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Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message
President Donald Trump sought to stoke racial divisions Wednesday as he touted an administrative rule change on housing that he hopes will appeal to White suburbanites who have been abandoning him amid his handling of coronavirus and his views on race.
DNC launches TV ad hitting Trump on coronavirus and reopening of schools ahead of new school year
The Democratic National Committee is launching a new offensive on President Donald Trump‘s handling of the coronavirus pandemic with a focus on the thorny issue of reopening schools, rolling out a television ad on Monday as parents and educators across the country express widespread concern ahead of the new school year.
Four Hong Kong student activists arrested for ‘secession’ over social media posts
Police in Hong Kong have arrested four members of a student-led pro-independence group for suspected secessionist offenses on social media under the city’s sweeping new national security law.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/29/asia/hong-kong-security-law-election-intl-hnk/index.html
Pelosi warns maskless lawmakers may be thrown out
The US House of Representatives has ordered all members and staff to wear masks as the nation’s death toll from coronavirus passed 150,000.
MacKenzie Scott donates $1.7bn since Amazon boss divorce
MacKenzie Scott, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife, says that she has given $1.7bn (£1.3bn) to charity to date.
US election: Biden pledges billions to improve racial equality
Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden has promised to spend tens of billions of dollars to help people of colour overcome economic inequality, if he wins the election in November.
Tech giants Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon to face Congress
Unprecedented is a dangerous word in journalism, but this really hasn’t happened before.
Coronavirus: Trump sticks by discredited hydroxychloroquine
US President Donald Trump has again defended the use of hydroxychloroquine to ward off coronavirus, contradicting his own public health officials.
Covid studies aim to save BAME lives ‘within months’
UK scientists are to receive millions of pounds of government funding for a raft of studies to learn why ethnic minorities are at greater risk from Covid-19.
Obama warns that Trump’s actions threaten US democracy
July 31, 2020
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Della Hill
In one of the most jolting moments in modern political history, former President Barack Obama reclaimed his political pulpit with a stark warning that his successor is a grave and imminent threat to American democracy and racial justice.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-election-democracy/index.html
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