2021-03-23: Social Media Postees

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Chris Hedges: The Evil Within Us
Chris Hedges | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-23
Millions of largely white Americans, hermetically sealed within the ideology of the Christian Right, yearn to destroy the 'Satanic' forces they blame for the debacle of their lives. And one such evangelical just killed eight people in Atlanta.
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Association of Clinician Minority Patient Caseload With Performance in the 2019 Medicare MIPS
Johnston KJ, Meyers DJ, Hammond G, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This study assesses the association between US clinicians' caseload of minority patients and their 2019 Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System performance score.
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Association Between Proportion of Black Patients Cared for at Hospitals and Penalties in CMS Value-Based Payment Programs
Aggarwal R, Hammond J, Joynt Maddox KE, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This study evaluates whether US hospitals with mostly Black patients are more likely than other hospitals to have penalties associated with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) value-based payment programs.
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Twenty-two Years Ago: NATO's War of Aggression against Yugoslavia: Who are the War Criminals?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
The causes and consequences of this war have been the object of a vast media disinformation campaign, which has sought to camouflage NATO and US war crimes.
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From Bessemer to Baltimore, Amazon workers demand the right to organize
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-03-23
Activists held an international day of action to support Amazon workers on March 20, highlighting the ways unions can help defend worker rights and safety protections. TRNN's Jaisal Noor reports from the solidarity action held outside of an Amazon facility in…
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Amazon workers lead 'White Monday' strike across Italy and other stories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
We take a look at the nationwide strike by Amazon workers across Italy, a massive fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, recent developments in Yemen, and the presence of armed rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the pretext of foreign military interventions…
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Solidarity caravan arrives in Bessemer, AL to support Amazon workers' organizing drive
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-23
Bessemer, AL – A March 20 solidarity caravan made up of delegations from three Tennessee city Labor Councils – Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville – traveled to meet Amazon workers who have joined the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) in Bessemer, Alabama, where they held a rally at the union hall before going to the gates of the Amazon center to hold up pro-union signs and interact with workers entering and exiting the plant. | Speakers such as RWDSU organizer "Big Mike" Foster and the Ohio politician Nina Turner highlighted the link between the struggle at Amazon, led mainly by its Black work…
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Case before Supreme Court may be definitive for farmworker rights
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-23
Before the sun rises over the green hills and steep valleys of California, migrant farmworkers' feet have already touched the rich dark soil found on farmland. Their hands and feet will remain there, threshing and picking the fruit and vegetables adorning the supper table of U.S. households, long after the sun begins to set. On …
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North Macedonia Spends Big on American-made Armoured Vehicles Despite Poverty Crisis
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
By buying 54 armoured vehicles for its military from the U.S., …
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A Year of Billionaire Pandemic Gains
RobertAlvarez | ips-dc.org | 2021-03-23
A year ago, the Institute for Policy Studies published "Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers," and began tracking billionaire wealth gains as unemployment surged. We teamed up with Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) to track the wealth growth of America's billionaires over the last year. This report summarizes the extraordinary growth in wealth of those now 657 billionaires based on real-time data from Forbes on March 18, 2021. | Here are highlights from the last 12 months of billionaire wealth growth: | The co…
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The War of Hunger is Taking Over From the War of Guns…and All Syrians are the Victims
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
Great dollops of hypocrisy invariably accompany expressions of concern by outside powers for the wellbeing of the Syrian people. But even by these low standards, a new record for self-serving dishonesty is being set by the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, the new US law imposing the harshest sanctions in the world on Syria and bringing millions of Syrians to the brink of famine.
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Escalated US-Led Sanctions War on China
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Sanctions are weapons of war by other means. | They're a hammer …
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Video: US Escalates New Cold War as Diplomatic Gloves Come Off, with Carl Zha
Dan Cohen | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-23
The new Cold War has escalated over the past week as U.S. attempts to dominate both China and Russia backfired in embarrassing fashion for the Biden administration. Behind The Headlines' Dan Cohen is joined by "Silk and Steel" podcast host Carl Zha to discuss the diplomatic fiasco, how U.S. intelligence and media cornered Biden into denouncing Russia, and the Quad Alliance's political contradictions. | Feature photo | Graphic by Antonio Cabrera | Dan Cohen is the Washington DC correspondent for Behind The Headlines. He has produced widely distributed video reports and print dispatches from across Israel-Palest…
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Is Joe Biden Enabling Russiagate 2?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
The old expression that "lightning never strikes the same place twice" …
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"End the f*cking filibuster and pass some gun reform"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-03-23
After Monday's horrific mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, demands for action, not more processual excuses for doing nothing, are intensifying.
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Bolivia Marks 142 Years of Being Deprived of Access To the Sea
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
Bolivia's President Luis Arce on Monday presided over the "Day of the Sea" to mark 142 years of the loss of his country's Pacific coastline to Chile. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Socialists Win in 7 Out of 10 Subnational Governments | The activities began with the transfer of the remains of Eduardo Abaroa, a national hero who led the civil resistance in the Topater battle during the Pacific War (1879-1884). | The funeral procession was escorted by the Bolivian Armed Forces and the Nat…
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Palestine reiterates commitment to cooperate with ICC war crimes probe
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
On Sunday, Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki had his travel permit revoked by Israel after he met officials of the International Criminal Court. The chief prosecutor of the ICC had recently announced a probe into war crimes in Palestine…
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Police will not keep Asian communities safe from violence
Asha Ramachandran | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-23
Police presence in Asian communities across the country has expanded after several acts of violence against Asians in the last year and the recent Atlanta massacres of eight people, including six Asian women working at massage parlors. Yet increased police presence in Asian neighborhoods will only bring criminalized members of those communities into contact with …
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Why we Must pass The Medicare for All Act
F. Douglas Stephenson | juancole.com | 2021-03-23
Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) — March 17, 2021, was a very bright day in the history of single-payer health insurance and public health in the USA. Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D, WA) and Debbie Dingell, (D., MI) introduced the modern MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT of 2021 (H.R. 1976) in Congress. M4A 2021 is new …
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Virtual Postoperative Visits Noninferior to In-Person Visits
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
As postdischarge video–based virtual visits have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, a trial in JAMA Surgery found that these visits are noninferior to in-person follow-ups after low-risk surgeries.
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Want a Job? Get a Shot!
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Mask tyranny reached a new low recently when a family was …
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America is 'Can-do' again: Biden's $3 trillion infrastructure Plan includes $500 bn for Green Energy and Transit and Massive Innovation
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-23
Jeff Stein and Tyler Pager at WaPo report that $500 billion of the proposed $3 trillion Biden infrastructure plan, or 16 percent, will be devoted to dealing with climate change. They write, "The infrastructure component is expected to include $400 billion in spending to combat climate change, including $60 billion for infrastructure related to green …
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Biden Backs Revival of His Brainchild: Plan Colombia 2.0 Set to Begin Next Month
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-23
Colombia is set to return to a massive aerial campaign of spraying Monsanto's glyphosate across the country, a plan Biden once fought hard with his Republican colleagues to enact.
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Saudi Arabia's "Renewed Peace Push" in Yemen Is Welcome, but Incomplete
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
The world must urgently act to relieve the Yemeni people's years-long …
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The urgent need for a Biden-Putin summit
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-23
If the leaders of the two countries with more than 90 percent of the world's nuclear warheads can't have a summit meeting and talk with each other, we're in trouble. Real trouble.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/23/the-urgent…

UN Approves Resolution Regarding Blockade Impact on Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
Venezuela's foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, reported today that the Human Rights Council of the United Nations approved by a majority a resolution on the negative impact of the United States Government's blockade against Venezuela. | RELATED: | Maduro Orders "Zero Tolerance" With Colombian Armed Groups" | Today, the resolution on the negative impact of unilateral sanctions on the enjoyment of human rights was approved in the Human Rights / UN Council. Its impact is so obvious th…
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Sexual Minorities Have Greater COVID-19 Risk Factors
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual adults have higher rates than heterosexual people of health conditions that increase the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to national survey data.
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The unending COVID-19 disaster in Maryland prisons
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-03-23
As COVID-19 variants reach the state's prisons and jails, where testing of guards and inmates is woefully inadequate, the situation in Maryland is only getting worse.
therealnews.com/the-unending-covid-19-di…

Review of Hearing Loss in Children
Fink D. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
To the Editor The article by Dr Lieu and colleagues about hearing loss in children notably omitted the important topic of noise-induced hearing loss. Prevention of disease is almost always better and less expensive than treatment. The only treatment currently available for hearing loss is amplification, via hearing aids, personal sound amplification products, or cochlear implants. Hearing loss with age, which is predominantly due to noise-induced hearing loss, begins at an early age and is theoretically preventable with avoidance of loud noise. The only evidence-based noise exposure level to prevent noise-induced…
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Survey–Many High School Students Have Experienced Violence
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
About half of high school students experienced at least 1 type of violence during the previous year, according to data from 9080 US students who participated in the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
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Houthis demand lifting of air and sea blockade before agreeing to ceasefire
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
The chief negotiator for Ansar Allah said the Saudis should end their devastating air and sea blockade of the country if they are serious about implementing the ceasefire…
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China and Russia Join Forces Against Western Sanctions
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi agreed Tuesday to join efforts to confront unilateral and "illegitimate" coercive measures imposed by the United States and its European allies. | RELATED: | Applying Sanctions To Russia and China Is Unwise, Lavrov Says | In this regard, China and Russia call for more countries to join their firm rejection of so-called unilateral sanctions, such as the one imposed by the European Union on Beijing for what…
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More About Me, for Anyone Who Feels the Need
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-03-23
You can get the story here.
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Bolivians demand justice for crimes committed by Jeanine àÅñez's coup regime
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
With massive marches across the country, people in Bolivia have expressed their support for the progressive government of President Luis Arce that has arrested coup regime officials, taking an important step in the struggle for justice…
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Better Hypertension Control With Digital Self-monitoring
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
A digital intervention for hypertension management in primary care lowered patients' systolic blood pressure, a trial in The BMJ reported.
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With Good Adherence, Daily Aspirin May Prevent Pregnancy Loss
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
For women with a history of pregnancy loss, taking low-dose aspirin before conception may improve birth outcomes, according to a post hoc analysis of a multicenter US trial. The trial's original analysis, published in 2014, found no positive effects of aspirin on miscarriages or live births, but only about half of the participants adhered to the protocol.
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Unnamed Western Officials Spread Dubious Claims About Iran
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
With a possible revival of the Iran nuclear deal on the …
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Tallahassee community remembers Mychael Johnson
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-23
Tallahassee, FL – On March 20, activists from across the Tallahassee community gathered in front of City Hall to remember and to honor the life of Mychael Johnson, a Black man murdered by the Tallahassee Police Department one year ago. | The Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) and other community members stood alongside the family of Mychael Johnson in grief and healing. | "Somebody's hurting my people, and it's gone on far too long," sang Trish Brown, outreach coordinator for the Tallahassee Community Action Committee at the angelversary that evening. | Regina Joseph, president of TCAC, and a member of…
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Going green: How your college can get involved
Lauren Groff | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-23
There's a number of things your college can do to lower their carbon footprint and Go Green in 2021.
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USPSTF Review: Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults
Feltner C, Wallace IF, Kistler CE, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This systematic review to support the 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on screening for hearing loss in older adults summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening and interventions for hearing loss in adults aged 50 years or older.
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The Water Defenders
RobertAlvarez | ips-dc.org | 2021-03-23
THE WATER DEFENDERS: | HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE SAVED A COUNTRY FROM CORPORATE GREED: | Robin Broad | John Cavanagh: | Introduction: | Water is life. Countless communities across the world, from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock Reservation to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, have used this phrase as a rallying cry against powerful corporations that value profits over the environment and the health of local communities. | The movements waging these struggles can take some inspiration from El Salvador. | In 2002, a small group of citizens in El Salvador joined the global community of…
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An Open Letter to Columbia Graduate Students from the IYSSE at University of Michigan
wsws.org | 2021-03-23
The issues being fought for by graduate students–a living wage, job security, better health care coverage and improved working conditions–are the same issues that confront students, young people and workers across the country and around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/23/umst…

‚ÄûLockdown Kinderrechte": Wir tà∂ten die Seelen unserer Kinder!
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Diesen Dokumentarfilm ‚ÄûLockdown Kinderrechte" von Patricia Marchart und Judith Raunig, …
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Driving Impairment Following Vaporization of Cannabis
Downey LA, Hayley AC. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
To the Editor We read with interest the recent findings reported by Dr Arkell and colleagues concerning the effect of vaporized Œî9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)–dominant and THC/cannabidiol (CBD)–equivalent cannabis on on-road driving performance.
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Driving Impairment Following Vaporization of Cannabis
Tseng P, Chen M, Liang C. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
To the Editor We wish to discuss the effects of CBD and THC on visual function, which may influence driving but may not be detected by road-tracking tests as performed in the article by Dr Arkell and colleagues. A double-blind study reported that 15 mg of THC produced transient color discrimination impairment in the blue and red to yellow region of the color circle, while 8 mg of THC and placebo did not impair color discrimination ability. This transient color perception impairment may impair the development of numerous adaptations that individuals with congenital color defects use, such as memorization of the or…
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Europe sides with the US in imposing punitive sanctions against China
wsws.org | 2021-03-23
The demonisation of China follows the modus operandi of US imperialism over the past three decades as it has prepared for one criminal war after another in the Middle East, the Balkans and Central Asia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/23/usch…

Federally Qualified Health Centers and Related Primary Care Workforce Issues
Wakefield M. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This Viewpoint proposes education, training, and funding reforms to expand the primary care workforce to supply federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), government-funded community-based health care sites that by providing safety-net primary care in underserved areas will be vital to addressing health inequities in the US.
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'Extreme competition but not confrontation': Biden's China policy takes shape
Duncan McFarland | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-23
At the start of the Biden administration, the U.S. foreign policy of "American exceptionalism" so far appears to remain intact–it is imperialist, hegemonic, and anti-China. However, the new administration also recognizes certain realities that the previous White House occupant might have tried to ignore. Biden wants neither a shooting war with China nor a full …
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Tax evasion and the 1%
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-23
"The richest 1% of U.S. households don't report 21% of their income."
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The Gen Z Emergency: The Best Climate Book You Will Ever Read
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Generation Z is the newest generation, born between 1997 and 2012/15. …
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Here's why melting ice is a big deal
Stuart Braun | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-23
The melting of the polar ice caps has often been portrayed as a tsunami-inducing Armageddon in popular culture. In the 2004 disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow, the warming Gulf Stream and North Atlantic currents cause rapid polar melting. The result is a massive wall of ocean water that swamps New York City and beyond, killing millions …
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CIA Pressured Yemen to Release al-Qaeda Leader From Prison
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-23
WASHINGTON (Substack // Alex Rubinstein) — Explosive new recordings released by the Houthi government of Yemen pile more earth atop mountains of existing evidence of the U.S. government's support for the very same terrorists it has claimed to be waging war against for nearly two decades. | The Moral Guidance Department, a branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces of the revolutionary Houthi government of Yemen published last week a number of secret documents and phone calls from the former regime of longtime president Ali…
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Senate OKs Laborers member, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, as Biden's Labor Secretary
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-23
WASHINGTON –By a 68-29 margin, with all the "no" votes coming from Republicans, the Senate confirmed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a member of Laborers Local 223 and former head of the city's building trades council, as U.S. Labor Secretary. He's the first unionist to hold the job in decades. Debate on the nod to Walsh …
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Review of Hearing Loss in Children–Reply
Lieu JC, Kenna M, Anne S. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
In Reply We appreciate the attention that Dr Fink brings to the issue of noise-induced hearing loss. In our Review of pediatric hearing loss, we chose to focus on the developments germane to children specifically and did not delve into noise-induced hearing loss, which has a growing body of literature that is not yet specific to children.
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Dispatches from India: Left Ascendant in Kerala
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
In this episode we look at the upcoming elections in the States of Kerala and Tamil Nadu and the prospects of the ruling parties. We also take a look at the fate of children from the Rohingya community in Jammu, whose education has been disrupted…
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Envisioning the Veterans Affairs Health Care System of the Future
Yehia BR, Fihn SD. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This Viewpoint proposes strategies the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system can pursue to shore up its mission in response to declining numbers of veterans and impending budget constraints, including accelerating a transition to value-based care, optimization of infrastructure, and strengthening engagement with employees and the public.
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Harp Seal Pups in Trouble in Quebec Due to Low Sea Ice
Olivia Rosane | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
The sea ice cover in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence is …
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The U.S. Pivot to Asia: Cold War Lessons From Vietnam for Today
Cynthia Chung | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-23
There were Cold War preparations underway as early as August 1945 and the two regions selected, Korea and Vietnam, were pre-planned years in advance before the actual wars were to take place, Cynthia Chung writes. ***** In Part One of this series I discussed how a massive U.S. arms stockpile in Okinawa, Japan that was …
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If Abbie, Why Not Trump?
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
"Relman agrees that in the absence of conclusive evidence, the message on origins should be 'We don't know.'" — from "Did the coronavirus leak from a lab? These scientists say we shouldn't rule it out." MIT Technology Review. March 18, 2021 In early 1969 when Abbie Hoffman and 6 (7) others went on trial for…
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Patient Information: Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults
Jin J. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This JAMA Patient Page summarizes the US Preventive Services Task Force's 2021 recommendation that current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for hearing loss in older adults (I statement).
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USPSTF Report: Screening for Hearing Loss in Older Adults
, Krist AH, Davidson KW, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This 2021 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for hearing loss in older adults (I statement).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Tax evasion and the 1%
Marlee Kokotovic | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-23
"The richest 1% of U.S. households don't report 21% of their income."
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America Should Swallow Its Pride on Iran
Geoff LaMear | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
The United States and Iran remain at an impasse over the …
globalresearch.ca/america-should-swallow…

China Takes Lead in Ratifying Regional Trade Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
China's Commerce Ministry (MOC) announced that its country has taken the lead in ratifying the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. | RELATED: | US-China Business Chamber Issues Call on Anti-Asian Violence | All members of the RCEP are planning to ratify the agreement before the end of this year and push for it to become effective on Jan. 1, 2022, MOC official Yu Benlin said during an online training activity. | With the ratification by at least six ASE…
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2021-03-23
Workers blockaded a soybean oil refinery in San Lorenzo, Argentina to protest terminations, while teachers in Entre Ríos province staged a one-day strike on March 19, and state workers in Córdoba province struck on March 18.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/23/wkrs…

"Lockdown Children's Rights": We Are Killing the Souls of Our Children!
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
This documentary film "Lockdown Children's Rights" by Patricia Marchart and Judith …
globalresearch.ca/we-killing-souls-our-c…

French colonial crimes continue to affect lives in Polynesia
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent analysis of declassified documents from the nuclear testing done by France on the islands of Polynesia. He discusses how the French knowingly let the inhabitants of the islands to be exposed to the radioactive fallout from the tests, and how even today, the French are unwilling to compensate the victims.
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The Paris Commune of 1871
Michael Là∂wy | mronline.org | 2021-03-23
There is a wall at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, known as "Le Mur des Fédérés". It was there that the last fighters of the Paris Commune were shot in May 1871, by Versailles troops. | MR Online | March 23, 2021 | Newswire…
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The US has a long history of violence against Asian women
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-23
By Karen Leong and Karen Kuo | — Asian American women understand that the alleged murderer of eight people in Atlanta was acting in keeping with a culture filled with racialized and sexualized views of Asian women. Of the people murdered, four women were of Korean descent and two of Chinese heritage. The shooter himself, …
juancole.com/2021/03/history-violence-ag…

Former federal prosecutor says facts support sedition charges against leaders of January 6 assault on US Congress
wsws.org | 2021-03-23
Recently reassigned federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin detailed aspects of the ongoing investigation into the attempted coup, which has thus far resulted in more than 400 arrests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/23/sher…

Can the Biden Administration Lead Us to a New Post-Post-Cold War Order? If Only
Gregory D. Foster | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
The Biden administration is, strategically speaking, in much the same position today as the Clinton administration was when it entered office in January 1993. That was the end of the Cold War, and with it, the attendant opportunity to define and shape…
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American Philanthropy: the Wealthier the Donor, the Bigger the Taxpayer Subsidy
Chuck Collins | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
We are treated each day to multiple stories about billionaire philanthropy and acts of generosity, often with eye-popping figures. Whether we like the donor's giving strategy or not, we are encouraged to think of these as private actions and choices of beneficent people. Instead we should be thinking, "these are our tax dollars at work."
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Capitalizing on Conflict: How Defense Contractors and Foreign Nations Lobby for Arms Sales
Dan Auble | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Defense companies spend millions every year lobbying politicians and donating to …
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BOOK: The Water Defenders
RobertAlvarez | ips-dc.org | 2021-03-23
THE WATER DEFENDERS: | HOW ORDINARY PEOPLE SAVED A COUNTRY FROM CORPORATE GREED: | Robin Broad | John Cavanagh: | Introduction: | Water is life. Countless communities across the world, from Flint, Michigan to the Standing Rock Reservation to the Gualcarque River in Honduras, have used this phrase as a rallying cry against powerful corporations that value profits over the environment and the health of local communities. | The movements waging these struggles can take some inspiration from El Salvador. | In 2002, a small group of citizens in El Salvador joined the global community of…
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I Am Not Burned Out–I Have Postpartum Depression
Bagley SM. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
In this narrative medicine essay, a pediatrician describes her struggle to recognize postpartum depression with the birth of her third child and how she found her way out.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

The boundless advantages of the welfare state — for the rich
Paul Buchheit | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-23
Patenting the sun. Some of today's super-rich would love to add that subsidy to their welfare state.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/23/the-boundl…

New Mexico oil and gas companies sued for environmental damage
Rin Bernhardt | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-23
Oil and gas companies must be held accountable for their pollution and destruction of the land as well as their contributions to climate change.
liberationnews.org/new-mexico-oil-and-ga…

Michigan people's march in Lansing
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-23
Lansing, MI – On Saturday, March 20, hundreds of protesters gathered in southwest Lansing to unite against police crimes, eviction, ICE detention centers, military intervention and capitalism. 17 groups hosted the event in Risdale Park. | The overarching theme of protest speakers was that workers and oppressed people's struggles are united. The speaker from Movimiento Cosecha, Soleada Pauli, stated, "We used to say, 'your struggle is my struggle,'" adding, "It's our struggle. Workers against this capitalist, patriarchal, racist system." | This attitude of collective struggle was echoed by Tristan Taylor of Detroi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/23/michigan…

Uneasy Russia-Turkey Relations Are at Risk of Deteriorating
Uriel Araujo | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Both Russia and Turkey have celebrated on March 16 the centennial …
globalresearch.ca/russian-turkish-relati…

Bill Gates' Bad Bet on Plutonium-fueled Reactors
Frank N. von Hippel | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
One of Bill Gates' causes is to replace power plants …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-bad-bet-plu…

Opinion poll suggests Andrés Arauz victory in the upcoming Ecuadorian elections
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
The second round of the presidential elections in Ecuador is scheduled for April 11. Ahead of the run-off election, yesterday on March 21, the candidates received an important opportunity to promote their proposals for the new government and help the citizens decide their vote. | Yesterday, Andrés Arauz of the progressive Union for Hope alliance (UNES) and Guillermo Lasso of the coalition of right-wing Creating Opportunities‚Ää party (CREO) and Social Christian Party (PSC) took part in the mandatory debate organized by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which was broadcasted on national radio a…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/23/opinion-p…

Video: "Police On Guard for Thee": Toronto Police Officers Challenge "Unconstitutional Public Health Measures"
Len Faul | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
For those officers who are silent while we are ordered to …
globalresearch.ca/video-stop-lockdown-po…

Biden and the Pot Heads: The Return of the Drug Moralists
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
Promises are very much made to be broken, and the Biden administration is proving to be no exception. In a moral fit, the Biden White House has gone through the ranks of staffers with a keen eye on past marijuana use and wielded the axe and cudgel. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, a firm…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/23/biden-and-th…

Ecuador's Ombudsman Threatened After Moreno's Inquiry Petition
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
Ecuador's Ombudsman Freddy Carrión submitted a request for charges related to crimes against humanity by president Lenin Moreno and his cabinet on Tuesday. Hours after the petition, Carrion asked for protection for himself and his family after receiving several death threats. | RELATED: | Ecuador's Decision: Job Creation or Capital Liberalization | Ombudsman Carrión filed the complaint to the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) for alleged crimes committed during the social unrest…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuadors-Ombudsm…

I'm SO Sorry
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
counterpunch.org/2021/03/23/im-so-sorry/

Amazon Intimidates Workers Amid Historic Union Vote in Alabama as Jeff Bezos Makes $7 Million an Hour
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-23
Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, are in the final days of voting on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and become the first unionized Amazon warehouse in the United States. Ballots have been sent to nearly 6,000 workers, most of whom are Black, in one of the most closely watched union elections in decades. Amazon has fought off labor organizing at the company for decades, but workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Southern California are now also reportedly considering union drives. "Amazon is trying to intimidate workers. They want them to be afraid," says Stuar…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/23/amazon_wo…

Driving Impairment Following Vaporization of Cannabis
Singh JA. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
To the Editor In the article by Dr Arkell and colleagues, a few questions need clarification regarding the short-term driving test impairment with vaporized THC-dominant cannabis and THC/CBD-equivalent cannabis compared with placebo. First, did the primary outcome vary by sex or by history of driving under the influence of cannabis, which represented 20% of the participants? Second, did the primary outcome differ by recent episodes of cannabis use or by distance driven in the last year?
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Hearing shows D.C. statehood is a top equal rights issue
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-23
WASHINGTON–If the right to vote is fundamental to U.S. democracy, then the right to vote for people to represent your state in Congress is a key part of it–and that's the argument that, for the second straight Congress, advocates of statehood for Washington, D.C., and its 715,000 plus residents brought to Capitol Hill on March …
peoplesworld.org/article/hearing-shows-d…

Driving Impairment Following Vaporization of Cannabis–Reply
Ramaekers JG, Arkell TR, McGregor IS. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
In Reply Our recent investigation about the effects of CBD and THC on driving offers relevant insights for research and policy. This study confirmed previous findings from on-road and driving simulator studies showing that THC produces modest but clinically relevant driving impairment similar to that seen in drivers with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.05%. It also showed that THC-induced impairment was transient and no longer present between 240 minutes and 300 minutes after vaporization, even though most drivers still tested positive for THC in blood. The presence of THC in the blood of a driver is therefore…
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Sudan: The Second Wave Of Revolt
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-23
The second wave of revolts in the Middle East and North Africa (the 'MENA' region) began in Sudan, in December 2018. This is interesting when looked at in the context of a decade of dissent in the region. A black African nation, Sudan is at the margins both geographically and metaphorically. And despite the consistent attempts of post-colonial Sudanese elites to promote Arab identity, the Arab world has remained ambivalent about the country. | Perhaps this is why, in the early days of the revolution, Sudan's protests gained little attention. Or perhaps the lack of interest was due to the general mood of defeat in…
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Germany: Whistleblower Says Seven of 31 Nursing Home Residents Died Immediately after Forced Pfizer mRNA Shots
TheCOVIDBlog | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
A frightening video of a lawyer interviewing an anonymous whistleblower tells …
globalresearch.ca/germany-whistleblower-…

Thursday 4/29: Aviva Chomsky & Mickey Huff: Central America's Forgotten History
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Online webinar…
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Tuesday 4/20: Dave Cook & Jeff Chang: Can't Stop Won't Stop: A Hip-Hop History
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Online webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884101…

Podcast: Australia company Lynas plans toxic waste dump in Malaysia
Jacob Andrewartha | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-23
Lee Tan speaks to Green Left about Australian rare earth company Lynas' plan to build a permanent dump for its toxic waste in a pristine rainforest in Malaysia.
greenleft.org.au/content/podcast-austral…

After #March4Justice: Why we need to keep marching against misogyny
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-23
Jackie Kriz writes that when the Geelong Women Unionists Network heard about #March4Justice they jumped in to organise a protest. They were blown away with the size and say the movement needs to keep on mobilising to get its demands met.
greenleft.org.au/content/after-march4jus…

Why we need to keep marching against misogyny
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-23
Jackie Kriz said when she and others from the Geelong Women Unionists Network heard about the #March4Justice they jumped in to organise a protest going. They were blown away with the size and say the movement needs to keep on mobilising to get its demands met.
greenleft.org.au/content/why-we-need-kee…

Colonialism continues with First Nations' water dispossession
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-23
The ongoing injustices and dispossession of First Nations peoples can be seen in the devastating impact of stolen water rights. But, writes Tracey Carpenter, some changes have been won in Victoria.
greenleft.org.au/content/colonialism-con…

Podcast: Australia company Lynas plans toxic waste dump in Malaysia
Jacob Andrewartha | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-23
Australian rare earth mining and refining company Lynas has applied for a licence to build a permanent dump for its toxic waste in a pristine rainforest in Malaysia after piling up a mountain of toxic, and partly radioactive, waste near its controversial refinery near the city of Kuantan. Peter Boyle spoke to Lee Tan, a veteran environmental researcher and campaigner with AidWatch.
greenleft.org.au/content/podcast-austral…

After #March4Justice: Why we need to keep marching against misogyny
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-23
Jackie Kriz writes that the #March4Justice movement needs to keep on mobilising if it wants its demands to be met.
greenleft.org.au/content/after-march4jus…

Media Pseudo-Debates and the Silence of Leftist Critics
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-23
You've heard of them, no doubt, the U.S. rulers who can't rule too well and are always getting surprised by events or fed bad advice by their underlings. Their "mistakes" are always well intentioned. They stumble into wars through faulty intelligence. They drop the ball because of bureaucratic mix-ups. They miscalculate the perfidy of the …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/media-pseudo-…

Crisis of Privatization – Return of Public Space
Mario Candeias | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
The water supply for the population of Paris is to be | completely restored to public ownership from 2009 on, | as the Socialist mayor Delanoe announced on June 2nd | 2008… Adam Smith already advocated that such "public goods" have to be provided by the state.2…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884101…

We Have Your Back! Amazon Bessemer Oakland Supporters Rally & Caravan
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
As part of an international day of Solidarity, a car caravan and rally was held in Oakland of supporters of the Bessemer Alabama Amazon workers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/21/1884098…

Pacifica CRD 3/22/21 Covid, Amazon Billions and Workers' Rights
Pacifica TF | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy focuses on the medical conditions of Mumia Abu-Jamal and also the struggle of the Bessemer Alabama Amazon warehouse workers who are voting this month for a union.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/22/1884099…

The Urgent Need for a Biden-Putin Summit
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
The current reckless abandon of diplomacy…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal's Thank You Message to Supporters
Mumia Abu-Jamal recorded by Prison Radio | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Mumia Abu-Jamal's COVID symptoms have improved but the severe debilitating skin condition persists. Mumia is now back in general population and he does not currently require hospitalization. However, Mumia needs continued monitoring, and he must not be shackled during future hospitalization.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884102…

Saturday 3/27: Women's History Month film series discussion
David Giesen | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
ZOOM: zoom.us/j/94442843563?pwd=Mk5nRE5ERnJkbT……
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884103…

Wednesday 3/24: For The People Act (S.1) Hearing Watch Party w/ Common Cause
Common Cause | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Online event…
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Saturday 4/10: The 51st State: D.C. Statehood and America's Future Panel Discussion
Politics, Prose Bookstore | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/22/1884099…

Thursday 4/8: "Build Bridges, Not Walls": New Book Talk w/ Journalist & Activist Todd Miller
City Lights Booksellers | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/22/1884099…

The Ultimate Gold Panning & Proespecting Guide
Michael Webster | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
First, let's talk about the proper equipment, and of course the first thing you need is a good gold pan.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884102…

Friday 5/14: City Shorts Film Festival from CCSF Cinema Department
CCSF Cinema Department | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Virtual Screening through the Roxie Theater!
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884102…

We can do to the Senate what Brits did to the House of Lords
The Daily Beast | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
After two centuries as an anti-Democratic force, the Senate needs to adapt or it might wake up one day and find that its powers have been stripped down to ceremonial engagements. Don't laugh! Our neighbors from across the pond not too long ago did exactly this to the House of Lords.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/22/1884099…

LIBRI DEI COMANDI
ANGELUS MORS MORS MORS | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
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US Labor, The Fight Against Racist Attacks & Xenophobia With Kent Wong UCLA Labor Center
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
WorkWeek interviews Kent Wong, Director of the UCLA Labor Center and a founder of the Asian Pacifica Labor Alliance. He discusses the growing racist attacks, the history of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884102…

School reopening deals approved in Los Angeles and Oakland as unions stifle opposition
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Those who did vote in "favor" were told repeatedly by the unions that they had no choice but to vote for the agreements.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884101…

Saturday 4/17: Climate Change: The Top 10 things you Should Know in San Francisco
The San Francisco Public Library | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Zoom Live…
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23 Comparisons Of Tree Fruits And Nuts To Slaughterhouse Cadavers
SNS | indybay.org | 2021-03-23
Many ways in which tree, bush, and vine fruit is better than | slaughterhouse products.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/21/1884098…

No clear winner in Israeli election, but Netanyahu has upper hand in building a coalition
rt.com | 2021-03-23
Exit polls show no clear winner in Israel's latest general election. However, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a clear path to building a coalition, if his potential allies give him that gift. | Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday, to vote in the fourth general election in two years. Rocked by corruption charges in 2018, Netanyahu has managed to hold onto power thus far, winning a narrow victory in spring 2019 but failing to form a government. | After multiple elections, abortive back-and forth attempts between Netanyahiu and rival Benny Gantz to form coalitions, and Netanyahu's shutdown of th…
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Ami Ayalon's Political Journey
Raja Shehadeh | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Ami Ayalon's Political Journey…
thenation.com/article/world/ami-ayalon-f…

There Is No Vaccine for Global Warming
Tom Engelhardt | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
There Is No Vaccine for Global Warming…
thenation.com/article/environment/pandem…

I Am Not Ready to Reenter White Society
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
I Am Not Ready to Reenter White Society…
thenation.com/article/society/after-covi…

Who's Having a 'Bad Day'?
Jesse Duquette | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Who's Having a 'Bad Day'?
thenation.com/article/activism/whos-havi…

Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue
Our Readers | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue…
thenation.com/article/society/letters-fr…

Lady Bird Johnson's Influence in the LBJ Administration Was Minimized for Far Too Long
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Lady Bird Johnson's Influence in the LBJ Administration Was Minimized for Far Too Long…
thenation.com/article/society/lady-bird-…

Who's Having a "Bad Day"?
Jesse Duquette | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Who's Having a "Bad Day"?
thenation.com/article/activism/whos-havi…

Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue
Our Readers | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Letters From the March 5/12, 2021, Issue…
thenation.com/article/society/letters-fr…

How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women
Abigail Higgins, Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤ | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
How the Violence Against Women Act Failed Women…
thenation.com/article/society/violence-a…

Netanyahu Is Letting Israel's Fascists Enter by the Front Door
James Zogby | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Netanyahu Is Letting Israel's Fascists Enter by the Front Door…
thenation.com/article/world/israel-kahan…

What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions
Robin Broad, John Cavanagh | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions…
thenation.com/article/world/el-salvador-…

Vilifying China Puts a Bull's-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans
Mae Ngai | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Vilifying China Puts a Bull's-Eye on the Backs of Asian Americans…
thenation.com/article/world/anti-asian-r…

On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
On Voting Rights, Ted Cruz Tells the Truth for Once…
thenation.com/article/politics/ted-cruz-…

Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No!
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-03-23
Ambassador Rahm Emanuel? No, No, a Thousand Times No!
thenation.com/article/politics/ambassado…

Four Ways to Support Latinas/os during the Pandemic and Beyond
Alvaro Huerta | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only devastated the U.S. economy, healthcare system and educational way of learning, it has also exposed or exasperated the racial and class inequalities in the formal economy (and informal economy). (The informal economy is also known as the unregulated economy, among other terms.) While it's true that pandemic has impacted…
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[Research Paper] Pre-existing conditions are associated with COVID-19 patients' hospitalization, despite confirmed clearance of SARS-CoV-2 virus
Colin Pawlowski, AJ Venkatakrishnan, Eshwan Ramudu, Christian Kirkup, Arjun Puranik, Nikhil Kayal, Gabriela Berner, Akash Anand, Rakesh Barve, John C. O'Horo, Andrew D. Badley, Venky Soundararajan | thelancet.com | 2021-03-23
Overall, this retrospective study highlights specific pre-existing conditions that are associated with higher hospitalization rates in COVID-19 patients despite viral clearance and motivates follow-up prospective research into the associated risk factors.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(21)00073-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Molecular Point-of-Care Test Improved Influenza Care
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
A point-of-care (POC) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test quickly detected influenza and improved care among patients hospitalized at 2 UK centers between December 2017 and May 2019, a trial in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine found.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Israel's Discriminatory Vaccine Push Underscores Need for Action on behalf of Palestinians
Human Rights Watch | juancole.com | 2021-03-23
Human Rights Watch Statement — Item 7 General Debate ( Human Rights Watch ) — As millions of Israelis slowly return to normalcy, with the majority of citizens vaccinated, millions of Palestinians just a short distance away in the occupied territory return to lockdown, with the prospect of mass vaccination nowhere in sight. The Israeli …
juancole.com/2021/03/israels-discriminat…

New court filings for Abu-Jamal's appeal
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2021-03-23
As his 67th birthday nears, and Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal faces challenging and potentially fatal health crises, his legal case is still slowly winding its way through the arduous appellate court system. "Free Mumia" signs at the March 20 Harlem rally in solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., . . . | Continue reading New court filings for Abu-Jamal's appeal at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/03/55212/?utm_source=rs…

Ventilator Weaning and Discontinuation Practices in Critically Ill Patients
Burns KA, Rizvi L, Cook DJ, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-03-23
This critical care epidemiology study describes practice variation in invasive mechanical ventilation weaning and discontinuation practices, associations between initial discontinuation events and outcomes, and factors associated with use of select discontinuation strategies and failed initial spontaneous breathing trials among critically ill patients in ICUs in 19 countries.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Kosovo Opening Embassy in Jerusalem Defies Turkey but Confirms Vassalage to US
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Kosovo can expect retaliation from Turkey for opening its embassy in …
globalresearch.ca/kosovo-opening-embassy…

22 Years Ago: NATO's Illegal and Criminal Invasion of Yugoslavia
Nebojsa Malic | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
At the beginning of NATO's aggression, there were fewer dead, fewer refugees, less destruction, and more order than at any time since the beginning of the occupation. NATO has replaced a fabricated evil with a very real evil of its own.
globalresearch.ca/nato-s-illegal-and-cri…

Sudan accepts UAE offer to mediate border and dam disputes with Ethiopia
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Sudan accepts UAE offer to mediate border and dam disputes with Ethiopia | Tensions have been running high between the neighbours over dispute in Al-Fashqa region and huge dam on Nile River | MEE and agencies | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 20: 07 | Deadly conflict erupted in November in Ethiopia's Tigray region between federal and Tigray regional forces (AFP) | Sudan has accepted an offer by the United Arab Emirates (U…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-accepts…

Israel: Netanyahu Declares Himself Winner, Exit Polls Unclear
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
According to the exit polls, Netanyahu's party would get over 30 seats which would be just enough to form a majority. However, several media outlets explain that it remains unclear whether this could be possible since the same exit polls later revealed that both Netanyahu and his opposition fell short of forming a majority.
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Netanyahu…

Israel elections: Weary voters head to polls for fourth time in two years
Lubna Masarwa | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Israel elections: Weary voters head to polls for fourth time in two years | Netanyahu's Likud set to be largest party but unclear if he will be able to form a government or if it will be another stalemate | Lubna Masarwa | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 07: 50 | Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, votes in Israel's fourth national election in two year at a polling statino in the northern village of Maghar (AFP) | El…
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Netanyahu's Likud in lead following Israel vote, exit polls show
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Netanyahu's Likud in lead following Israel vote, exit polls show | All three polls show Likud would need Naftali Bennett's Yamina party to join coalition in order to form government | MEE staff | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 20: 28 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he votes at polling station in Jerusalem on 23 March 2021, in the fourth national election in two years (AFP) | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's…
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Israel's Election Is All About Netanyahu
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Israelis are going to the polls for the fourth time in …
globalresearch.ca/israel-election-about-…

Polls suggest political deadlock in Israel may continue even after the fourth election in two years
Abdul Rahman | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-23
Though there is widespread frustration against Benjamin Netanyahu's government due to corruption cases, a strong hegemony of the right-wing in the country's politics and the absence of a real left alternative may help him hang on to power…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/23/polls-sug…

Israel election: Far-right party alliance set for big gains, exit polls show
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Israel election: Far-right party alliance set for big gains, exit polls show | Religious Zionist Party projected to get at least six seats while Netanyahu's Likud Party is on track to win between 31 and 33 seats, according to exit polls | MEE staff | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 20: 28 | Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit party, cheers to supporters at a market in Jerusalem while campaigning on 22 March, 2021 (AFP) | The Rel…
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Israel elections: Weary voters head to polls for fourth time in two years
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Israel elections: Weary voters head to polls for fourth time in two years | Netanyahu's Likud set to be largest party but unclear if he will be able to form a government or if it will be another stalemate | MEE staff | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 07: 50 | A religious Israeli casts his ballot on 23 March 2021 in the mostly Jewish ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on the fourth national election in two years (AFP) | Election-weary Isr…
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Israel elections: Weary voters head to polls for fourth time in two years
Lubna Masarwa | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Israel elections: Weary voters head to polls for fourth time in two years | Netanyahu's Likud set to be largest party but unclear if he will be able to form a government or if it will be another stalemate | Lubna Masarwa | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 07: 50 | Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List, votes in Israel's fourth national election in two year at a polling station in the northern village of Maghar (AFP) | El…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-electi…

A Mob Is Coming for Your Voting Rights
Jim Hightower | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
It's not a crowd of rioters, like on January 6 — it's a group of legalistic autocrats like Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-mob-is-coming-fo…

The Heat: U.S. politics
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2021-03-23
Thousands of migrants are arriving at the U.S. southern border, in what some are calling a crisis. We will take a look at the situation there, the COVID-19 pandemic and also at the Biden administration's foreign policy.
america.cgtn.com/2021/03/23/the-heat-u-s…

Khashoggi murder: Top Saudi official made death threats to UN investigator Callamard
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Khashoggi murder: Top Saudi official made death threats to UN investigator Callamard | United Nations officials twice told that Riyadh would have Agnes Callamard 'taken care of' following probe into journalist's assassination | MEE staff | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 14: 07 | UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard (L) greets Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee and Turkish writer Hatice Cengiz at the UN Human Rights C…
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Yemeni family appeals US drone strike case to Germany's highest court
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Yemeni family appeals US drone strike case to Germany's highest court | Rights group says significance of Ramstein Air Base in Germany for US drones strikes in Yemen is greater than the court assumes | MEE staff | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 14: 48 | The US military has said Ramstein is not used to launch or operate drones involved in "counterterrorism activities" (AFP) | Two Yemeni men who have claimed their relatives were killed…
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Arabic press review: Tunisia 'secretly' exports 1,000 tons of couscous to Israel annually
Mohammad Ayesh | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-23
Arabic press review: Tunisia 'secretly' exports 1,000 tons of couscous to Israel annually | Meanwhile, 200,000 expats have lost residency in Kuwait, Israel has allegedly been playing a role in organised crime, and Jordan sees price hikes ahead of Ramadan | Mohammad Ayesh | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 11: 32 | Israelis shop at a supermarket in the city of Bnei Brak on 7 January 2021 (AFP) | Tunisian couscous finds its…
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Amnesty International: Facebook Plan To Target Children "Incompatible With Human Rights"
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-23
SAN FRANSICO — Facebook has let slip that it is launching an Instagram service for children under 13 years old, who are currently legally barred from using the platform. On Thursday, Instagram's vice president of product told employees in a leaked communication that this was indeed the plan. Instagram's boss, Adam Mosseri, confirmed the leak's veracity to Buzzfeed News, telling them that his goal was to create a transparent and kid-friendly version of the popular photo-sharing app for children and pre-teens.
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Another Dead Wolf in Arizona
Greta Anderson | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-23
You might not have seen the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service news release this week that announced the illegal killing of another Mexican wolf in Arizona. Authorities are looking for information on "a vehicle that was stopped or driving slowly near the Saffel Canyon Trailhead on the evening of February 18, 2021," or anything else…
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Why we Must pass The Medicare for All Act
F. Douglas Stephenson | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
Everyone knows that this inhumane system should have been corrected long ago, but the death and illness ravages of the pandemic crisis makes it impossible to any longer avoid reality…
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"Good Ideas Are Not Enough, We Need to Marry Our Ideas to Power"
Nina Turner | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
Interview on the heartbreaks and new opportunities of both Bernie campaigns, the left agenda she will bring to Capitol Hill, and why policies like Medicare for All and a Green New Deal are racial justice issues…
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The Urgent Need for a Biden-Putin Summit
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
Last week's outbreak of rhetorical hostilities between the White House and the Kremlin has heightened the urgent need for a summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin…
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In Syria, the war of hunger is taking over from the war of guns
Patrick Cockburn | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
"Sanctions and other measures that are meant to penalise repressive rulers usually wind up hurting ordinary people the most"
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Lawmakers Urge Biden to Block Massive Petrochemical Complex in Cancer Alley
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
"This disastrous project is an affront to environmental justice and contrary to your goals to reduce pollution in frontline communities."
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Nurses in Worcester, MA, Strike over Unsafe Conditions and Staffing
Left Voice | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
Hundreds of nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, MA, are on strike, demanding better conditions. This week, Left Voice correspondents visited their picket line, spoke and interviewed striking nurses…
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These Teamsters Saved Their Own Pensions
Alexandra Bradbury | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
"We knew there was nobody going to help us but us. It's really a lesson that I'm happy to pass on to my kids and grandkids. You group together with other people of similar thought and you keep fighting. There's just no other way."
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For Every Dollar a Billionaire Gives to Charity, You Chip in Up to 74 Cents
Chuck Collins | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
The wealthier the donor, the bigger the taxpayer subsidy…
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Biden's Syria Deception: The Norwegian Connection
Eirik Vold | zcomm.org | 2021-03-23
Interview on the role of Norway in U.S. military policy…
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Video: Saudi War on Yemen. Six-year Epic Failure: Riyadh's Crusade on Sana'a
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Six years of the Saudi-led war have passed in Yemen, and …
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Selected Articles: Toronto Police Officers Challenge "Unconstitutional Public Health Measures"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Video: "Police On Guard for Thee": Toronto Police Officers Challenge "Unconstitutional Public Health Measures" | By Len Faul and Julius Ruechel, March 23 2021 | For those officers who are silent while we are ordered to enact questionable polic…
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Europe Do Not Rule Out Link Between AstraZeneca and Coagulation
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
European Medicines Agency (EMA) Director Emer Cooke on Tuesday announced clinical and laboratory reports do not yet allow a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the blood clotting cases to be definitively ruled out. | RELATED: | Astrazeneca Vaccine 79 Percent Effective, Company Says | She recalled that the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) recommended raising awareness of potential risks to help healthcare professionals follow up on symptoms that may occur after vac…
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Mexico Dispatches Its First Batch of CanSino COVID-19 Vaccines
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-23
Mexico's Foreign Affairs Minister Marcelo Ebrard Monday informed that 940,022 CanSino vaccines were packaged in his country and began to be distributed. | RELATED: | US Officials Head To Mexico and Guatemala To Address Migration | These doses were packaged at the Drugmex plant in Queretaro where Birmex laboratories are in charge of the distribution. Previously, Mexico purchased 35 million doses from China. | Ebrard noted that this vaccine is highly effective and it avoids hos…
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COVID-19 Vaccine Tested on Babies Even as Death Toll Mounts. Greatest Public Health Calamity in Modern History
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
If early statistics are any indication, we are facing the greatest …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-vaccine-teste…

The US Indo-Pacific Strategy and Its Delusions
Newsclick | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-23
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the recent Anchorage meeting between Chinese and US officials, the larger dimensions of the Indo-Pacific strategy of the United States, and how all of this ties into the politics around vaccines that dominates global diplomacy today.
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New Research Points to Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Blood Clots
Megan Redshaw | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-23
Researchers in Norway and Germany say they've identified antibodies that provoke …
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New result from the LHCb experiment challenges leading theory in physics
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-23
Imperial physicists are part of a team that has announced 'intriguing' results that potentially cannot be explained by our current laws of nature.
imperial.ac.uk/news/218134/new-result-fr…

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