(2020-07-10). Trump: Reopen Schools (or Else). counterpunch.org 
"Stable genius" Donald Trump knows as much about schools as he does about epidemiology. The man who reportedly is said by his niece to have paid someone to take a college entrance exam when he was in high school suddenly has become an education expert and has urged that schools reopen physically at their scheduled
(2020-07-10). Teachers on re-opening schools: "Not without protecting kids" peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—When the issue comes down to reopening the nation's schools as the coronavirus plague continues, GOP President Donald Trump says "yes," but leaders of teachers unions say "no"—or at any rate, not until you can truly protect the kids. The uproar started with a Trump dog-and-pony show with his Education Secretary, Elizabeth "Betsy" DeVos, and …
(2020-07-10). COVID-19 Measures Unconstitutional: Legal Proceeding against Prime Minister Trudeau: Filed in Ontario Superior Court. globalresearch.ca We are living in unprecedented times. The mass and indiscriminate containment of citizens, the restriction of access to parliament, the courts, medical and educational services, the destruction of local economies and livelihoods, and the requirement to physically distance, along with …
(2020-07-10). House Labor-Health-Education bill could set off social issue uproars. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The mammoth, and often controversial, House money bill for federal labor, health and education spending adds billions of dollars for schools and health programs, but could also set off several social issue uproars when it hits the House floor later this month. The measure doles out and increases funds for the departments of Labor, Health …
(2020-07-10). Trump Threatens To Cut Funding For Schools That Don't Reopen. popularresistance.org President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos are threatening to cut off federal funding to schools that do not open their doors this fall due to coronavirus concerns. | In a recent Tweet he suggests it is a Democrat ploy to hurt him politically by tweeting: "In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families." In a conference call with governors across the country, Devos stated: "Risk is involved in ever…
(2020-07-10). Trump threatens to defund universities for 'Radical Left Indoctrination'. rt.com 
President Donald Trump has announced that the Treasury Department will examine the tax-exempt status of the US' universities and schools, accusing them of indoctrinating children with "Radical Left" ideology. | "Too many Universities and School Systems are about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education," Trump tweeted on Friday. "Therefore, I am telling the Treasury Department to re-examine their Tax-Exempt Status and/or funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy continues." … and/or Funding, which will be taken away if this Propaganda or Act Against Public Policy c…
(2020-07-10). Deep Recession and Contraction of Global Economy: "Second Wave" Covid Economic Impact? globalresearch.ca The reopening of the US economy in June—and some states as early as May—has produced a modest economic 'rebound'. But rebound is not to be confused with economic recovery. | The current rebound is the natural result of the US economy …
(2020-07-10). Video: Iran to Support Syria with Air Defense to Repel US, Israeli Attacks. globalresearch.ca Iran will help to strengthen Syrian air defense capabilities as part of a wider military security agreement between the two countries, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said on July 8. …
(2020-07-10). US Plans to Invade Venezuela Through Colombia. globalresearch.ca Colombia is under a pro-Washington government. The country's current president, Iván Duque Márquez, has been noted for a series of policies of alignment with the United States, continuing the legacy of his predecessor, former president Juan Manuel Santos, …
(2020-07-10). China's Growing Influence in Central Asia and the Middle East Will Lead to Further US Decline. globalresearch.ca China's increasing presence on the international scene is an undeniable threat to the US-led world order. Critical to China's emergence as a major power this century, has been its widening influence in the Central Asian states. Central Asia, rich in …
(2020-07-10). How Billionaires Get Away With Their Big Con. counterpunch.org About 75 percent of Americans trusted the federal government to "do what is right" when polled during most of the last years of the Eisenhower administration and early years of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. In 2019, when the Pew Research Center released its most recent poll of public trust in the government, only 17 percent
(2020-07-10). The Prosecution of Washington's Kosovo Clients for War Crimes. globalresearch.ca The United States and its NATO allies launched a military intervention in 1999 that helped the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) win its secessionist campaign against Serbia.U.S. officials justified that intervention on the grounds that Serbian security forces were committing pervasive …
(2020-07-10). JCPOA: The Iran Nuclear Deal that Wasn't. globalresearch.ca July 14th, 2020, marks the fifth anniversary of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Agreement, often referred to as the Iran Nuclear Deal (or simply the Deal) — the Deal that wasn't. It was yet another attempt …
(2020-07-10). Palestinians Have No Choice but to Resist in Any Way, Shape or Form Annexation. globalresearch.ca To annex or not annex? This is the question bugging Israeli, Palestinian and international political figures since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu missed his July 1 deadline for beginning the process of formally annexing portions of the occupied West Bank. …
(2020-07-10). Calls for Swift Action as Hundreds of Elephants Die in Botswana's Okavango Delta. globalresearch.ca Nearly 400 elephants have died in Botswana's Okavango Delta since March, in what wildlife experts say is one of the largest elephant mortality events ever recorded. Conservationists have criticized the government's handling of the matter and are urging them to …
(2020-07-10). Forced Vaccination Plan Unveiled. globalresearch.ca Stanford University Legal & Medical Authorities Join Forces To Fashion An Indiscriminate Mandated Mass-Vaccination Plan That Would Frighten The Public, Disregard Lawful Protections Of Informed Consent And Result In Needless Deaths. | *** | Our health overlords propose a dangerous infectious disease …
(2020-07-10). Fujifilm's Avigan inconclusive in COVID-19 patients in Japan trial. yenisafak.com A clinical trial of Fujifilm Holdings Corp's Avigan drug yielded inconclusive results as a treatment of COVID-19, Japanese researchers said on Friday.Although patients given the drug early in the trial showed more improvement than those who got delayed doses, the results did not reach statistical significance, Fujita Health University researcher Yohei Doi said.The results, announced at a news conference on Friday, followed the completion of a clinical trial conducted between March and May on 89 patients across Japan.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had said he hoped the drug would be approved as a COVID-19 trea…
(2020-07-10). Bipartisan Torpedo Against the Agreement for Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca Hundreds of thousands of civilian casualties, over 2,400 US soldiers killed (plus an unknown number of wounded), about 1,000 billion dollars spent: this is the budget summary of 19 years of US war in Afghanistan, to which the cost for …
(2020-07-10). Chicago protest against Duterte's terror law. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — More than 80 progressive Filipinos and supporters gathered in front of the Philippine Consulate, July 8, to protest the repressive 'anti-terrorism' measure recently signed into law by President Duterte. The law criminalizes trade union, student, environmental and other activists who are working for social and national liberation. The protest was one of many held across the U.S.
(2020-07-10). For Some Students, ICE's Visa Announcement Is Life or Death. thenation.com For Some Students, ICE's Visa Announcement Is Life or Death…
(2020-07-10). Pitt grad student organizers condemn changes to ICE Student Exchange and Visitor Program rules. fightbacknews.org Pittsburgh, PA – Members of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee at the University of Pittsburgh (GSOC-USW) issued a statement, July 8, expressing solidarity with international students and denouncing the Trump administration's recent modifications of existing ICE Student Exchange and Visitor Program (SEVP) rules. | Under the rule change, students in the United States on F-1 visas must take at least one in-person class or face deportation. This comes at a time when many universities, including the University of Pittsburgh, are still weighing their options for online instruction in the wake of the COVID-19 cr…
(2020-07-10). California sues Trump over rules to deport foreign students if colleges offer online-only classes. rt.com 
California has joined several Ivy League schools in challenging immigration rules that would send foreign students back if they can't attend classes in person, claiming such a requirement would only spread Covid-19. | Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Thursday that the state will file a legal challenge against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over their recent clarification of the rule that foreign exchange students would have to leave the US if their schools operate online-only classes. | "Today's lawsuit rests on America's enduring princip…
(2020-07-10). California sues Trump over rules to deport foreign students home if colleges offer online-only classes. rt.com California has joined several Ivy League schools in challenging immigration rules that would send foreign students back if they can't attend classes in person, claiming such a requirement would only spread Covid-19. | Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Thursday that the state will file a legal challenge against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), over their recent clarification of the rule that foreign exchange students would have to leave the US if their schools operate online-only classes. | "Today's lawsuit rests on America's enduring princip…
(2020-07-10). Activists Push Police Out Of Schools In Madison. therealnews.com 
Queer, trans, and Black students organized for their safety and dignity and pushed for the removal of police from Madison public schools.
(2020-07-10). Labor union begins struggle against COVID-19 layoffs. workers.org 
New York City On the last day possible, June 30, the City University of New York announced it was going to lay off 3,000, or more than 20 percent, of the 13,000 adjunct teaching staff, who are represented by the Professional Staff Congress, American Federation of Teachers Local 2334. The . . . |
(2020-07-10). What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Inequality, Discrimination and the Importance of Caring. counterpunch.org 
They say coronavirus doesn't discriminate, that it puts us all at risk, that it dictates an equally threatening future for all humankind. But the measures that have been implemented in Central America to deal with the pandemic are proof of the monumental, pre-existing inequality of our societies, and how quickly the neoliberal capitalist system takes
(2020-07-10). The U.S. and UK are a Wrecking Ball Crew Against the Pillars of Internationalism. counterpunch.org 
On January 9, 2020, Ambassador Karen Pierce—the United Kingdom's permanent representative to the United Nations—spoke at a meeting on the UN Charter. "Nobody could accuse the founding members of a lack of ambition when they drafted the Charter," Ambassador Pierce said. "But at times, the United Nations has often suffered from an almost unbridgeable gap
(2020-07-10). 16 homeless people known to have died with coronavirus — Office of National Statistics. thecanary.co 
Sixteen homeless people are known to have died with coronavirus (Covid-19) in England during the first three months of the lockdown. The deaths were registered between 26 March and 26 June, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed.But ONS has cautioned that the figure may be an underestimate of the true number of homeless people who have died with the virus. It defined homeless as people who were sleeping rough, using homeless shelters and direct access hostels, or housed in emergency accommodation due to the pandemic at or around the time of death.The 16 death certificates mentioned coronavirus either a…
(2020-07-10). Nearly 448M people live in EU: Statistics authority. yenisafak.com Calculated on Jan. 1, the population of the 27 EU member states was estimated at 447.7 million, the bloc's statistical authority said on Friday.Largely due to a one-off event, the number saw a steep drop of 12.8% compared with 513.5 million in the 28 member states on Jan 1, 2019, Eurostat said ahead of World Population Day on July 11."The decrease is mainly due to the withdrawal of the UK (on Feb 1), which led the population of the EU to decrease by 13%," it said.As more deaths than births were recorded in the EU since 2012, the natural change has been in a negative direction.In 2019 the bloc saw 4.7 million deat…
(2020-07-09). Police in Schools Continue to Target Black, Brown, and Indigenous Students with Disabilities. The Trump Administration Has Data That's Likely to Prove It. aclu.org Across the country, communities are pushing their schools to divest funding from police and reinvest those funds in student mental health care and other supportive services. But in making their case to their respective school boards, these parents, students, and advocates have run into one significant barrier — outdated data on policing in schools. , , Every other year, the Department of Education collects and eventually releases to the public data that shows the number of student referrals and arrests made by police (including school resource officers (SROs)) in public schools, and which students are m…
(2020-07-09). Defunding the Police Is an Immigrants' Rights Issue, Too. commondreams.org Immigrant and Latinx communities also suffer at the hands of police and would benefit from the defunding and subsequent re-investment of public resources into social programs and education in their communities. (Photo: Ross D. Franklin / Associated Press) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-07-09). Delhi University students and faculty oppose implementation of online exam system. peoplesdispatch.org The University Grants Commission, which regulates higher education in India, and the government have declared that online end-term exams in Delhi University should be conducted by September. Students and faculty have opposed this…
(2020-07-09). UK Complicity with Saudi War Crimes in Yemen. globalresearch.ca Britain operates as a US imperial project junior partner — allied with its preemptive wars against nonbelligerent nations threatening no one. | Both countries operate by a do what we say, not as we do standard. | While their lofty language expresses …
(2020-07-09). Video: Turkish Proxies Create Chaos in Northeastern Syria. globalresearch.ca Chaos is spreading through the Turkish-occupied part of northern Syria. | Late on July 7, a car bomb explosion rocked the town of Tell Abyad killing at least seven people. Pro-Turkish sources immediately accused the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) of …
(2020-07-09). The Global Reset — Unplugged. "The Deep State" globalresearch.ca Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy — and you may even believe it — but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, …
(2020-07-09). Video Documentary on Nicaragua, Events of April 2018: Lies Through Omission and Lack of Evidence. Was It A False Flag? globalresearch.ca From Nicaraguan civil society and from members of North American and European Networks in solidarity with Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution | IACHR President: Sr. Joel Hernández García | IACHR First Vice-President: Sra. Antonia Urrejola Noguera | IACHR Second Vice-President: Sra. Flávia Piovesan | GIEI members: …
(2020-07-09). Bolsonaro Will Politicize His "Alleged" Coronavirus Infection to Regain Lost Popularity. globalresearch.ca It is only natural for many people to think Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro testing positive for COVID-19 is a karma for his insistence on minimizing the risks of the disease and a near non-existent management of the pandemic that has …
(2020-07-09). US Policy Toward China Wrecking Bilateral Relations. globalresearch.ca Both right wings of the US one-party state are of a single mind in wanting China's economic, industrial, technological, and military advancement undermined. | Obama's near-decade ago prioritization of asserting Washington's Asia/Pacific presence was and remains key Dem and GOP policy….
(2020-07-09). Evolving Global Crisis: Medical Social Engineering and Management. globalresearch.ca There have been for some time, esp. from libertarian quarters, accusations that the COVID-19 crisis has led to a state that has been called by some "medical martial law". I believe the more accurate term and point of departure is …
(2020-07-09). COVID-19 Could Kill More People Through Hunger than the Disease Itself, Warns Oxfam. globalresearch.ca More people could die as a result of hunger linked to COVID-19 than could die from the disease, warned Oxfam in a new report published today. | The report, The Hunger Virus, reveals how an estimated 122 million more people could …
(2020-07-09). The "Second Wave": Politics Influences the "Science" of COVID-19. Flawed Data, Flawed Models. globalresearch.ca Many of us are still shell-shocked by the changes in our lives that have been imposed this spring. To anyone who has stepped back to make sense of this web of contradictory messages that pour out of our newsfeeds, it is clear that the government agencies and corporate news media are slanting their message toward fear.
(2020-07-09). Open Letter to the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the IACHR Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts on Nicaragua, the Argentinian Team of Forensic Anthropology and SITU Research of New York. globalresearch.ca IACHR President: Sr. Joel Hernández García | IACHR First Vice-President: Sra. Antonia Urrejola Noguera | IACHR Second Vice-President: Sra. Flávia Piovesan | GIEI members: Sr. Amerigo Incalcaterra, Sra. Sofía Macher, Sr. Pablo Parenti and Sra. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey | EAAF: Sra. Mercedes …
(2020-07-09). Israel Annexation Plan: Jordan's Existential Threat. globalresearch.ca More than any other Arab state, Jordan's past, present and future are inextricably linked to the question of Palestine. Jordan's emergence is an outcome of British imperialism, which imposed the infamous
(2020-07-09). UK Commits 'Highway Robbery' of Venezuelan Gold, Says Academic. globalresearch.ca When it comes to Venezuela, Britain is suffering from split personality disorder. While the UK Foreign Office reportedly maintains 'full, normal and reciprocal diplomatic relations' with legitimately elected President Maduro's government, and with Maduro's UK ambassador, the British government has …
(2020-07-09). Video Documentary on Nicaragua, Lies Through Omission and Fake Evidence. (May 2018) Was It A False Flag? globalresearch.ca From Nicaraguan civil society and from members of North American and European Networks in solidarity with Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution | IACHR President: Sr. Joel Hernández García | IACHR First Vice-President: Sra. Antonia Urrejola Noguera | IACHR Second Vice-President: Sra. Flávia Piovesan | GIEI members: …
(2020-07-09). Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court. globalresearch.ca A war crimes
(2020-07-09). The UN Has Found that the US Killing of Qassem Soleimani Broke International Law. It's Right, but Nothing Will Happen as a Result. globalresearch.ca For America, international law has no meaning. In Washington's view, it applies to other countries, but not to them. Sadly, this well-reasoned UN declaration is simply an exercise in frustration and irrelevance. | On paper, it sounds very copesetic: "… a …
(2020-07-09). COVID-19 Cases in Africa Rising Sharply. globalresearch.ca Concerns are mounting across the African continent and internationally over the exponential growth in COVID-19 infections. | At the time of this writing the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC) reported a total of 508,584 cases resulting in 12,000 …
(2020-07-09). How 36 Reporters Brought Us the Twin Towers' Explosive Demolition on 9/11. globalresearch.ca Editor's Note: As of the publication of this article, Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth is awaiting a decision from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) regarding the
(2020-07-09). Washington's War on Huawei Continues. globalresearch.ca For Washington, Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei presents a nearly unsolvable problem. We can draw this conclusion by looking at how the US has chosen to compete, or rather, what it is substituting instead for what should be competition. | CNET in …