Category Archives: Viva!

In Mumbai, coronavirus patients must lie next to those who did not survive

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Mumbai hospitals are so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases that patients must share wards with the bodies of those who died from COVID-19. Now doctors on the frontlines of the city’s outbreak are also succumbing to the disease.

Cuomo Says Attorney General Will Investigate NYPD’s “Inexplicable” Policing Of George Floyd Protests

“They know the attorney general is going to review it. I’m telling them that if that review looks at those videos and finds that there was improper police conduct there will be ramifications.” Police clash with protesters in Flatbush, Brooklyn, May 30, 2020

“They know the attorney general is going to review it. I’m telling them that if that review looks at those videos and finds that there was improper police conduct there will be ramifications.” [ more › ]

Brazil’s left and right unite to launch pro-democracy manifesto

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Public figures call for unity against Jair Bolsonaro as criticism of president’s handling of coronavirus pandemic grows

Prominent figures from across Brazil’s political spectrum have a published a high-profile manifesto calling for a united front to protect Brazilian democracy and lives amid growing alarm over president Jair Bolsonaro’s authoritarian outbursts and shambolic response to coronavirus.

The Movimento Estamos Juntos (We’re In This Together Movement) was launched on Saturday as Brazil overtook France to become the country with the fourth highest official death toll. About a thousand coronavirus deaths are being confirmed each day as Latin America’s biggest economy cements itself as a major focus of the pandemic.

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Opinion | Chris Cooper Is My Brother. Here’s Why I Posted His Video. – The New York Times

 

Because even though he walked away, and even though I’m relieved, there still has been a toll. We felt it even before the incident with Amy Cooper. Every time we walk out of our door, we have cause to worry. My brother worries when he sneaks through the trees to catch a glimpse of a beautiful warbler. I worry when I check in late to an Airbnb, and every time my son gets in the car. Others wonder if a trip to the corner store or gas station might result in a phone call that will end their lives. So many of us in cities and towns across America are done with having to wonder if we’ll be put at risk by our mere existence.

Lots of people keep asking me what they can do. We all have a chance to step off the sidelines, to speak up, to take action and to shine a blinding light on the racism lurking in so many corners of our society. We need to fight together wisely, boldly and unflinchingly, while staying aware that our passion and actions can and will be used against us. But we must not stop. This is the time. It will not be easy. It will often be messy, but it must be done.