Message to My Readers 061522

 

Well, it has been almost a month since my last blog update.  Here is another update of this blog.

 

This time it is 79 pages of links to the news covering the last 4 weeks.  They appear in the categories listed below, including Veterans, Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination, Economics and Coronavirus, Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education, Ecology and Pollution and Climate Change, Politics and Coronavirus, Politics, Terrorism, Military, and General and Miscellaneous.   Don’t forget to click on the items in the column on the right to open the pages for those categories.

 

Regarding the coronavirus pandemic, in the past four weeks there have been 18 million new cases in the world, 43 thousand new deaths in the world, 3.2 million new cases in the U.S.A., 9.5 thousand new deaths in the U.S.A., 111 thousand new cases in Pennsylvania, 651 new deaths in Pennsylvania, 12 thousand new cases in Philadelphia, and 35 new deaths in Philadelphia.  During this past four weeks, almost all the deaths were among the unvaccinated; there were almost no deaths among people who were vaccinated.  The cumulative totals for each of these categories since the beginning of the pandemic are now as follows: 541,801,703; 6,334,288; 87,549,563; 1,036,483; 2,960,677; 45,465; 329,300; and 5,145.

     

During the next few months, we will continue to contend with the variants and subvariants of the coronavirus.  While the virus continues to mutate we must remain vigilant.  Until the deaths are down to, and remain at, zero for several days, we should not become too relaxed about wearing face masks and being fully vaccinated and boosted.  Everyone aged 5 and above should be fully vaccinated and boosted.  For more info on Covid-19 in Pennsylvania, see:   

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

 

The war of resistance by Ukraine against the Russian invasion about 111 days ago continues on.  Ukraine, with financial and material assistance from various other nations, including the U.S., has been able to repel many Russian initiatives.  However, Russia is ruthlessly destroying much of the infrastructure in the Eastern part of Ukraine and Ukraine is losing 100 to 200 soldiers per day.  A foreign fighter from the United Kingdom was captured and has been sentenced to death.

 

The world is in a great struggle to determine if the dominant form of government will be authoritarianism or democracy.  Even here in the United States, long known as the world’s beacon of democracy, there is a question about whether democracy can survive without another civil war.      

 

We must continue to resist tyranny, fascism, authoritarianism, racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc.  The three impurities of life are avarice, anger, and ignorance.  What others need from us is respect, kindness, and love.  The more respect, kindness, and love that we give to others, the more respect, kindness, and love we get in our lives and the better we feel about ourselves.  The 7.8 billion human beings on planet earth need to cooperate more with each other and compete less with each other.  They need to learn how to equitably and sustainably share the resources of the earth with each other and with all other species on planet earth.

 

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Veterans related links 061522

H.R.2724 - VA Peer Support Enhancement for MST Survivors Act.  04/21/2021 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/18/2022-10:18pm House   On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 420 – 0.  05/19/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2724  

 

H.R.2974 - Military Spouse Hiring Act.  05/04/2021 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2974

 

H.R.3967 - Honoring our PACT Act of 2021.  06/17/2021 – Introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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. 03/03/2022-11:02am - On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 256 – 174.  03/03/2022 - Received in the Senate. 05/24/2022 - Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. 06/09/2022 - S.Amdt.5065 and S.Amdt.5051 Considered by Senate. 06/09/2022 - Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (CR S2887)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3967

For the Yays and Nays on Cloture motion on June 7, 2022, 12:28 PM

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1172/vote_117_2_00215.htm

Toxic exposure bill on the verge of approval | Military Times Reports - Jun 5, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoyl9N15Ds0

 

H.R.5545 - REMOTE Act.  10/08/2021 – Introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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. 12/08/2021-10:35am – House, On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.  12/15/2021 - Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.  12/21/2021 – Signed by the President and Became Public Law No: 117-76.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5545

 

H.R.5738 – Lactation Spaces for Veteran Moms Act.  10/26/2021                - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/18/2022-5:37pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 420 – 0.  05/19/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5738

 

H.R.5754 – Patient Advocate Tracker Act.  05/17/2022-8:03pm – On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 – 1.  05/18/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5754

 

H.R.6052 - Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General Training Act of 2021.  11/18/2021 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/18/2022-10:37pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 407 – 11.  05/19/2022         - Received in the Senate.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6052

 

H.R.6064 – To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a review of examinations, furnished by the Secretary, to individuals who submit claims to the Secretary for compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States Code, for mental and physical conditions linked to military sexual trauma. 11/19/2021 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 05/18/2022-6:06pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 – 2.  05/19/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6064

 

H.R.6376 - Student Veteran Work Study Modernization Act.  01/12/2022               - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/17/2022-8:42pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 370 – 43.  05/18/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6376

 

H.R.6604 – Veterans Eligible to Transfer School (VETS) Credit Act.  02/04/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/17/2022-8:12pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 – 1.  05/18/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6604

 

H.R.6961 - Dignity for MST Survivors Act.  03/07/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/18/2022-5:56pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 – 12.  05/19/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6961

 

H.R.7153 – Department of Veterans Affairs Principles of Benefits Automation Act.  03/18/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/17/2022-8:54pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 – 3.  05/18/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7153

 

H.R.7335 - MST Claims Coordination Act.  03/31/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/18/2022-5:47pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 – 0.  05/19/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7335

 

H.R.7375 - MST Claims Coordination Act.  03/31/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/18/2022-5:47pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 – 0.   05/19/2022 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7335

 

H.R.7500 - Fiscal Year 2022 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authorization Act.  04/14/2022 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  05/17/2022-7:54pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 – 2.  05/18/2022 - Received in the Senate.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7500

 

S.1760 – A bill to designate the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs planned to be built in Oahu, Hawaii, as the "Daniel Kahikina Akaka Department of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic".  05/17/2022-7:34pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 384 - 22, 4 Present (Roll no. 199).  06/07/2022 - Bill signed into law by the President. Became Public Law No: 117-131.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1760

 

S.1872 - United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act.  06/07/2022 Became Public Law No: 117-132.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1872/all-info

 

S.2102 - Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas Supporting Expanded Review for Veterans In Combat Environments Act or the Dr. Kate Hendricks Thomas SERVICE Act.  06/17/2021        - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  03/24/2022 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. 05/18/2022-10:55pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 – 0.  06/07/2022 - Bill was signed by the President.  Became Public Law No: 117-133.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2102

 

S.2514 – A bill to rename the Provo Veterans Center in Orem, Utah, as the "Col. Gail S. Halvorsen 'Candy Bomber' Veterans Center".  07/28/2021 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  12/18/2021 - Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. 05/17/2022-7:44pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 – 1.  Bill is now headed to the President. 06/07/2022 - Became Public Law No: 117-134..

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2514

 

S.2533 - Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act.  07/29/2021                - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  03/23/2022 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. 05/18/2022-10:46pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 419 – 0.  06/07/2022 - Bill was signed by the President.  Became Public Law No: 117-135.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2533

 

S.2687 - Strengthening Oversight for Veterans Act of 2021.  08/10/2021 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  04/07/2022 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.  05/17/2022-8:22pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 404 – 6.  06/07/2022 – Bill was signed by the President.  Became Public Law No: 117-136.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2687

 

S.3527 – A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer the name of property of the Department of Veterans Affairs designated by law to other property of the Department. 01/19/2022 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.  02/03/2022 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. 05/17/2022-7:25pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 – 2. Bill is now headed to the President to be signed into law. 06/07/2022 - Became Public Law No: 117-137.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3527

 

S.3564 - Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act of 2022.  02/02/2022 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 05/18/2022 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3564

 

S.3909 – Military Spouse Hiring Act.  03/23/2022 - Referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3909

 

S.4089 - Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration and Recovery Act of 2022.  04/26/2022 - Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.  05/18/2022-10:27pm - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 401 – 17.  Bill is now headed to the President to be signed into law. 06/07/2022 - Became Public Law No: 117-138.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4089

 

S.4119 - RECA Extension Act of 2022.  06/07/2022 Became Public Law No: 117-139.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4119

 

S.4156 - VA Workforce Improvement, Support, and Expansion (WISE) Act of 2022.  05/05/2022 - Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4156/

 

VA national cemeteries to host public Memorial Day ceremonies after two years without gatherings

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5791

 

The Edison 64 Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QBWPuEevRM

 

Veterans For Peace Memorial Day Statement

https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/memorial-day?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f2ca1fa7-b181-4263-874c-8eff7593d956

 

DAV MEMORIAL DAY SPEECH 2022

https://www.dav.org/wp-content/uploads/Memorial_Day_Speech_2022.pdf

 

Former Philadelphia VA Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Almost $500,000 in Government Funds

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-philadelphia-va-hospital-employee-pleads-guilty-stealing-almost-500000

 

Slidell Woman Charged with Misappropriating Veteran’s Funds

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/slidell-woman-charged-misappropriating-veteran-s-funds

 

Retired VA Employee Sentenced for Stealing from VA & Vets

https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/retired-va-employee-sentenced-stealing-va-vets

 

Former South Florida Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $40 Million Kickback Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/former-south-florida-pharmacy-technician-pleads-guilty-40-million-kickback-conspiracy

 

South Florida Army Veteran Lied About Disability, Stole Money from VA

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/south-florida-army-veteran-lied-about-disability-stole-money-va

 

National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021 – Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veteran Chartbook

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USVHAHE/2022/05/26/file_attachments/2169239/NVHER_2021_Asian_NHOPI_Veteran_Chartbook_05242022.pdf

 

Last-known survivor of WWII POW massacre has died. The Pennsylvania man was 99.

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/05/last-known-survivor-of-wwii-pow-massacre-has-died-the-pennsylvania-man-was-99.html

 

VALife insurance program coming January 2023 for Veterans with service connection

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/103790/valife-insurance-program-coming-january-2023-veterans-with-service-connection/

 

What a Hero!: New York Street Named for Confederate General Now Honors Black Vietnam Vet Who Selflessly Threw Himself Over an Explosive to Save Others

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/28/what-a-hero-new-york-street-named-for-confederate-general-now-honors-black-vietnam-vet-who-selflessly-threw-himself-over-an-explosive-to-save-others/

 

I’m a veteran. Getting help with my mental health changed my life.  Getting help drastically changed my life. And reminded me of how important it is for all of us — especially veterans — to prioritize our mental health.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/memorial-day-veterans-national-guard-mental-health-20220530.html

 

The World War I Memorial Has a Doughboy in Full Uniform Playing 'Taps' Every Night

https://www.military.com/history/world-war-i-memorial-has-doughboy-full-uniform-playing-taps-every-night.html

 

A Stunt Pilot Died Filming 'Top Gun' in the Same Flat Spin That Almost Killed Maverick

https://www.military.com/off-duty/stunt-pilot-died-filming-top-gun-same-flat-spin-almost-killed-maverick.html

 

Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of Veterans Integrated Service Network 2: New York/New Jersey VA Health Care Network in Bronx, New York

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5143

 

VA has a plan to keep patients safe as COVID levels change

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/103914/va-has-a-plan-to-keep-patients-safe-as-covid-levels-change/

 

Spinal cord injury treatment enables Navy Veteran to have a family

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/103496/spinal-cord-injury-treatment-enables-navy-veteran-to-have-a-family/

 

May is National Arthritis Awareness Month

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/103861/may-is-national-arthritis-awareness-month/

 

VA TeleEye provides specialty care to Veterans nationwide

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/103813/va-teleeye-provides-specialty-care-to-veterans-nationwide/

 

VAntagePoint Health News

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/news/health/

 

Deficits with Metrics Following Implementation of the New Electronic Health Record at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5147

 

Opening Plenary - Intersectional Action in The Veterans’ Peace Movement: Rising To The Moment - Nov 29, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE72EAKagwU

 

Training #1: Allyship - Nov 29, 2021 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRMNjVK44E

 

Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Beckley VA Medical Center in West Virginia

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5150

 

Comprehensive Healthcare Inspection of the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center in Huntington, West Virginia

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp?id=5151

 

VAntage Point Blog Update: Veterans Health Administration sent this bulletin at 06/03/2022

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVHA/bulletins/31a999a

 

DMVA Digest: A publication of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs - June 1, 2022

https://maestro.pa.gov/list/k3hdw2n4/220524A/7udxyec93j79.vib?a0=8992

 

VAntage Point Blog Update: Veterans Health Administration sent this bulletin at 06/06/2022

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVHA/bulletins/31ae9fb

 

Statement of Michael Bowman, Director of IT and Security Audits Division - Hearing on "Cybersecurity and Risk Management at VA: Addressing Ongoing Challenges and Moving Forward" - June 7, 2022

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/statements.asp

 

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Full Movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiPbcX26nr4

 

Discovery in the brains of army veterans with chronic pain could pave way for personalized treatments

https://blog.frontiersin.org/2022/05/10/discovery-in-the-brains-of-army-veterans-with-chronic-pain-could-pave-way-for-personalized-treatments/

 

Strategies to Improve Long-Term Outcomes for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA1205-1.html

 

VA-BU-CLF Brain Bank

https://www.bu.edu/cte/our-research/brain-bank/

 

The goal of Project Enlist is to serve as a catalyst for critical research on traumatic brain injury (TBI), chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in military Veterans.  Learn how to donate your brain.

https://concussionfoundation.org/programs/project-enlist

 

Ann McKee, MD, Chief of neuropathology for VA Boston Healthcare and Director of the Boston University CTE Center

https://www.annmckeemd.com/about-me

 

Jesse Jackson: We can't afford to let hate and lies win again

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/jesse-jackson-we-cant-afford-to-let-hate-and-lies-win-again

 

DMVA Digest: A publication of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs - June 8, 2022

https://maestro.pa.gov/list/k3hdw2n4/220524C/bfnxbojs8gfv.vib

 

Contract Medical Exam Program Limitations Put Veterans at Risk for Inaccurate Claims Decisions

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp

 

D-Day at 78: Remembering the Largest Seaborne Invasion in History

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/d-day-at-78-remembering-the-largest-seaborne-invasion-in-history

 

Suicide Prevention Coordinators Need Improved Training, Guidance, and Oversight

https://www.va.gov/oig/publications/report-summary.asp

 

WATCH: Jon Stewart advocates for veterans affected by burn pits at the ‘Pass the PACT Act Rally’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NHoC3FDKvQ

 

Free, online Bystander Intervention Training for Veterans

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/94962/free-online-bystander-intervention-training-for-veterans/

 

Testimony of VVA: Legislative Priorities & Policy Initiatives for the 117th Congress Second Session Presented by Jack McManus, National President, Before the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees on March 2, 2022

https://vva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Vietnam-Veteran-of-America-March-2-2022-testimony.pdf

 

President Biden Signs Into Law Nine Bipartisan Bills that Honor and Improve Care for Veterans - Jun 7, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuULB7Hwe_E

 

VA suspends annual reassessments in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5798

 

VA implements COVID-19 health protection levels enhancing Veteran, visitor and employee safety at medical facilities

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5792

 

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced burial update for Navy Seaman 1st Class William Brooks, 19, of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, who was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Brooks. He will be buried in Glen Burnie, Maryland, on July 16, 2022. Read about Brooks.

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3040168/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-brooks-w/

 

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced burial update for Navy Fireman 3rd Class Clarence Blaylock, 20, of Fort Worth, Texas, who was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Blaylock. He will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu, on November 9, 2022. Read about Blaylock.

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/2108451/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-blaylock-c/

 

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced burial update for Navy Seaman 1st Class Houston Temples, 24, of Varnado, Louisiana, who was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Dec. 7, 1941. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Temples. He will be buried in Bogalusa, Louisiana, on December 7, 2022. Read about Temples.

https://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/News-Releases/PressReleaseArticleView/Article/3058278/uss-oklahoma-sailor-accounted-for-from-world-war-ii-temples-h/

 

VA and Volunteers of America help Veteran Robert Irvin go from homeless to home

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104419/va-and-volunteers-of-america-help-veteran-robert-irvin-go-from-homeless-to-home/

 

Inclusion of gender identity in medical record a welcome change

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104408/inclusion-of-gender-identity-in-medical-record-a-welcome-change/

 

Veterans forum to address VA health care, benefits, questions from Veterans

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104329/veterans-forum/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Wreford Goss Chapple

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104239/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-wreford-goss-chapple/

 

VA nurse develops first chest pain triage protocol for urgent care

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/104413/va-nurse-develops-first-chest-pain-triage-protocol-for-urgent-care/

 

Bills Signed by the President and enacted into law: S. 1760, S. 1872, S. 2102, S. 2514, S. 2533, S. 2687, S. 3527, S. 4089, and S. 4119

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2022/06/07/bills-signed-s-1760-s-1872-s-2102-s-2514-s-2533-s-2687-s-3527-s-4089-and-s-4119/

 

The Slow Advance of LGBTQ Rights in Washington, D.C.: James Kirchick’s “Secret City” focuses not on the public work of activists, but on the presence of gay men and lesbians within government—many of them conservatives.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166706/slow-advance-lgbtq-rights-washington-dc

 

Thomas H. Corey, Vietnam Veteran, Activist, Dies at 77

https://vva.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PressReleaseNo.22-4.pdf

 

Senators, vet advocates call on lawmakers to pass burn pits bill

https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2022-06-07/burn-pits-legislation-veterans-healthcare-6263684.html

 

VA Secretary pledges improved support for caregivers

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2021/10/29/va-secretary-pledges-improved-support-for-caregivers/

 

‘I Am the Curse’: ‘Stranger Things’ Deals with Agent Orange

https://vva.org/arts-of-war/i-am-the-curse-stranger-things-deals-with-agent-orange/

 

Controversial Pentagon nominee will be put into VA leadership instead

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/06/08/controversial-pentagon-nominee-will-be-put-into-va-leadership-instead/

 

The origin of Women Veterans Day

https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/89813/

 

VA officials lagging in goal of housing 38,000 distressed vets this year

https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2022/06/03/va-officials-lagging-in-goal-of-housing-38000-distressed-vets-this-year/

 

Georgia Man Pleaded Guilty to Fraud and Kickback Scheme Involving COVID-19 and Cancer Genetic Testing

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/georgia-man-pleads-guilty-fraud-and-kickback-scheme-involving-covid-19-and-cancer-genetic

 

Varnville Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing More Than $300,000 from Military Veterans

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sc/pr/varnville-man-pleads-guilty-stealing-more-300000-military-veterans

 

Former Malden Firefighter Charged with Possession and Distribution of Controlled Substances

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-malden-firefighter-charged-possession-and-distribution-controlled-substances

 

Suburban Chicago Home Sleep Testing Company To Pay $3.5 Million To Settle Federal Health Care Fraud Suit

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/suburban-chicago-home-sleep-testing-company-pay-35-million-settle-federal-health-care

 

Veteran Sentenced To Prison For Defrauding The VA In Connection With The Receipt Of Disability Benefits

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/veteran-sentenced-prison-defrauding-va-connection-receipt-disability-benefits

Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination related links 061522

 

Tucker Carlson’s Mouthpiece, Glenn Greenwald: Eoin Higgins comes on the Time of Monsters podcast to discuss how the contrarian pundit is now whitewashing racism.

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/politics/tucker-carlson-glenn-greenwald/

 

The Buffalo Shooter and the Rise of Ecofascist Extremists: The shooter’s manifesto makes clear, climate denial and ecofascism are two sides of the same right-wing coin.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166510/buffalo-shooter-ecofascism

 

Reforms for Returnees

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Rollins.html

 

Suspicious Machinery

https://www.populist.com/28.10.McMillen.html

 

MARY SANCHEZ: No, Derek Chauvin wasn’t just one bad apple

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/mary-sanchez-no-derek-chauvin-wasn-t-just-one-bad-apple/article_29791186-cbed-11ec-b55e-8b7db91383bc.html

 

Gun violence rises as access to guns rises: Violence will be reduced when we address its causes and reduce the availability of its instruments.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/5/2/23054304/gun-violence-firearms-access-murders-violence-crime-rates-jesse-jackson-column

 

The Great Simplifier: If John Brown failed at anything, he failed at saving us from ourselves.

https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/who-do-we-think-we-are/articles/the-great-simplifier

 

The Press and the Police: When you turn to the news, what you will encounter, overwhelmingly, is crime.

https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/who-do-we-think-we-are/articles/the-press-and-the-police

 

Indiana homeowner shoots 2 suspected armed intruders, holds others at gunpoint until cops arrive

Two of the suspects in Indiana's DeKalb County are in police custody

https://www.foxnews.com/us/indiana-homeowner-shoots-armed-burglars-holds-two-gunpoint

 

‘Just About All of Our Land’: Report Shows Black Farmers Lost $326B Worth of Land from Dispossession and Discriminatory Policies

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/18/just-about-all-of-our-land-report-shows-black-farmers-lost-326b-worth-of-land-from-dispossession-and-discriminatory-policies/

 

LOUISIANA SENATOR BILL CASSIDY: OUR MATERNAL DEATH RATES ARE ONLY BAD IF YOU COUNT BLACK WOMEN.  “If you correct our population for race, we’re not as much of an outlier as it’d otherwise appear.”

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/bill-cassidy-maternal-mortality-rates

 

The Buffalo Shooter Shopped at their Gun Stores: Shopkeepers recount their interactions with Payton Gendron, and the fears of civil war that have run rampant in his community since 2020.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-local-correspondents/the-buffalo-shooter-shopped-at-their-gun-stores

 

‘The Consequences of Historical Discrimination’: Report Shows Black Men Are Left Out of Economic Recovery from the Pandemic

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/22/the-consequences-of-historical-discrimination-report-shows-black-men-are-left-out-of-economic-recovery-from-the-pandemic/

 

Southern Baptist Convention Leaders Stonewalled Abuse Victims For Decades

https://katiecouric.com/news/southern-baptist-convention-leaders-stonewalled-abuse-victims-for-decades/

 

Biden Set to Issue Policing Order on Anniversary of Floyd Killing: The order would direct all federal agencies to revise their use-of-force policies and create a national registry of officers fired for misconduct.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/24/us/politics/police-executive-order-george-floyd.html

 

The Supreme Court Decides Death Row Prisoners Don’t Deserve Competent Lawyers: The court’s conservatives have pared back the Sixth Amendment’s protections so that it won’t impede the state’s ability to erroneously execute the innocent.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166588/death-penalty-sixth-amendment-ramirez

 

Biden signs executive order on police reform

https://thehill.com/news/administration/3501810-biden-signs-executive-order-on-policing-reform/

 

So You Want to Reduce Crime?  What kinds of investments have been proven to lower crime rates? (Hint: It’s not directing endless money to the police.)

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/crime-social-services/

 

Even in This Tragic Week, George Floyd Is Still Making a Difference: Biden’s executive order on policing may apply only to federal agents, but until legislation can be passed, it still matters.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166642/biden-police-executive-order-george-floyd-making-difference

 

Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis Makes History with Senate Confirmation

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/05/27/judge-stephanie-dawkins-davis-makes-history-with-senate-confirmation/

 

Nine rare cancers tied to burn pit exposure added to VA benefits list

https://lailluminator.com/2022/04/25/nine-rare-cancers-tied-to-burn-pit-exposure-added-to-va-benefits-list/

 

Perinatal Exposure of Dioxin Associated with Atypical Eye Gaze Behavior

https://safeminds.org/news/perinatal-exposure-of-dioxin-associated-with-atypical-eye-gaze-behavior/

 

Kansas City Police Shoot Unarmed Pregnant Black Woman 5 Time Who Had Her Hands Up

https://globalnewsink.com/kansas-city-police-shoot-unarmed-pregnant-black-woman-5-time-who-had-her-hands-up/

 

The Myth of “Radical” Black Politics That Stymies Progressive Politics: Black Americans largely want the same things that white people do. So why are their demands treated as extreme?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166344/myth-radical-black-politics-stymies-progressive-politics

 

What Biden's executive order on police reform means for suburban departments

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220527/what-bidens-executive-order-on-police-reform-means-for-suburban-departments

 

Sharing grief can help us heal after mass shootings: Faith leaders are bringing people together to share pain and take action after Uvalde

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/clergy-advice-uvalde-texas-shooting-20220529.html

 

27 school shootings have taken place so far this year

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/24/1101050970/2022-school-shootings-so-far

 

What Should White People Do? - May 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOYNGQVdaSw

 

Culture Wars: Why book bans are trending in the US | DW News - May 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6S6-KsmG4I

 

The SPLC in 2021: A year of accomplishment amid unprecedented challenges

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/12/31/splc-2021-year-accomplishment-amid-unprecedented-challenges

 

Fighting the ‘Lost Cause’: Whose Heritage? report documents progress in battle to remove Confederate iconography

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2022/02/04/cost-remove-confederate-monument-south

 

One Year After Jan. 6, the Hard Right Digs In

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/12/30/one-year-after-jan-6-hard-right-digs

 

SPLC WELCOMES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERING EXTREMISM REPORT: CALLS FOR MORE ACTION TO END HATE AND EXTREMISM IN THE U.S. MILITARY

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-welcomes-department-defense-countering-extremism-report-calls-more-action-end-hate

 

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONFRONT VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND PROTECT OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/january_6_policy_letter.pdf

 

The Rise in Violence Against Minority Institutions

https://www.splcactionfund.org/news/2022/02/17/rise-violence-against-minority-institutions

 

Unmuting Black History: SPLC funds museum projects to increase equity

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2022/01/28/unmuting-black-history-splc-funds-museum-projects-increase-equity

 

Where Do We Go From Here?  A message from the director of Learning for Justice

https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/where-do-we-go-from-here

 

SPLC CONDEMNS REMOVAL OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LGBTQ+ ANTI-BULLYING PORTAL; URGES ITS IMMEDIATE RETURN

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-condemns-removal-florida-department-education-lgbtq-anti-bullying-portal-urges-its

 

Juveniles With Long Prison Sentences in Mississippi

https://www.splcactionfund.org/blog/2022/01/11/juveniles-long-prison-sentences-mississippi

 

Alabama prisons lawsuit: SPLC urges prompt mental health remedies after judge’s order

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/12/29/alabama-prisons-lawsuit-splc-urges-prompt-mental-health-remedies-after-judges-order

 

SPLC FEATURES AND STORIES

https://www.splcenter.org/features-stories

 

For the 'Deliverance of Their Race': Black Civil War Sailors and the Medal of Honor

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/05/30/deliverance-of-their-race-black-civil-war-sailors-and-medal-of-honor.html

 

Unruly passenger opens United plane’s emergency exit, slides down wing

https://nypost.com/2022/05/05/united-plane-passenger-opens-emergency-slide-and-lands-on-wing/

 

The Police Have No Reason to Help You: Cops have been given an incredible set of legal powers immunizing them from the fatal errors of their own decisions—including their decision to do nothing in Uvalde, Texas.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166655/police-uvalde-shooting-qualified-immunity

 

How can California provide reparations? A new report suggests several ways

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/01/1102483369/how-can-california-provide-reparations-new-report-suggests-ways

 

The Year in Review: Events that shaped 2021

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2021/12/28/year-review-events-shaped-2021

 

The Year in Hate & Extremism Report 2021

https://www.splcenter.org/20220309/year-hate-extremism-report-2021

 

bell hooks on interlocking systems of domination - Jan 7, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUpY8PZlgV8

 

Republicans’ Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Far-Right Threats to Pride Celebrations: Their anti-LGBTQ legal crusade and “grooming” language have been adopted by extremist groups.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166673/republicans-militias-pride-lgbtq

 

An Idea for Democrats: Reboot ACORN.  As the GOP continues its multipronged offensive on free and fair elections, democracy desperately needs an army of its own in the field.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166682/democrats-reboot-acorn-voting-rights

 

“Innocent” White People Are Also Complicit in the Anti-Black Murders in Buffalo

https://truthout.org/articles/innocent-white-people-are-also-complicit-in-the-anti-black-murders-in-buffalo/

 

Could ‘Jeopardize Police Safety’: Alabama Judge Blocks Release of Video Showing Police K-9 Mauling a 51-Year-Old to Death After a False Burglary Call

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/06/03/could-jeopardize-police-safety-alabama-judge-blocks-release-of-video-showing-police-k-9-mauling-a-51-year-old-to-death-after-a-false-burglary-call/

 

What Is ‘Excited Delirium’?: Harvard Study Debunks Go-to Diagnosis Used to Explain Deaths of Black Men Detained By Police

https://atlantablackstar.com/2022/06/03/what-is-excited-delirium-harvard-study-debunks-go-to-diagnosis-used-to-explain-deaths-of-black-men-detained-by-police/

 

The Execution of Charles I: Killing of a Treasonous King

https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-and-stories/the-execution-of-charles-i/#gs.28kwhg

 

Celebrating Kiyoshi Kuromiya

https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-kiyoshi-kuromiya

 

The Business Council for Democracy (BC4D) gives the private sector a role in building resilience and protecting democracy

https://www.isdglobal.org/the-business-council-for-democracy-bc4d/

 

The Alternative to Police That Is Proven to Reduce Violence: Why don’t more people trust it?

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/06/mental-health-san-francisco-street-crisis-response-team-cahoots-police-violence/

 

Online Antisemitism: A Toolkit for Civil Society In partnership

https://www.isdglobal.org/isd-publications/online-antisemitism-a-toolkit-for-civil-society/

 

Interview: ‘Holding People Accountable, with Love and Respect’

https://progressive.org/magazine/holding-people-accountable-love-respect-stockwell/

 

Saying His Name, Remembering His Life

https://progressive.org/magazine/saying-his-name-remembering-his-life-gilmore/

 

GENE LYONS: As 'race porn' captures young minds, media shout encouragement

https://www.goshennews.com/opinion/gene-lyons-as-race-porn-captures-young-minds-media-shout-encouragement/article_20d2faf6-d7a5-11ec-8160-dfe87a323230.html

 

Tucker Carlson's 'Great Replacement' Theory Comes from an Anti-American Nazi

https://fpif.org/tucker-carlsons-great-replacement-theory-comes-from-an-anti-american-nazi

 

In Buffalo, a Familiar Tune

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Kalet.html

 

Reflections on the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Sandronsky.html

 

The Buffalo Massacre, Book Bans and the Enduring Wounds of Racism

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/19/the_buffalo_massacre_book_bans_and

 

Opinion  Not-so-great replacement: Extremists become GOP mainstream

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/16/republicans-far-right-group-statistics/

 

D.C. lawmakers pass a bill that would ban firing employees for failed marijuana tests

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/08/1103649177/d-c-council-passes-bill-cannabis-marijuana-testing

 

Racism Outshines Platinum Jubilee

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/racism-outshines-platinum-jubilee

 

The Buffalo Attack Is Part of a Long History of Racial Terror: How does a system that devalues Black lives expect the members of society to value them?

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/buffalo-racist-mass-shooting/

 

The Stalwart: Hubert Harrison’s radical life and times.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hubert-harrison-jeffrey-perry/

 

Despite making up close to 5% of the global population, the U.S. has more than 20% of the world’s prison population. Since 1970, our incarcerated population has increased by 500% ­­–  2 million people in jail and prison today, far outpacing population growth and crime.

https://www.aclu.org/issues/smart-justice/mass-incarceration

 

Study confirms what we've known for years about crime: Researchers found losing welfare benefits early in life increases one's likelihood of facing criminal charges down the line.

https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/welfare-crime-study-social-security-rcna32525

 

Bonn climate conference: World is "cooked" if we carry on with coal, US says

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-61659620

 

Black Alliance for Peace stands against the growing influence and power of SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM, and the ever-increasing militarization of the regions that they operate in. We call for international “Zones of Peace” in the Americas and on the African continent.

https://blackallianceforpeace.com/africomwatchbulletin/edition40

 

Philly’s mayor says he has a $184M antiviolence strategy. Some elected officials say the plan is inadequate.  Budget negotiations are entering the final stretch as the nation’s attention on gun violence has grown after a series of mass shootings, including one close to home.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-mayor-budget-gun-violence-prevention-council-20220609.html

 

The Myth of “Radical” Black Politics That Stymies Progressive Politics: Black Americans largely want the same things that white people do. So why are their demands treated as extreme?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166344/myth-radical-black-politics-stymies-progressive-politics

 

White supremacists riling up thousands on social media, talking ‘white boy summer.’  The Department of Homeland Security has warned that such skewed framing of tiopics like LGBTQ rights, guns and abortion could drive extremists to violent attacks.

https://thegrio.com/2022/06/10/white-supremacists-riling-up-thousands-on-social-media-talking-white-boy-summer/

 

Idaho sheriff releases addresses of 'Patriot Front' members accused of planning riot

https://www.rawstory.com/patriot-front-arrests/

 

The reason one teacher has kept an empty chair in his classroom for 50 years

https://news.yahoo.com/reason-one-teacher-kept-empty-164723170.html

 

This Ex-Republican Just Tweeted The Best Thread About What The GOP Is About. Ever.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/13/2103841/-This-Ex-Republican-Just-Tweeted-The-Best-Thread-About-What-The-GOP-Is-About-Ever

 

Coach D SLAMS Ohio Governor for Arming Teachers - Jun 13, 2022 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jl5zjtqpDY&t=89s

 

Why far-right groups are increasingly targeting the LGBTQ community - Jun 14, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS8yPXKDVKI

 

Black-white wealth gap getting worse, 160 years of U.S. data show

https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/black-white-wealth-gap-united-states-20220607.html

Economics and Coronavirus related links 061522

 

Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests

https://special.usps.com/testkits

 

How Rapid Reinfection Has Changed the Covid Fight: New variants can infect people who had Covid-19 as recently as a few months ago.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166573/reinfection-ba2-omicron-covid

 

Watch live: Latest COVID-19 data from UK and around the world - Started streaming on Apr 5, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLlKVD4Aqgw

 

How Long Can You Test Positive for COVID Following Infection?  When it comes to testing, the PCR tests are more likely to continue picking up the virus following infection

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/how-long-can-you-test-positive-for-covid-following-infection/2833911/

 

Shanghai eases COVID-19 restrictions after 2-month lockdown

https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-education-beijing-c81061a3f5cc8cb22f8d7b7c5976079e

 

How the Far Right Weaponized America’s Democratic Roots: By shedding the detritus of race-based nationalism, today’s insurgents have harnessed the power of white innocence.

https://newrepublic.com/article/163210/far-right-proud-boys-tea-party-myth

 

How Shanghai Residents Endured the COVID Lockdown: For more than two months, China’s financial hub, which is home to some twenty-five million people, came to a halt.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-shanghai-residents-endured-the-covid-lockdown

Economics and Corruption and Healthcare and Education related links 061522

 

The War on Economics: Many progressives view the dismal science as their adversary. Yet it has often proved to be a singularly powerful ally.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/23/the-war-on-economics-elizabeth-popp-berman-thinking-like-an-economist

 

The Baby Formula Crisis Shows the Risks of Corporate Concentration: The government may be able to provide a quick fix to the deepening emergency. Solving the problem’s root cause will be substantially more difficult.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166519/baby-formula-shortage-corporate-concentration

 

Ask Prof Wolff: 3 Ways Government Has Historically Curbed Inflation - May 18, 2022  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM_SN-QCmNk

 

Ask Prof Wolff: Economic Implications of Abortion Access - May 20, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5zbeTBDOM

 

Abolish Employment - Global Capitalism with Richard Wolff - May 22, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKB3_UZeP24

 

Economic Update: War and the Left - May 23, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_I85RxL-kM

 

GOP Puppets Try to Stop Student Debt Cancellation - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - May 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YZ7ok4yYxg

 

Ask Prof Wolff: How Worker Co-ops Handle Bankruptcy - May 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K9WMhmdZW0

 

Economic Cost of Mass Shootings Exposed Featuring Prof. Richard Wolff - May 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKmaqfgb1_s

 

Wolff Responds: Why Economic Policy = Class Struggle - Premiered May 25, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wbk9bKl4L5w

 

Ask Prof Wolff: Gas Taxes and Inflation - May 27, 2022 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvr0DBMR1pg

 

The Socialism That Focuses Too Much on Government - Global Capitalism with Richard Wolff - May 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghF_cIsAqsU

 

Economic Update: Capitalism's Flaws Fester - Premiered May 30, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaypZo6zTt4

 

What's Happening with U.S. Baby Formula? - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - May 31, 2022 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl0xqgtmnVA

 

U.S. Child Care Crisis - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - May 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worunF_-KPs

 

Ask Prof Wolff: Capitalism Doesn't Care About You - Jun 1, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=981q3W_jM1s

 

Ask Prof Wolff: How To Build A Strong Left Movement - Jun 3, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GggfC_uQlQk

 

Economic Update: The System is the Problem - Premiered June 6, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRGv3SWq66o

 

Inflation Is Undemocratic - Economic Update with Richard Wolff - Jun 7, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnvHJKocJsE

 

Calling out Romney's "Fairness" Argument Regarding Student Debt Relief - Economic Update - Jun 7, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lHOjHP54Ys

 

Ask Prof Wolff: Top Down or Bottom Up - Proudhon vs. Marx - Jun 8, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSzOion2tJE

 

Economic Update: Is The US Facing Another Civil War? - Premiered Jun 13, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI-c5YN98No

 

A snapshot of America's 99% and its billionaires - Richard Wolff on Economic Update - Jun 14, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCUZNFpZE2w

 

Jim Hightower: The inflation blame game

https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/jim-hightower-the-inflation-blame-game/article_8fa67b96-cbfd-11ec-8664-2faf97729c72.html

 

Jim Hightower: Bovine Excrement

https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/jim-hightower-bovine-excrement/article_ded2d084-c64e-11ec-ab4b-0bc371c56d52.html

 

Dreaming of Better Streaming

https://www.creators.com/read/froma-harrop/04/22/dreaming-of-better-streaming

 

Price Controls Could Tame Inflation: Corporate monopolies are already controlling prices — to keep them high. It’s time to do something about it.

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Hauter.html

 

Outsourcing Children’s Safety

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Conway.html

 

The Surge in Imports and the Drop in GDP: Offloading the Ships Lined Up Offshore

https://cepr.net/the-surge-in-imports-and-the-drop-in-gdp-offloading-the-ships-lined-up-offshore/

 

Fed Up with the Fed

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Joseph.html

 

We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media: Nothing makes the case for public ownership of online public spaces like a billionaire proposing to buy one.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/we-cannot-rely-on-billionaires-to-create-necessary-guardrails-on-social-media/

 

How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks. By: Sonali Kolhatkar

https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/how-young-workers-are-unionizing-starbucks-by-sonali-kolhatkar

 

A Capitalist Conscience: Do ‘Our Better Angels’ Jibe with Profits?

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Retsinas.html

 

Is There Still a Role for Public Health?

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Uretsky.html

 

A Tale of Two Healthcare Systems

https://www.populist.com/28.10.OLeary.html

 

When I’m 65

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Friedman.html

 

Unsafe Employers Endanger Workers

https://www.populist.com/28.10.Sandronsky.html

 

An Obamacare fiasco could blow up on Democrats right before the midterms: It could all come down to … Joe Manchin.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/20/democrats-affordable-care-act-biden-manchin-00033902

 

Inside LA’s Homeless Industrial Complex: Just 7 percent of the people in Los Angeles’s Echo Park encampment found permanent housing after it was cleared. Almost half are missing. Seven are dead. That’s not a failure of homelessness policy; it’s an example of the system working exactly as intended.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166383/los-angeles-echo-park-homeless-industrial-complex

 

Rare monkeypox outbreak in U.K., Europe and U.S.: What is it and should we worry?

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/05/18/927043767/rare-monkeypox-outbreak-in-u-k-and-europe-what-is-it-and-should-we-worry

 

Psychedelics: how they act on the brain to relieve depression

https://www.rawstory.com/psychedelics-how-they-act-on-the-brain-to-relieve-depression/

 

New York Is Facing a Pandemic-Fueled Home Energy Crisis, With No End in Sight: More than a million households are 60 days in arrears on their energy bills, with an average of $1,427.71 in debt, and shut-offs are increasing.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20052022/new-york-utility-bills/

 

Senate Republicans Want Your Cleaning Lady to Pay Income Tax, but Not FedEx: Dwindling revenues from corporate taxes are beggaring the Treasury, and the GOP doesn’t care.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166537/senate-republicans-corporate-taxes-dwindling

 

Eliminate IMF surcharges immediately!

https://debtgwa.net/statements/eliminate-imf-surcharges-immediately

 

Canceling student debt would be 'very unfair' and favor those who make 'lots of money in their lifetime,' former Fed Chair Bernanke says [Spoken like a typical capitalist]

https://www.businessinsider.com/canceling-student-debt-very-unfair-favor-wealthy-fed-chair-bernanke-2022-5

 

How Private Equity is Making Your Life More Expensive | Robert Reich - May 16, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaSn0iqzVv4

 

How the War Has Led to a “New High” in World Hunger

https://katiecouric.com/news/russia-ukraine-war-food-shortage/

 

WATCH LIVE: Attorney General Merrick Garland holds news briefing to discuss market manipulation - Streamed live May 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOCZZ0xL0nM

 

The Real Motive Behind the GOP's “Culture War” | Robert Reich - May 24, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nO8cBD79k

 

Is the Typical CEO Really Worth $15 Million?  Of course not. But that’s what they make as they profit from the inflation that’s hurting the middle class.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166509/skyrocketing-ceo-pay-corporate-america

 

Don’t Boycott Amazon: They’re too big to be hurt by individual consumer choice. Instead, hit them where it really hurts.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/amazon-monopoly-boycott/

 

Robert Reich Testifies Before Senate Budget Committee - May 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJeYAxLvJLU

 

Capitalism Hits Home: Connection - The Foundation of Mental Health - Premiered May 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-3Q8K592r0

 

Monkeypox Cases Go Global | The Mehdi Hasan Show - May 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeNH8FOFY14

 

How Bernie Sanders' Wall Street Tax Would Work

https://www.npr.org/2016/02/12/466465333/sanders-favors-a-speculation-tax-on-big-wall-street-firms-what-is-that

 

Researchers restore brain immune system function after prenatal exposure to environmental toxin

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publications/neuroscience/researchers-restore-brain-immune-system-function-after-prenatal-exposure-to-environmental-toxin

 

Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01043-3

 

Beyond fluid buildup: Rethinking congenital hydrocephalus

https://answers.childrenshospital.org/congenital-hydrocephalus/

 

Puberty Starts Earlier Than It Used To. No One Knows Why.  Some girls are starting to develop breasts as early as age 6 or 7. Researchers are studying the role of obesity, chemicals and stress.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/science/early-puberty-medical-reason.html

 

Birth Defect Research for Children

https://birthdefects.org/

 

Why It Took 35 Years to Develop the First Malaria Vaccine: The parasite’s tricky biology is only part of the problem.

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/05/why-took-so-long-malaria-vaccine/

 

Why can't the US stop soaring oil and gas prices?

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61446317?fbclid=IwAR3IYTEYesTGBWCR-NxVdp12nSsTjsP_JTZL3LGl8Fb4hytq03HqcI6pZko

 

Homeopathy Manufacturer Boiron Sued for Deceiving Consumers with Junk Meds

https://centerforinquiry.org/press_releases/homeopathy-manufacturer-boiron-sued-for-deceiving-consumers-with-junk-meds/

 

What Did Neoliberalism Do to Democracy? w/ Stephanie Mudge | Social Democracy #7 - Premiered May 29, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SWwDBTeMlM

 

A third of Philly’s building inspectors have quit since 2019. Critics say that threatens public safety.

The longtime problem appears to be getting worse amid what a union official called a "mass exodus" of inspectors.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-building-safety-staffing-shortages-inspections-20220526.html

 

Companies blanket Pa. with ads about how to get a medical marijuana card, but doctors are silenced

With millions of dollars at stake, certification businesses buy radio ads, dominate Google searches, and even offer Groupons. But if doctors do the same, they risk their license.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/spl/pennsylvania-medical-marijuana-card-doctor-advertising-20220526.html

 

Big Oil Rewarded Shareholders Instead Of Production And Now Americans Face Record Gas Prices –March 8, 2022

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/03/08/big-oil-rewarded-shareholders-instead-of-production-and-now-americans-face-record-gas-prices.html

 

How Corporations Are Using Inflation To Take Your Money - May 31, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPQouk7gmTM

 

The Vampire Ship: How the seizure of Europe's largest heroin shipment created bloody fallout throughout the world—and sparked still-raging political corruption scandals in Turkey, Greece, and the Middle East

https://newrepublic.com/article/159252/noor-one-vampire-ship-heroin-turkey-greece-corruption-scandal

 

Like capitalism itself, business journalism is broken. Can it be fixed? Talking to New York Times reporter David Gelles about the implosion of capitalism, the failure of the business press to tell that story, and how it can do better now

https://the.ink/p/like-capitalism-itself-business-journalism

 

The Next Recession Will Make Income Inequality a Lot Worse: We used to think a silver lining to economic downturns was that inequality halted. But new research suggests recessions speed inequality up.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166647/next-recession-income-inequality-worse

 

Biden says inflation is top priority after meeting with Fed Chair Jerome Powell: The president said that the Federal Reserve will play a key role in lowering the highest inflation in decades but that he wouldn’t “interfere with their critically important work.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-meet-federal-reserve-chair-powell-inflation-woes-rcna31205

 

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Texas social media law

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/31/tech/supreme-court-texas-social-media-ruling/index.html

 

Supreme Court Hands Social Media Giants a Win but Invites Conservatives to Try Their Luck Again: A shadow-docket decision spared Facebook and Twitter from a Texas law that would have prevented them from moderating their platforms.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166665/social-media-texas-supreme-court

 

Robert Reich Explains How the Trump “Tax Cuts” Shafted the Middle Class - May 26, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3jBG3_tp_E

 

Farmers Markets are Bountiful This Time of Year in California: The state has some 700 markets featuring some of the world’s best produce — but it took legislative changes in the 1970s to help them flourish.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/farmers-markets-california.html

 

Stop making excuses for greedy gas and oil companies

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/opinion/2022/06/02/stop-making-excuses-greedy-gas-and-oil-companies/7473860001/

 

The Power Center of Capitalism Has Shifted - David Harvey's Anti-Capitalist Chronicles - Jun 3, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxKK0UioEk

 

S.2992 - American Innovation and Choice Online Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2992

 

S.2710 - Open App Markets Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2710

 

America's new labor market

https://www.axios.com/2022/06/06/pandemic-new-labor-market

 

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: What It Is, How It Works.  PSLF discharges any remaining federal student loan balance after borrowers make 10 years' worth of payments.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/student-loans/public-service-loan-forgiveness

 

Comment: Poor People Gonna Rise Up

https://progressive.org/magazine/poor-people-gonna-rise-up-barber-pelles/

 

DHS Reversal Puts Seniors at Risk

https://progressive.org/latest/dhs-reversal-puts-seniors-at-risk-lueders-220503/

 

Stop Pandemic Price Gouging

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Edit.html

 

Meatpackers Needed ‘To See Some Results!’

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Guebert.html

 

It’s Time to Stop Profiteering at the Pump: High gas prices, climate change, and the war in Ukraine share a common cause.

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Owens.html

 

The Stock Market’s Slow Collapse: What it means for the real economy and the fortunes of Democrats

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Kuttner.html

 

Plenty of Food, But Not for All Farmworkers

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Lincoln.html

 

Stopping Attacks on Health Care Workers

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Conway.html

 

America’s Epidemic of Violence Against Health Care Workers: Those of us who work in hospitals see firsthand the carnage wrought by guns. But as the recent mass shooting at a Tulsa hospital shows, we’re also often the victims of violence.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166692/tulsa-hospital-shooting-epidemic-violence-health-care-workers

 

Time to Replace Deadly ‘Wile E. Coyote Healthcare’ With Lifesaving Medicare for All

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Eskow.html

 

President Biden and the Price of Gas

https://cepr.net/president-biden-and-the-price-of-oil/

 

As the Planet Warms, Let's Be Clear: We are Sacrificing Lives for Profits.  Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.

https://www.populist.com/28.11.Kolhatkar.html

 

The Rent Is Too Damn High: Rents in New York City and around the country are at record levels. Is this forever?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166652/why-is-rent-so-high

 

How Disney World Struck a Deal With Florida to Govern Itself: The resort’s real magic lies in the powers it’s afforded by a special district.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166511/disney-world-reedy-creek-florida-deal

 

The Theft of the Commons: Across centuries, land that was collectively worked by the landless was claimed by the landed, and the age of private property was born.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/the-theft-of-the-commons

 

Sara Nelson on the Drive to Unionize Delta Flight Attendants

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/politics-and-more/sara-nelson-on-the-drive-to-unionize-delta-flight-attendants

 

World Bank Warns of Global Economic Slowdown, More Inflation

https://www.voanews.com/a/world-bank-warns-of-global-economic-slowdown-more-inflation-/6606865.html

 

Does Biden Really Think the Saudis Will Help Him on Gas Prices?  The president is desperate for some relief at the pump for Americans before November—even if it means shaking the hand of Jamal Khashoggi’s killer.

https://newrepublic.com/article/166717/biden-mbs-saudi-arabia-gas-prices

 

We Should Have Busted OPEC While We Had the Chance: The cartel clearly violates more than one U.S. law. We could help lower gas prices by going after it. So why don’t we?

https://newrepublic.com/article/166752/opec-cartel-gas-prices

 

$3,374,629,000,000: Federal Tax Collections Set Record Through May

https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/terence-p-jeffrey/3374629000000-federal-tax-collections-set-record-through-may

 

Cancer Gone Viral: The road from pain to liver cancer… and the cure

https://www.sparrow.science/cancer-gone-viral-the-road-from-pain-to-liver-cancer-and-the-cure/

 

Cancer Gone Viral: How HIV infection ramps up cancer risk

https://www.sparrow.science/cancer-gone-viral-how-hiv-infection-ramps-up-cancer-risk/

 

CFPA is urgently searching for a new Executive Assistant

https://peacecoalition.org/take-action/1303-help-wanted.html?emci=9f6609a9-47eb-ec11-b47a-281878b83d8a&emdi=d14c159b-4feb-ec11-b47a-281878b83d8a&ceid=264508

 

As WTO Ministerial Opens, Civil Society Slams Rich Nations for Acting as Big Pharma 'Henchmen': "We are deeply concerned that rich nations are negotiating to protect the interests of pharmaceutical corporations... whatever the cost to public health," said one campaigner.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/13/wto-ministerial-opens-civil-society-slams-rich-nations-acting-big-pharma-henchmen

 

States With The Best Public School Systems

https://www3.forbes.com/money/states-with-the-best-public-school-systems-v3/2/

 

New Book: Jack Welch Broke Capitalism, Ushered In an Era of Distrust | Amanpour and Company - Jun 13, 2022 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaCSbdNsLQk

 

My message to Fox News viewers. - Jun 14, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-pGE2LBSUk