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Labour MP Dawn Butler stopped by police in London | UK news | The Guardian – DWB stop

It emerged last month that young black men were stopped and searched by police more than 20,000 times in London during the lockdown, the equivalent of more than a quarter of all black 15- to 24-year-olds in the capital. Across England as a whole there were four stop and searches for every 1,000 white people and 38 for every 1,000 black people in 2018-19.

Source: Labour MP Dawn Butler stopped by police in London | UK news | The Guardian

Black Employees Say Veterans Affairs Has a Serious Racism Problem, and the Stories Are Pretty Damning

A survey of employees at Veterans Affairs has revealed that nearly 80 percent of them believe that racism is a serious and widespread problem within the government agency. lxidjohwmyqgnyw335qm.jpg

A survey of employees at Veterans Affairs has revealed that nearly 80 percent of them believe that racism is a serious and widespread problem within the government agency.

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Abe says Japan must avoid declaring coronavirus emergency to help economy

Lost touch with reality of what Covid-19 is and can do to cripple economy by striking over and over again – WAKE UP!

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TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the country must try to avoid declaring another emergency, in order to soften the blow to the economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Private-sector economists expect gross domestic product to have fallen by more than 20 per cent in the April-June quarter, he told reporters in the south-western city of Nagasaki. That would be a worse hit than the financial crisis, which caused more than a million people to lose their jobs, Mr Abe added.

“Considering the effect on employment and livelihoods, we must do all we can to avoid re-issuing the declaration, while controlling the infection as far as possible,” he said. Under a state of emergency declared in April, many businesses closed and people were urged to stay at home.

The central government hasn’t issued a blanket request that people avoid travel over the traditional Obon holidays this month, even as some regional governors declare their own emergencies, or urge residents to stay put.

Mr Abe said the government would provide two trillion yen (S$26 billion) in aid for virus-hit hospitals, and that more would be available if needed.

Many of Japan’s privately run medical facilities have been hit hard by the pandemic, and the government fears that widespread bankruptcies would make it impossible to deal with any sudden increase in coronavirus patients, the Yomiuri newspaper said earlier on Sunday (Aug 9).

Hospitals that are accepting Covid-19 patients have had to cut back on other services, reducing their income. Even those that don’t treat the coronavirus are seeing a fall-off in consultations, as many people avoid enclosed spaces for fear of infection.

While Japan’s data has been called into question because of limited testing, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare had recorded 1,039 total deaths from the virus as of Saturday – a figure the US often reaches in a day.

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Abdul Samad Quits in First Govt. Resignation over Blast

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Information Minister Manal Abdel Samad on Sunday quit in the first government resignation since a deadly port blast killed at least 160 people and destroyed swathes of Beirut.

“After the enormous Beirut catastrophe, I announce my resignation from government,” she said in a statement carried by local media, apologizing to the Lebanese public for failing them.

Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Trump Coronavirus Announcements | Speaker Nancy Pelosi – (does not provide aid needed)

“Today’s meager announcements by the President show President Trump still does not comprehend the seriousness or the urgency of the health and economic crises facing working families.  We’re disappointed that instead of putting in the work to solve Americans’ problems, the President instead chose to stay on his luxury golf course to announce unworkable, weak and narrow policy announcements to slash the unemployment benefits that millions desperately need and endanger seniors’ Social Security and Medicare.

“These policy announcements provide little real help to families.  For instance, not only does the President’s announcement not actually extend the eviction moratorium, it provides no assistance to help pay the rent, which will only leave desperate families to watch their debt pile higher.  Instead of passing a bill, now President Trump is cutting families’ unemployment benefits and pushing states further into budget crises, forcing them to make devastating cuts to life-or-death services.

“Furthermore, these announcements do nothing to increase testing, nothing to reopen schools, nothing to put food on the table for hungry families, nothing to prevent heroes being laid off across state and local government, nothing to protect the Postal Service or the integrity of our elections, nothing on many critical needs of the American people.

Source: Pelosi, Schumer Joint Statement on Trump Coronavirus Announcements | Speaker Nancy Pelosi

260 students and 8 teachers quarantined in Georgia school district after first week of school – CNN

At least 260 students and eight teachers from a suburban school district in Atlanta, Georgia, were quarantined after multiple students and teachers tested positive for Covid-19 during the first week of school.

In statements posted on its website, the Cherokee County School District reported positive cases in at least 11 students and two staff members. Students and staff who had possible exposure with a positive case have been told to quarantine for two weeks. The students were from the county’s elementary, middle and high schools.

Source: 260 students and 8 teachers quarantined in Georgia school district after first week of school – CNN

‘This Is a Five-Alarm Fire’: With 2020 Election at Stake, Call Goes Up for Mass Mobilization to Save Postal Service | Common Dreams News

“Can’t stress this enough— if the USPS is sabotaged, this will amount to the greatest voter suppression campaign in history.”

Source: ‘This Is a Five-Alarm Fire’: With 2020 Election at Stake, Call Goes Up for Mass Mobilization to Save Postal Service | Common Dreams News