Message to My Readers 082320

 

Another eventful thirteen days have passed since I last updated this blog. 

Regarding the pandemic, there have been about 3.3 million new cases of COVID-19 in the world (17% increase), with about 75,000 (10% increase) new COVID-19 deaths in the world.  The average number of new cases per day in the world was about 257,000.  The average number of deaths per day in the world was about 5,700.  There have been about 643,000 (12% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in the USA, with about 15,000 (9% increase) new deaths in the USA.  The average number of new cases per day in the USA was about 49,000.  The average number of deaths per day in the USA was about 1,100. There have been about 9,800 (8% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, with about 273 (4% increase) new deaths in Pennsylvania.  The average number of new cases per day in Pennsylvania was about 760.  The average number of deaths per day in Pennsylvania was about 21. There have been about 1,800 (6% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Philadelphia, with about 55 (3% increase) new deaths in Philadelphia.  The average number of new cases per day in Philadelphia was about 140.  The average number of deaths per day in Philadelphia was about 4. By comparison, there have been about 3,300 (12% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Nebraska, with about 31 (9% increase) new deaths in Nebraska. The average number of new cases per day in Nebraska was about 258.  The average number of deaths per day in Nebraska was about 2.  There have been about 302 (9% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Lancaster County, Nebraska, with 3 (18% increase) new deaths in Lancaster County, Nebraska.  The average number of new cases per day in Lancaster County, Nebraska was about 23.  The average number of deaths per day in Lancaster County, Nebraska was less than 1. 

At this rate (average of 1,123 deaths per day in the USA), we can expect to suffer another 410,000 deaths over the next 12 months, at which time there may be a safe and effective vaccine available to all Americans or a therapeutic available for those with the worst infections.  Added to the 180,000 deaths already experienced, the total would then be 590,000 (over half a million American souls – more than the total KIAs in WWII).  Infection rates appear to be out of control in 29 of the 50 states in the nation.  The states with the most cases per million of population in order are: Louisiana, Florida, Arizona, Mississippi, Georgia, New York, Alabama, New Jersey, South Carolina, Nevada, Tennessee, and Texas.

 

Check out the countdown (less than 71 days) to the 2020 election on November 3rd:

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?p0=263&iso=20201103T00&msg=2020%20US%20Presidential%20Election

 

It is time for all of us to speak up for and provide financial support for our preferred candidates, regardless of where they appear on the ballot.  This may be the most important election in the history of our nation.  It may decide if we remain a democratic constitutional republic or continue in the direction of becoming a kakistocratic kleptocratic fascistic oligarchic plutocracy/autocracy.  In the blog update of four weeks ago, the offices to be filled in the election were identified.  Become familiar with that and know how you will vote before you go to the polls or before you complete your ballot-by-mail.  All are urged to call or email (via their on-line Website) your elected officials and register your thoughts and feelings about the disruptions in the service of the U.S. Postal Service and insist that they ensure that there will be no disruption to exercising our right to vote.

 

Become aware of who is running for what office and how to be ready to vote for your local, state, and federal candidates.  For example, check this out:

https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/how-to-get-involved-in-your-community/voting-in-pennsylvania/

And check this out, too:

https://www.votespa.com/Pages/default.aspx

And check this out, also:

https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_candidates,_2020

And check out this one, too:

https://whyy.org/articles/philly-groups-prepare-to-get-out-the-vote-in-election-year-unlike-any-other/

 

It has sometimes been difficult to classify the items in this blog according to subject matter.  That is because many issues are so inextricably interrelated.  I have tried to organize the articles/information/links into the following categories:

Veterans – info on former military members, the consequences of their service, etc.

Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination – info on dehumanization, etc.

Economics and Coronavirus – info on the pandemic, its economic impacts, etc.

Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education – info on capitalism vs. socialism, etc.

Ecology and Pollution – info on climate change (greatest existential threat to life on earth), etc.

Politics and Coronavirus – info on how the political structure is responding to the pandemic, etc.

Politics – info on power struggles between parties and special interests, etc.

Terrorism – info on the middle east, other geopolitical topics, etc.

Military – info on DoD, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, National Guard, etc.

General and Miscellaneous – info on spirituality, music videos, etc.

 

I hope you find the material in this update to be informative and of interest.  If you do, please share the link for this blog with your friends through social media and through email.  There is no financial benefit to me to produce this blog; it is a labor of love for the biosphere, including all humanity.  Thanks for reading and sharing.

 

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With love and respect to all,

 

Larry Holman

Veterans related links 082320

 

"Bring Light" to Agent Orange Awareness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cd19LXYUR0&feature=emb_logo&utm_medium=video&utm_source=youtube

 

Thank you to all our supporters who helped “bring light” to Agent Orange Awareness

https://www.vvmf.org/Agent-Orange-Awareness/

 

IN MEMORY PROGRAM

https://www.vvmf.org/In-Memory-Program/

 

Volunteer or Donate: Giving Back to Our Veterans

https://www.philadelphia.va.gov/giving/index.asp

 

Volunteer: The Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center

https://www.philadelphia.va.gov/downloads/VAVS_Volunteer_Information_Brochure.pdf

 

There are still ways to support Veterans even if you are not physically volunteering. Take a look at the link (in bold), share with family and friends. This opportunity supports the Food Pantry along with

Veteran needs. Gift Ideas for Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Thank you for reviewing this list for our Veterans seen at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center. If you have any questions, please e-mail Voluntary Service vhaphivisn4voluntary@va.gov PLEASE e-mail Voluntary Service to let us know that you have your donation coming to us so we can acknowledge your generosity.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/JF1APNG85HBO?

 

Telehealth is More than a Video Chat

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20200807-telehealth-and-more

 

Vegan? Low sodium? High Fiber?

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20200806-popular-diets

 

Rx Refills During the Pandemic: Tips to refill your VA prescriptions

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20200401-medication-refills-coronavirus

 

My HealtheVet is Mobile-Friendly: Access your My HealtheVet account in seconds

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20191203-myhealthevet-mobile-friendly

 

Is the Open Burn Pit Registry for me?  Registering can help VA better serve you

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20190626-open-burn-pit-registry

 

Get Help: Agent Orange.  Learn about support for many related health issues

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20180212-agent-orange-and-online-help

 

Veterans: Call Before Visiting Your VA Facility.  Medical appointments possible at home via VA Video Connect

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20200304-stay-home

 

Upgrade to Premium Now: Get access to all My HealtheVet features

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20200416-upgrade-to-premium-now

 

VA welcoming back volunteers – with safeguards: New volunteer roles, adapted some and continue to pause others

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77967/va-welcoming-back-volunteers-safeguards/?fbclid=IwAR1L8_NscQB8Xq3dQ38SGzmlort8sFn9-G3aelShu87lHbhKBBn4cyW8cJs

 

Up Close: Conversations with Federal Leaders, Featuring VA Secretary Robert Wilkie.  The Veterans Affairs secretary discusses leadership during a time of crisis with Editor in Chief Tom Shoop.

https://www.govexec.com/management/2020/08/close-conversations-federal-leaders-secretary-wilkie/167511/

 

VA Prescription Refills

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/faqs-va-prescription-refills

 

Veterans benefits 2020: Largest or most successful state employer of Veterans

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76442/veterans-benefits-2020-largest-successful-state-employer-veterans/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Sidney Silvers

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77631/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-sidney-silvers/

 

Innovators work to keep Veterans and staff safe: Innovators create solutions for challenges facing custodial staff during COVID-19

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77748/innovators-work-keep-veterans-staff-safe/

 

Amputee and Paralyzed Veteran Pension

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Programs%20and%20Services/Amputee-and-Paralyzed-Pension.aspx#.VhZ9AdrD_cs

 

AVOID FORECLOSURE: PENNSYLVANIA

https://www.hud.gov/states/pennsylvania/homeownership/foreclosure

 

​PA Veterans Homes-Specific COVID-19 Updates: As of August 12, throughout our system of six veterans homes: 80 staff have tested positive for COVID-19; 149 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (of which 44 are confirmed COVID-19 deaths).

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/Pages/PAVeteransHomesSpecificCOVID19Updates.aspx

 

PA Veterans Homes-Specific COVID-19 Updates: As of August 19, throughout our system of six veterans homes: 80 staff have tested positive for COVID-19; 149 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 (of which 44 are confirmed COVID-19 deaths).

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/Pages/PAVeteransHomesSpecificCOVID19Updates.aspx

 

The PA Dept. of Health has released data on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths at long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania. The data provides the number of cases, number of employee cases, and the number of deaths that have occurred at each facility.

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Cases.aspx

 

COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facilities Data for Pennsylvania

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/LTCF-Data.aspx

 

VA Telehealth Services: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is leading the way in telehealth innovation to make sure Veterans can access care when and where they need it. VA Telehealth Services is transforming how Veterans access high-quality VA care. From your home, the clinic, or the hospital, VA telehealth technologies make it easier for you to connect with your VA care team.

https://telehealth.va.gov/

 

Contact Tracing​ job applicants sought

https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/disease/coronavirus/Pages/Contact-Tracing.aspx?fbclid=IwAR1WMjbIkl8Q2mZP3sLXl6IblgUIldmR7H3USn5RbhFgLyyicrUEdzZ5Dck

 

Dr. Richard A. Stone, VHA Executive in Charge, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsZAIdTquI&feature=youtu.be

 

Crazy A$$ Sheriff Who Threatened BLM Protesters Must Resign Or Be Arrested After Sex Scandal Probe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1eDDQ6m7nc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2AYtD00ae7sgQc2Kv6ka6GeD9gPLRt1rsPmuBJf6795wq3hfeTqOC_mas

 

Boys State: what happens when 1,000 high-school boys run a government?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/29/boys-state-sundance-texas-documentary-apple-tv

 

What war does to the warriors

https://theweek.com/articles/931092/what-war-does-warriors

 

The Hiroshima Pilot Who Became a Symbol of Antinuclear Protest

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/magazine/hiroshima-claude-eatherly-antinuclear.html

 

Here Are the 2 Veteran-Supporting Bills President Trump Just Signed into Law

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/08/10/here-are-2-veteran-supporting-bills-president-trump-just-signed-law.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.11.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

H.R.886 - Veteran Treatment Court Coordination Act of 2019 - 08/08/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-153

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/886?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22H.R.8%22%5D%7D

 

H.R.3504 - Ryan Kules and Paul Benne Specially Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2019 -- 08/08/2020 Became Public Law No: 116-154

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3504/text

 

H.R.367 Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2019 - 01/09/2019 Introduced in House. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  06/11/2019 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/367

 

S.2297 Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2019 - 07/25/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.  09/26/2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2297

 

H.R. 4710 The bipartisan Pharmaceutical Independence Long-Term Readiness Reform Act - 10/17/2019 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 11/08/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4710?s=1&r=9

 

H.R. 303 Retired Pay Restoration Act - 01/08/2019 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.  01/24/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. 02/01/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/303

 

H.R. 4890 The Veteran Deportation Prevention and Reform Act - 10/28/2019 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 11/08/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. 12/18/2019     Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4890/text?r=7&s=1

 

H.R. 5151 Honoring the Oath Act - 11/18/2019 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 12/19/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5151?s=1&r=7

 

S.2794 Bring Our Heroes Home Act - 11/06/2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2794?r=7&s=1

 

H.R.6395 FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act - 03/26/2020 House Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 07/21/2020-5:45pm House On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 295 – 125. 08/05/2020 Senate Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6395?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22H.R.6395%22%5D%7D&s=1&r=1

 

S. 3393 A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes. 03/04/2020 - Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3393 n

 

S. 1041 Veterans Visa and Protection Act of 2019 - 04/04/2019 Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1041

 

S. 3732 A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to further protect officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes - 05/14/2020 Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3732?s=1&r=1

 

S 1218 World War I Valor Medals Review Act - 04/11/2019 Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1218

 

HR 2249 World War I Valor Medals Review Act - 04/10/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 04/11/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2249?s=1&r=4

 

H.R.4807 Cold War Service Medal Act - 10/23/2019 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 10/24/2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4807?s=1&r=2

 

H.Con.Res. 10 Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol to honor the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Second World War upon death - 01/30/2019 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/10?s=1&r=7

 

S. 3258 SHIPS Implementation Act - 02/05/2020 Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3258/titles

 

H.R.3233 National Defense Strategy Implementation Act - 6/12/2019   Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3233?s=1&r=3

 

Will feds receive hazard pay during COVID-19?

https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2020/07/24/will-feds-receive-hazard-pay-during-covid-19/

 

'We're Risking Our Lives': Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/07/899838196/we-re-risking-our-lives-front-line-federal-workers-sue-for-hazard-pay

 

Unclaimed veterans laid to rest in South Carolina

https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/south-carolina-teamwork-ensures-unclaimed-veterans-are-given-proper-burials

 

Missing In America Project to locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of American veterans through the joint efforts of private, state and federal organizations. To provide honor and respect to those who have served this country by securing a final resting place for these forgotten heroes.

https://www.miap.us/

 

‘Finally at rest’: Unclaimed veterans buried with help from a former coroner’s office intern and reporters

https://whyy.org/articles/finally-at-rest-unclaimed-veterans-buried-with-help-from-a-former-coroners-office-intern-and-reporters/

 

Indigent or Unclaimed Veteran Burial. Military Urn or Casket provided

https://www.nd.gov/veterans/benefits/indigent-or-unclaimed-veteran-burial-military-urn-or-casket-provided

 

Unclaimed Remains: In funeral homes throughout the United States and the UK, there are untold numbers of unidentified and unclaimed, forgotten, cremated human remains. Two Vietnam veterans try to piece together what happened to private "Donald Sutton" a Korean War Veteran whose remains sat on a shelf of a funeral home for 40 years. Who was he? How did he die? Recipient of 98 IMDb Film Festival Awards.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08DJYRZVP/

 

Burial Honors Program

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Programs%20and%20Services/Burial-Honors-Program.aspx

 

National Veterans Cemeteries

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Programs%20and%20Services/National-Veterans-Cemeteries.aspx

 

Triple amputee veteran arrested, charged with taking money from ‘We Build The Wall’ donors

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-military/2020/08/20/triple-amputee-veteran-arrested-charged-with-taking-money-from-we-build-the-wall-donors/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

The Untold Story of the Black Marines Charged With Mutiny at Sea: Racial strife aboard a Navy ship left three men facing the threat of the death penalty. They became little more than statistics in the military’s dismal record of race relations in the Vietnam era.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/magazine/black-marines-mutiny.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Agawam Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding VA Hospitals by Failing to Inspect Medical Gas Systems

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/agawam-man-pleads-guilty-defrauding-va-hospitals-failing-inspect-medical-gas-systems

 

Advocates begin 'final push' to get benefits for Vietnam War veterans

https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/advocates-begin-final-push-to-get-benefits-for-vietnam-war-veterans-1.642017?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

NextHealth Marketer Charged in $60 Million Kickback Scheme

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/nexthealth-marketer-charged-60-million-kickback-scheme

 

Arizona VA delivers food and supplies to Hopi-Tewa Veterans: Over 4,500 lbs. of food, cleaning supplies and water

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78141/arizona-va-delivers-food-supplies-hopi-tewa-veterans/

 

What to do if you disagree with VA’s decision on your compensation claim

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78043/what-to-do-if-you-disagree-with-vas-decision-on-your-compensation-claim/

 

Study offers insight on how PTSD affects response to depression treatment

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78087/study-offers-insight-ptsd-affects-response-depression-treatment/

 

Veteran uses telehealth to stick with treatment during the pandemic

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78048/veteran-uses-telehealth-stick-treatment-pandemic/

 

New monitoring solutions improve Veteran telehealth experience

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77808/new-monitoring-solutions-improve-veteran-telehealth-experience/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran William M. McConahey

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77842/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-william-m-mcconahey/

 

Richmond VA Center of Excellence for lung cancer screenings: Diagnosed early, Veterans can improve survival rates

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78152/richmond-va-center-excellence-lung-cancer-screenings/

 

Sidney Walton: “Won’t Stop Walton”

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78224/sidney-walton-wont-stop-walton/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Francis James Cleary

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77837/veteranoftheday-air-force-veteran-francis-james-cleary/

 

A titan: From homeless to helping hundreds: “Amazing light” Veteran loses battle with COVID-19

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78131/titan-from-helpless-helping-hundreds/

 

Film showing Agent Orange being sprayed from a Tango boat

https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/reports/images.php?img=/video/987/987VI0672.mp4

 

35 SONGS ABOUT THE VIETNAM ERA

https://vvmf.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/35-songs-about-the-vietnam-era/?fbclid=IwAR12K7C2PuodNJZwTuxYFCT-W4fvYsgRhd7F4ILB8AOnk4rQw0top_y8_LU

 

Sixth lawsuit filed in deaths at West Virginia VA hospital

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2020/08/20/sixth-lawsuit-filed-in-deaths-at-west-virginia-va-hospital/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.21.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

20 little known facts about VA medical centers: VA medical centers not only provide top-notch care to 9 million Veterans, but many have long and interesting backstories

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/75322/20-little-known-facts-va-medical-centers/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=native&utm_campaign=native_blog&tblci=GiD641pwrdtnSJwpvlRJDWX335ZSK-QSDIhTWCU_QFMD9SDYk04#tblciGiD641pwrdtnSJwpvlRJDWX335ZSK-QSDIhTWCU_QFMD9SDYk04

 

VFW Action Corps Weekly August 21, 2020

https://www.vfw.org/advocacy/grassroots-efforts/vfw-action-corps-weekly

 

VA partners with OnStar to bring suicide prevention services to Veterans with the push of a button

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5502

 

The September 12 FMU in Colorado Springs, Colorado has been canceled as a safety precaution related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please contact your Service Casualty Officer if you have additional questions.

https://www.dpaa.mil/

 

Airman Accounted For From World War II (McMackin, C.)

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2317559/airman-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-mcmackin-c/

 

Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Hurlburt, J.)

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2319460/soldier-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-hurlburt-j/

 

Coronavirus deaths among Veterans Affairs patients rising in August

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/18/coronavirus-deaths-among-veterans-affairs-patients-rising-in-august/

 

US Postal Service delays force Department of Veterans Affairs to shift prescription delivery methods

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/18/politics/veterans-affairs-us-postal-service-prescription-delays/index.html

 

Georgia veteran who faked military honors gets max jail time

https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-veteran-who-faked%20military-honors-get-max-jail-sentence/EG3TKEIXMFATREAKBAAFZONJQE/

 

Max Prison Sentence + Restitution For Discharged Veteran Who Faked Military Honors And Combat-Related Mental Health Illness To Claim VA Benefits

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/max-prison-sentence-restitution-discharged-veteran-who-faked-military-honors-and-combat

 

Army veteran gets 12 months prison time for stolen valor

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/08/19/army-veteran-gets-12-months-prison-time-for-stolen-valor/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Advocates warn GI Bill students of shady college recruiting amid coronavirus pandemic

https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2020/08/20/advocates-warn-gi-bill-students-of-shady-college-recruiting-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/

 

Calvin Akins Memorial Service

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukaMUTtMjaE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2XUDukbmzCeH9NPEnluGm8VOWE2wrsZki5xLUV162J4qyrtd00QZLQxYE

 

Never-before-seen footage reveals the horror and heroism of World War II’s final days in 'Apocalypse ‘45'

https://taskandpurpose.com/entertainment/wwii-documentary-apocalypse-45-review?mc_cid=f9dbc39bab&mc_eid=cd21695bb9

 

Complementary medicine providers focus on whole health of Veterans: To provide well-rounded health care, VA seeks complementary medical providers and traditional health care professionals interested in this approach.

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78108/78108/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Joseph Keller

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77852/veteranoftheday-marine-corps-veteran-joseph-keller/

 

New guide series provides GI Bill benefits information

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78073/new-guide-series-provides-gi-bill-benefits-information/

 

Veterans benefits 2020: Most popular state Veteran monument

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/76443/veterans-benefits-2020-popular-state-veteran-monument/

 

What to expect during a VA virtual career fair: Find out what to expect at a VA online career event

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77924/77924/

 

Support for Veterans facing homelessness

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77920/support-veterans-facing-homelessness/

 

Postvention — VA offers support after suicide loss: Helping survivors work through emotions

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78063/postvention-va-offers-support-suicide-loss/

 

#BorneTheBattle 51: Mike Krzyzewski – Army Veteran, Duke Basketball Coach

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/42032/mike-krzyzewski-army-veteran-duke-basketball-coach/

 

VA launches pre-entry screening tool

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77817/va-launches-pre-entry-screening-tool/

 

Purple Heart Veteran receives “artificial larynx”: Vietnam Veteran’s device substitutes sound, vibration

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78010/purple-heart-veteran-receives-artificial-larynx/

 

How a negative pressure room lets families say goodbye: Minor engineering fix enables last visits

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77767/77767/

 

Face shields versus face masks: What kind of protection or source control do they provide?

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77760/face-shields-versus-face-masks/

 

VA to award more than 425 grants, $279 million to help prevent and end Veteran homelessness

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5504

 

Gulf War Veteran goes “fishing with America’s finest”: Bill Watts focuses on helping fellow Gulf War Veterans

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78088/gulf-war-veteran-goes-fishing-americas-finest/

 

Veterans receive assistance from VA, community partners through virtual outreach: More than 400 Florida Veterans helped through Virtual Veterans Experience Action Center

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78057/va-community-partners-assist-veterans-through-virtual-outreach/

 

Family thanks VA for caring for their husband and father: Doctor, nurses stayed with him the last night of his life so he would not be alone

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78016/family-thanks-va-caring-husband-father/

 

Shreveport VA homeless program delivers camaraderie and food: “Our team makes sure our Veterans don’t have to go without”

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78075/shreveport-va-homeless-program-delivers-camaraderie-food/

 

Veterans part of Team UNBROKEN in World’s Toughest Race: VA employee in Fiji Eco-Challenge event

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78163/veterans-part-team-unbroken-worlds-toughest-race/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Joshua “Zach” Beale

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77802/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-joshua-zach-beale/

 

Floyd Welch, survivor of Pearl Harbor, dies at 99

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/19/floyd-welch-survivor-of-pearl-harbor-dies-at-99/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.20.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Blind Veterans Pension

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/veteransaffairs/Pages/Programs%20and%20Services/Blind-Veterans-Pension.aspx#.VhZ9gNrD_cs

 

Pennsylvania Keeping Pace with State Veterans’ Benefits During COVID-19

https://gantdaily.com/2020/08/14/pennsylvania-keeping-pace-with-state-veterans-benefits-during-covid-19/

 

Recorder of Deeds office to bring facemasks to SE Veterans Center

https://www.unionvilletimes.com/?p=46508

 

75 Years Ago: How Delaware County marked triumph of V-J Day

https://www.delconewsnetwork.com/news/75-years-ago-how-delaware-county-marked-triumph-of-v-j-day/article_fa788057-2c87-5ba9-9a4b-f3f93d2b9e77.html

                                                        

Navy veteran finds new mission playing ‘Taps’

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/10/navy-veteran-finds-new-mission-playing-taps/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.11.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

GUIDE TO MARKETING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE for Veteran Owned Small Business

https://business.defense.gov/Portals/57/Guide%20to%20Marketing%20to%20DoD-May%202018.pdf?ver=2018-05-21-160554-647

 

WWII aircraft arrive in Hawaii aboard amphibious assault ship Essex for end of WWII’s 75th anniversary

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/08/12/wwii-aircraft-arrive-in-hawaii-aboard-amphibious-assault-ship-essex-for-end-of-wwiis-75th-anniversary/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.13.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

VA Decreases Mail Processing Time for Claims Intake

https://www.mychesco.com/a/news/national/va-decreases-mail-processing-time-for-claims-intake/

 

Looking for some country air? These rural VA sites have jobs.  Consider a career at a VA clinic or medical center located in one of America’s small towns and rural areas

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77876/77876/

 

Join VA’s Virtual Internship

https://dmeinterns.org/join-vas-virtual-internship/

 

Apprenticeship Pilot for Transitioning Service Members Will Boost Career Skills

https://blog.dol.gov/2020/06/22/apprenticeship-pilot-for-transitioning-service-members-will-boost-career-skills

 

Welcome to the Reading Motorcycle Club!

http://www.readingmc.com/home.html

 

VETERAN SHARK TANK - SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS MIDNIGHT OF OCTOBER 20TH, 2020

https://veteransharktank.com/apply/

 

PENNSYLVANIA MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS' ASSOCIATION

https://pmhca.wildapricot.org/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Jay Barry Levinson

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/77864/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-jay-barry-levinson/

 

Alleged Conflict of Interest by a VA Medical Center Chief of Staff

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-18-03275-240.pdf

 

Inadequate Inpatient Psychiatry Staffing and Noncompliance with Inpatient Mental Health Levels of Care at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System in Leeds

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-09669-236.pdf

 

Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of Veterans Integrated Service Network 15: VA Heartland Network in Kansas City, Missouri

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-06848-209.pdf

Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination related links 082320

 

When they say the fight against racism starts at home, they aren’t lying: My mom loved me. And I loved her. But that didn’t stop racism from living between us.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/07/26/opinion/when-they-say-fight-against-racism-starts-home-they-arent-lying/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

Let's talk about Ben Shapiro and the present tense....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EqHoPqfy1g

 

Facing bleak November, Republicans look to stoke BLM backlash: The battle to define the movement comes as the president and fellow GOP candidates try to win back suburban voters.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/10/elections-republicans-black-lives-matterbacklash-389906?fbclid=IwAR21flFODVSCQfWW2cYvkfh5w2DzWnKUgyNP65-V1xG2UPJdunCZ6b58KgQ

 

US Border Patrol agent arrested and charged with trafficking over 350,000 pills believed to be fentanyl

https://news.yahoo.com/us-border-patrol-agent-arrested-020059992.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw&tsrc=twtr

 

UNLEASHING THE POWER OF POOR AND LOW-INCOME AMERICANS : CHANGING THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

https://www.breachrepairers.org/blogs/unleashing-the-power

 

‘Kill Them All’: Colorado Springs Officer Keith Wrede Used Fake Name To Post Comments About Protesters

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/08/11/keith-wrede-colorado-springs-officer-fake-name-post-comments-kill-them-all-black-lives-matter-protesters/?fbclid=IwAR00w4qw0_IsT6q5NSEATCR6a3ilAW3mkscGonVYPC6a2SL_bbLBgz2g-B8

 

WARNING SIGNS: It can be difficult to acknowledge that you or someone you care about is in an abusive relationship. Domestic violence does not always look the same, but there are some warning signs that may indicate you are in an abusive relationship.

https://www.womenagainstabuse.org/education-resources/learn-about-abuse/warning-signs?fbclid=IwAR3bmcBLuLr28m52hSXO_qMSvcIzesc_pv0Mtuhwn2nehIFwVYX9h6tFIs0

 

CBS News Special: "Justice for All".  As protests continue to grip the nation following the death of George Floyd, "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King anchors "Justice for All," a one-hour primetime special that explores how this tragic confrontation ignited a movement demanding an end to the painful history of systemic racism and brutality in police departments across the country. Correction: Robin DiAngelo is an Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. Please note: This is a revised version of the program that aired on 6/9/20.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cbs-news-special-justice-for-all/?fbclid=IwAR0fMOTpu1e1gBNKiPiYNOudlnSltZHnSRr6TrSzGWpx9x1Bk_XFRpJmTNI#x

 

‘It’s not the Seattle I want to live in’: Passion and deep feelings at rally to support police

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/its-not-the-seattle-i-want-to-live-in-passion-and-deep-feelings-at-rally-to-support-police/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1&fbclid=IwAR3dEAfPdOkyl0s-ulLCWzs_C-XMruz-XBC0HseIx9TGssR6Npew2NY0swI

 

State of Black America; Trump attacks USPS; Mail sorting machines removed; Birthers attack Harris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koCQDYsKjt4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0WXlM2BTvFEvterEcfspeQbLGh5_tmAKiLkW56ct47ufmH10FgrV2AtB8

 

Could Kamala Harris’s Presence on the Ticket Help Usher in a Third Reconstruction?  In this moment a radical reimagining of America is needed, and possible, but only if the voices of those struggling in the streets are heard.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/kamala-harris-public-policy/?fbclid=IwAR1i8ICcQfWjiO2mgab3Qf2Qd24kBI_k1M6aS5kVvxcQBQ8IPCQIX_OCi2w

 

Fact Check: Roland Rumbles With Black Repub Over Misleading Claim Biden Hurled N-Words At Hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ldiK0-HFU&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0B-1TT5sev02Xfur7IUZomMesQ-Y0o09T67F0Vww16UQgF8o6T7h_iLIQ

 

Defeat Trump By Tweet: New Tool Donates $ To Stop #45's Reelection Every Time He Tweets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37q3T8k4P8w&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1R6c33AxjKkc6p2yYzIFI8V5x0JRhwm5Ub9wK7TSs56mvbkBEojsHWcBo

 

Homicide Spike Hits Most Large U.S. Cities: Journal analysis shows double-digit increases in 36 of 50 biggest cities amid pandemic, though other types of violent crime fell

https://www.wsj.com/articles/homicide-spike-cities-chicago-newyork-detroit-us-crime-police-lockdown-coronavirus-protests-11596395181

 

Obama hails John Lewis as founding father of ‘fuller, better’ US in eulogy: Former president called for Americans to fight Trump’s effort to undermine the right to vote in eulogy at congressman’s funeral

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/30/barack-obama-john-lewis-eulogy-funeral

 

This Was a Different Barack Obama. A Stick-Swinging, Old-Testament Obama.  Direct, forceful, and utterly uncompromising, the former president took on the moral chaos roiling America in the true spirit of John Lewis.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33473426/barack-obama-john-lewis-eulogy/

 

Obama emerges as Biden’s hatchet man

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/obama-emerges-as-bidens-hatchet-man

 

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

https://www.amazon.com/dp/006224857X?linkCode=ogi&tag=esquire_auto-append-20&ascsubtag=[artid|10054.g.30630848[src|[ch|[lt|

 

Trethewey’s ‘Memorial Drive’ a beautiful, devastating memoir

https://www.ajc.com/life/tretheweys-memorial-drive-a-beautiful-devastating-memoir/YZNBTDMCA5AD3DGKPOIK3ACZNE/

 

‘Memorial Drive’ Powerfully Recalls a Southern Childhood and a Mother’s Murder

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/books/review-memorial-drive-memoir-natasha-trethewey.html

 

Living With Woundedness

https://aas.princeton.edu/news/living-woundedness

 

'Serial' team's new podcast spotlights the anti-racist work that needs to be done

https://mashable.com/article/nice-white-parents-serial-podcast-review/

 

Armed civilian groups surge into local politics in the Pacific Northwest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/07/28/conservative-armed-militias-protests-coronavirus/?arc404=true

 

Donald Trump Jr. and Ted Cruz shared Russian misinformation about Black Lives Matter protesters burning Bibles

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-jr-and-ted-cruz-shared-russian-misinformation-about-black-lives-matter-protesters-burning-bibles/ar-BB17RME8?fbclid=IwAR3jj-TN6UyquRLKQMgNfOfHATfwBSWQz5Tuuxpgzo5XD_w-FGUt-VmQmmw

 

Michigan county official resigns after doubling down on N-word, says he's not racist

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/08/07/michigan-county-official-defends-using-n-word/112899250/

 

Portland Protests Persist as Some Bring Flashes of Violence

https://www.voanews.com/usa/race-america/portland-protests-persist-some-bring-flashes-violence

 

Who Opposes Defunding the NYPD? These Black Lawmakers

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/nyregion/defund-police-nyc-council.html

 

Does Anyone Really Want to Defund the Police?  Radical calls to abolish law enforcement won’t lead to anything good—and most Americans seem to know it.

https://www.city-journal.org/defunding-police-not-the-answer

 

Americans are losing trust in media and it's easy to see why

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0810-trust-media-20200810-sd425agxurbbhk5ogxaakqjriy-story.html

 

Distrust of the Minneapolis Police, and Also the Effort to Defund Them: Residents on Minneapolis’s North Side, which has a majority Black population, have mixed opinions on the City Council’s effort to significantly reduce the police force.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/us/minneapolis-defund-police.html

 

Isabel Wilkerson Talks About 'Caste'

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/books/review/podcast-isabel-wilkerson-caste-david-hill-vapors.html

 

“I am reading a brilliant book called Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, which should be required reading for anyone who wants to make sense of the BlackLivesMatter movement and challenge themselves (and their own organization) to respond appropriately. It argues that caste—not skin color—is the best way to make sense of the horrors of racism in America, since even well-meaning people accept caste structures implicitly in their lives, unless challenged.”

https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/we-know-what-you-are-reading-this-summer/gillian-tett

 

Running deeper than race: America’s caste system

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/running-deeper-than-race-americas-caste-system/2020/07/30/501af19a-c7a5-11ea-a99f-3bbdffb1af38_story.html

 

Caste Offers a New Word for Injustice in America, Not a New Way of Thinking

https://www.vulture.com/article/caste-isabel-wilkerson-book-review.html#_ga=2.157715898.1040472946.1597613873-351218088.1583459535

 

Far-right demonstrators, counter-protesters and police clash in multiple states

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/15/proud-boys-blm-counter-protesters-police-clash-fights/5592437002/?fbclid=IwAR2OfbiUciNmMQ2q_YE7mvZkJpA2wzDh8J0fUAhWGOddDu4llihQWRSMlk4

 

Amid shock of Chief Carmen Best’s departure, black Seattleites weigh city’s moves on police defunding

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/amid-shock-of-chief-carmen-bests-departure-black-seattleites-weigh-citys-moves-on-police-defunding/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_inset_1.1&fbclid=IwAR29CQQ2NFaKjVZGWclJM5DZOgWf8R6oSwSfoWiL83G4EIWIMNy7IUTTcbo

 

74% of Americans view George Floyd's death as an underlying racial injustice problem: POLL

This is a significant shift from a similar question asked just six years ago.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/74-americans-view-george-floyds-death-underlying-racial/story?id=71074422&fbclid=IwAR2ytxNIDZK7OuhZ5V1li1sEIQNHY8XF3WCBWOf-V92qmyqDRmrRNoVJO5I

 

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network Providers in PA: Find a Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network program by name or find the program office serving your county using the search box. You can also scroll through all of the PLAN program offices in Pennsylvania.

https://palegalaid.net/legal-aid-providers-in-pa?fbclid=IwAR0KYfuTH4Mj22RCawi77gfu7M8ut0qRGABCPQiXZBT5We806cSVUklsDMw

 

Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue: Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/letters-from-the-august-10-17-2020-issue/

 

Is Our Generation Ready to Take Up the Torch That John Lewis Lit?  As legends like Lewis pass away, I wonder whether we’re prepared to become the new elders.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/john-lewis-elders/

 

John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice: In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/john-lewis-obit/

 

No Matter Who Biden Chooses as VP, It Will Be a Bittersweet Win for Women: By the end of Biden’s VP vetting, it seemed the 11th commandment of women’s politics is “Thou shalt never be just right.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/suffrage-female-vice-president/

 

The NYPD Took a Step Toward Fascism When It Kidnapped Nikki Stone: Then they’ll come for you.

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/nypd-protest-kidnap/

 

Representative Barbara Lee: ‘The Public Is With Us’.  In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the representative talks about cutting the defense budget, what Covid-19 has revealed about systemic racism, and her mentor Shirley Chisholm.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/barbara-lee-pentagon-covid/

 

Keeping Hope Alive: Sermons and Speeches of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

https://www.amazon.com/Keeping-Hope-Alive-Sermons-Speeches/dp/1626983593

 

With His New Book, Rev. Jesse Jackson Is 'Keeping Hope Alive'

https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/02/26/809360836/with-his-new-book-rev-jesse-jackson-is-keeping-hope-alive

 

Trump Supports Housing Segregation—and So Do a Lot of White Liberals: The vast Black-white disparities in housing are the foundation of America’s systemic racial inequalities, and white folks of all political stripes are loath to upset the status quo.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-housing-segregation/

 

A Lethal Traffic Stop in Georgia: A miniature army was dispatched to deal with one man. Only the police know what really happened.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/georgia-police-killing-gambian/

 

In the Fire of Activism: Julian Bond’s life in politics and protest.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/julian-bond-race-man-review/

 

Portraits of a Pandemic: Drawing the nation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/portraits-pandemic-steve-brodner/

 

‘The 24th’ review: A sobering history lesson for today

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/sc-mov-24th-review-0820-20200819-xueqneifrjaxtnrj6cnau4mbmm-story.html

 

Over 50 current, former law enforcement professionals sign letter urging Congress to decriminalize marijuana

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/512834-over-50-current-and-former-law-enforcement-professionals-sign-letter?fbclid=IwAR2wRLhLYynzMghJn09TYNER6CRZeFO5PyRGrnswJws-4DajtvOFYT4aaOU

 

Fear of a Black Uprising: Confronting the white pathologies that shape racist policing

https://newrepublic.com/article/158725/fear-black-uprising-confronting-racist-policing

 

The Douglass Republic: How today's protests are struggling to reclaim the vision of the great abolitionist leader

https://newrepublic.com/article/158719/frederick-douglass-republic-reclaim-vision-abolitionist-leader

 

The AFL-CIO’s Untenable Stance on Cops: A power struggle over police unions rattles the heart of the American labor movement.

https://newrepublic.com/article/158712/afl-cio-police-unions-labor-movement-power-struggle-cops

 

Corporate America’s Hollow Denunciations of Systemic Racism: By invoking a nebulous “system,” companies manage to say as little as possible—and do even less.

https://newrepublic.com/article/158707/corporate-americas-hollow-denunciations-systemic-racism

 

The Secret History of America’s Worthless Confederate Monuments: They’re cheap, mass produced, and celebrate the Jim Crow South. So why do conservatives persist in calling them art?

https://newrepublic.com/article/158715/secret-history-americas-worthless-confederate-monuments

 

The Right’s Increasingly Unhinged Fight Against Black Lives Matter: As the movement’s popularity surges, the conservative media insists that it is hell-bent on destroying the American way of life.

https://newrepublic.com/article/158669/rights-increasingly-unhinged-fight-black-lives-matter

 

William Faulkner’s Southern Guilt: In disastrous interviews and his most famous novels, he struggled to reckon with racism and white supremacy.

https://newrepublic.com/article/158710/william-faulkner-civil-war-biography-review-southern-white-guilt

 

Rural Black Lives Matter: After Travon Brown found a cross burning in his yard, he organized a Black Lives Matter march in the rural town of Marion, Va., where hundreds of angry counter-protestors were ready and waiting.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/rural-black-lives-matter-protests-virginia

 

'The Killing Was Really Cut and Dry' George Floyd's murder sparks a worldwide campaign to end policing as we know it.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-killing-was-really-cut-and-dry-gilmore/

 

It’s Not Just the Cops: The calls for real transformation of policing are urgent and needed, but not enough. Transformation can start, but not end, there.

https://progressive.org/magazine/not-just-the-cops-strang/

 

Whose Justice System Is It Anyway?  Participatory defense helps ordinary citizens have a greater say in court outcomes.

https://progressive.org/magazine/whose-justice-system-is-it-anyway-law/

 

Coming Into a Black Woman’s Anger

https://beltmag.com/black-woman-anger-audre-lorde-minnesota-nice/

 

On the Line: This Is a Revolution.  For three nights in Madison, Wisconsin, hundreds of young Black Lives Matter activists were met with tear gas, pepper spray, and projectiles from police.

https://progressive.org/magazine/on-the-line-this-is-a-revolution/

 

Smoking Gun: Police Bias, in Black and White: Recent police murders have drawn renewed attention to police brutality and racist violence.

https://progressive.org/magazine/smoking-gun-police-bias/

 

Comment: The Case for Nonviolence.  Most protests against police brutality have been peaceful, but the few acts of violence that have occurred are worthy of our consideration.

https://progressive.org/magazine/the-case-for-nonviolence-lueders/

 

Nashville police chief orders investigation after officers knock in innocent family's door

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/20/nashville-police-knock-innocent-familys-door-battering-ram/5614907002/?fbclid=IwAR2iMwoqflAEcvAUHF3I_k9SU8aF5ZLJ6ioy4Iip3YXbuKv_IaZlDVqXsas

 

There’s little evidence showing which police reforms work: Rapid research is needed to find out what efforts are most effective

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/police-reform-why-little-evidence-data-body-cameras-implicit-bias

 

How the U.S. census has measured race over 230 years: The 2020 census faces the same challenges as previous counts

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/census-2020-race-history

 

Federal Investigation Finds Hospital Violated Patients’ Rights by Profiling, Separating Native Mothers and Newborns: It remains unclear just how many newborns were separated from their mothers as a result of the policies. Lovelace Women’s Hospital did not admit to any wrongdoing but reported that the practice has been halted.

https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-investigation-finds-hospital-violated-patients-rights-by-profiling-separating-native-mothers-and-newborns?fbclid=IwAR2j5LSsLN0xL19HywY78wZV-pd0IflbMi7cku-RG_VdXo0_UmTjDi3EI90

 

African Americans in Erie County: A Trail of Shared Heritage

https://www.goerie.com/news/20200817/african-americans-in-erie-county-trail-of-shared-heritage

 

Midland Cemetery, home to graves of Black Civil War veterans, is now owned by group that is restoring it

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/08/midland-cemetery-home-to-graves-of-black-civil-war-veterans-is-now-owned-by-group-that-is-restoring-it.html