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Free online course: “History of Slavery in the British Caribbean” — Repeating Islands

Explore the history and legacy of British colonial slavery and oppression in the Caribbean through historical slave accounts in a free online course offered by the University of Glasgow and The University of the West Indies. The course begins on October 12, 2020, lasts four weeks, and involves four hours of weekly study. See overview […]

Free online course: “History of Slavery in the British Caribbean” — Repeating Islands

N.Y.C. Will Close Schools and Businesses in Areas Hard-Hit by Covid – The New York Times

The nine ZIP codes include portions of Far Rockaway, Borough Park, Midwood, Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Sheepshead Bay and Kew Gardens.

The city is also closely watching 11 additional ZIP codes that Mr. de Blasio described as a “real concern.”

In those neighborhoods, the city will curtail indoor dining, which has only just begun.

NeuroRX on the cusp of releasing a life-saving COVID-19 treatment – The Jerusalem Post

The new drug seems able to block the reproduction of COVID-19, prevent Type II cells death and stimulate the production of white blood cells. These, in turn, secrete chemicals that help protect Type II cells from the novel coronavirus.

Source: NeuroRX on the cusp of releasing a life-saving COVID-19 treatment – The Jerusalem Post

Revealed: Trump-linked consultant tied to Facebook pages warning election will cause civil war | US elections 2020 | The Guardian

A militia-promoting father and son duo of fake news publishers and a Trump-connected social media consultant are linked to pages which promote the idea of an American civil war with material presented in a way that appears to be an effort to sidestep Facebook’s fact-checking system.

Comments on their Facebook pages and other materials obtained by the Guardian show that some rank and file Donald Trump supporters are enthusiastically receiving the message that they should prepare for violence against their perceived political enemies in November.

The network is comprised of websites owned and operated by Dino Porrazzo Sr and Dino Porrazzo Jr, whose company, AFF Media, is headquartered in Pinon Hills in California. The pair have been running rightwing websites since at latest 2013, according to DNS website records.

Source: Revealed: Trump-linked consultant tied to Facebook pages warning election will cause civil war | US elections 2020 | The Guardian

Personal assistant to Trump tests positive for coronavirus – CNNPolitics

One of the White House aides who works closest to President Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus, a White House official confirmed to CNN.

Nicholas Luna, an assistant to the President, acts as one of his “body men,” whose job is to accompany the President throughout the day and night, putting him in close proximity to Trump, who announced early Friday morning he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive.
The duties of a body man range from handling a president’s papers and speech texts to being ready with everything from briefing books to pens for autographs.

Source: Personal assistant to Trump tests positive for coronavirus – CNNPolitics

US border wall is being sold in Mexico as scrap metal – Insider

“There were DHS and Army Corps of Engineers officials, standing there watching their contractors with a bulldozer and front-end loaders push the scrap metal onto the Mexican side,” Gary Nabhan, a desert ecologist, told the station. “And Mexican scrap metal scavengers were coming right up to the border.”

Nabhan told KOB4 that he believed that dumping the old wall for anyone to haul away in Sonoyta, Mexico, is both a taxpayer waste and environmentally concerning.

“All of that metal and concrete should have been carried away to Phoenix or Tucson where there’s legal disposal sites or recycling centers – none of it should have been pushed into Mexico,” Nabhan said.

Source: US border wall is being sold in Mexico as scrap metal – Insider

Fact check: Trump campaign runs Facebook ads featuring fake image of Biden wearing earpiece – CNNPolitics

Facts FirstThe Trump ads’ image of Biden wearing an earpiece is not authentic. The image was manipulated to add the earpiece to a real photo that shows Biden without an earpiece.

Source: Fact check: Trump campaign runs Facebook ads featuring fake image of Biden wearing earpiece – CNNPolitics