rochester Police Tackle and Pepper-Spray Black Mother Walking with 3-Year-Old Daughter
  • Biden Issues Exec. Order to Expand Voting Access on Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
  • Deadly Clashes in Senegal Following Arrest and Rape Accusation Against Opposition Leader
  • Equatorial Guinea's President Blames Negligence After at Least 20 Killed in Blasts at Military Site
  • At Least 20 Dead in Mogadishu Car Bomb Attack
  • Burmese Workers Launch Strike as Protests, and Violent Crackdown, Intensify
  • Rights Groups Accuse Philippines Authorities of "State Terror" in Killing of 9 Activists
  • Swiss Voters Back Ban on Facial Coverings Pushed by Far-Right Islamophobes
  • Pope Francis Wraps Up First-Ever Papal Tour of Iraq
  • Rep. Eric Swalwell Sues Trump, Giuliani and Others over January 6 Capitol Insurrection
  • Calls Grow for NY Gov. Cuomo to Resign as Two More Former Aides Describe Sexual Harassment
  • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Describe Royal Family's Racism
  • 50 Years Ago, Activists Broke Into an FBI Office and Revealed COINTELPRO Abuses
  • Immigrant Workers Protest to Demand Inclusion in Pandemic Relief Funding

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