Message to My Readers 101720

 

An eventful thirty-eight days have passed since I last updated this blog. 

Regarding the pandemic, there have been about 11.8 million new cases of COVID-19 in the world (41.7% increase), with about 206,600 (22.5% increase) new COVID-19 deaths in the world.  The average number of new cases per day in the world was about 310,400.  The average number of deaths per day in the world was about 5,400.  There have been about 1,765,000 (26.8% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in the USA, with about 29,000 (14.8% increase) new deaths in the USA.  The average number of new cases per day in the USA was about 46,500.  The average number of deaths per day in the USA was about 760. There have been about 38,500 (26% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania, with about 640 (8% increase) new deaths in Pennsylvania.  The average number of new cases per day in Pennsylvania was about 1,013.  The average number of deaths per day in Pennsylvania was about 17. There have been about 5,390 (15% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Philadelphia, with about 86 (4.8% increase) new deaths in Philadelphia.  The average number of new cases per day in Philadelphia was about 142.  The average number of deaths per day in Philadelphia was about 2. By comparison, there have been about 20,040 (54% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Nebraska, with about 130 (30% increase) new deaths in Nebraska. The average number of new cases per day in Nebraska was about 527.  The average number of deaths per day in Nebraska was about 3.  There have been about 3,248 (67% increase) new cases of COVID-19 in Lancaster County, Nebraska, with 8 (36% increase) new deaths in Lancaster County, Nebraska.  The average number of new cases per day in Lancaster County, Nebraska was about 85.  The average number of deaths per day in Lancaster County, Nebraska was less than 1. 

At this rate (average of 760 deaths per day in the USA), we can expect to suffer another 278,000 deaths over the next 12 months, at which time there may be a safe and effective vaccine available to all Americans and/or a therapeutic available for those with the worst infections.  Added to the 223,839 deaths already experienced, the total would then be 502,000 (over half a million American souls – more than the total KIAs in WWII and Korea combined).  Infection rates appear to be out of control in 38 of the 50 states in the nation.  The USA leads the world with the highest total number of infections to date of over 8 million.  Cases per 1 million population are 25,161.  Only Israel, Peru, Chile,  Qatar, Panama, Kuwait, Bahrain, French Guiana, Aruba, Andorra, and Vatican City have more cases per 1 million population than does the USA.  The states with the most cases per million of population are: Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi, Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Iowa, Arkansas, South Dakota, and North Dakota.  For more info on the status of Covid-19, see this link:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/01/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s

 

Check out the countdown (less than 16 days) to the 2020 election on November 3rd:

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

 

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.  I have already voted by mail but dropped off my ballot at a collection location.

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.

 

This is probably the last blog update that I will publish.  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.  Thanks for reading and sharing.

 

Feedback is welcome.

 

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With love and respect to all,

 

Larry Holman

Veterans related links 101720

 

VA in the “good old days”

https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/va-hospitals-scandal/

 

H.R.7443 - Veterans Claim Transparency Act of 2020.  07/01/2020 - Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7443?s=1&r=14

 

S.699 - National Green Alert Act of 2019.  03/07/2019 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/699

 

H.R.1985 - Family Savings for Kids and Seniors Act.  03/28/2019 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1985?s=1&r=9

 

H.R. 7504—the VA Clinical TEAM Culture Act of 2020.  07/09/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 09/08/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.  09/10/2020 Committee Hearings Held.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7504

 

H.R.7617 - Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021.  07/31/2020 - On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 – 197.  08/12/2020 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7617

 

Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers

https://www.caregiver.va.gov/pdfs/MIssionAct/CaregiversPCAFCExpansionFAQ73120.pdf

 

VA Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers begins expanding eligibility to Veterans of earlier eras

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5533

VA Expands Caregiver Stipend to Cover Eligible Vietnam, Korea and World War II Veterans

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/06/va-expands-caregiver-stipend-cover-eligible-vietnam-korea-and-world-war-ii-veterans.html

 

5th Annual A Day To Change Direction

https://www.changedirection.org/day-to-change-direction/

 

A Day to Change Direction 2020 Presentation

https://vimeo.com/444707375

 

Montel’s Journey Comes Full Circle as Host of Military Makeover: Decorated Veteran "Psyched" to Support Military Families

https://militarymakeover.tv/montels-journey-comes-full-circle-as-host-of-military-makeover/

 

Private First Class Jacklyn H. Lucas: Medal of Honor Series: In the bloodiest  battle in Marine Corps history, 27 Marines and sailors were awarded the Medal of Honor for action on Iwo Jima. No other campaign surpassed that number.

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/private-first-class-jacklyn-h-lucas-medal-honor-series?fbclid=IwAR0tgP57_Y2idQ1sJOrl13_EsfivSGKox6Y-29Ho1dlT0iKwgsgeRZhHTgQ

 

Boca Raton Doctor Pleads Guilty To $20 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/boca-raton-doctor-pleads-guilty-20-million-health-care-fraud-scheme

 

Influenza (Flu) Vaccine (Inactivated or Recombinant): What You Need to Know

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/flu.html

 

Fighting flu together: Get an immunization!  Flu and COVID-19 can both lead to serious illness

NOTE: Flu shots will be given out in the Walk-In Flu Clinic at the CMC VAMC Philadelphia in front of the hospital for veterans without an appointment Mon-Fri from 8 AM to 4 PM. 

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78429/fighting-flu-together-get-flu-shot/?fbclid=IwAR0mERcRmrhzDtS00dcWkorPYKDUEY2E5IgrAomugGb1k4J1Xsk9eRhqpY0

 

Study offers real world perspective on how Black patients experience mental healthcare

Research provides insight into how perceptions of bias affect engagement with providers

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/ri-sor091520.php

 

Access and manage your VA benefits and health care

https://www.va.gov/

 

Veterans Benefits - 800 827-1000

www.vets.gov

 

Veterans Benefits - 800 827-1000

www.choose.va.gov

 

Veterans Benefits - 800 827-1000

www.ebenefits.va.gov

 

Health Care Benefits – 877 222-VETS (8387)

www.va.gov/health-care

 

Access and Quality in VA Healthcare

www.accesstocare.va.gov

 

VA Burials & Memorials – 800 827-1000

www.va.gov/burials-memorials

 

Center for Minority Veterans

www.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans

 

Community Care (MISSION Act) – 844 698-2311 (VA 311)

www.va.gov/communitycare

 

Devices for the Deaf (TDD) – Dial 711

https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/711-telecommunications-relay-service

 

VA Education and Training – 888 442-4551

www.va.gov/education

 

Homeless Veterans – 877 424-3838

www.va.gov/homeless

 

VA Mental Health

www.mentalhealth.va.gov

 

Military Exposures (Agent Orange, Gulf War Illnesses, etc.) – 877 222-8387

www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures

 

MOVE!* Weight Management

www.move.va.gov

 

MyVA 311 – 844 MyVA311 (844 698-2311)

https://www.fedscoop.com/myva-311-shows-how-feds-are-taking-innovation-cues-from-cities/

 

National Center for Patient Safety

www.patientsafety.va.gov

 

National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – 800 273-8255

www.ptsd.va.gov

 

SmokeFreeVET – 855-QuitVET (855 784-8838)

Text VET to 47848

www.smokefree.gov/Veterans

 

Survivor Benefits – 800 827-1000

www.va.gov/survivors

 

Traveling Veterans Coordinator Program

www.va.gov/health-care/about-va-health-benefits/where-you-go-for-care

 

VA Caregiver Support Line – 855 260-3274

www.caregiver.va.gov

 

VA Facility Locator

www.va.gov/find-locations

 

VHA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

www.prevention.va.gov

 

Veterans Crisis Line – 800 273-8255 Press “1” OR text to 828255

OR chat confidentially online at

www.veteranscrisisline.net

 

Virus Protection (Flu, Coronavirus (COVID-19), etc.)

www.publichealth.va.gov

 

Whole Health for Life

www.va.gov/wholehealth

 

Women Veterans Call Center – 855 829-6636

www.womenshealth.va.org

 

H.R. 6933, the Caring for Survivors Act.  05/19/2020 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. 06/16/2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6933?s=1&r=1

 

S. 4594, the Caring for the Survivors and Families of Veterans Act of 2020.  09/16/2020    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/4594?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22S.+4594%22%5D%7D&s=6&r=1

 

Virtual Volunteer Opportunities at CMCVAMC

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwJXxwWrNjzMJwRQvgNXdDGKGbX?projector=1

 

Wings Of WW2: Flyover of vintage aircraft commemorates victory

https://www.moaa.org/micro/wings-of-wwii/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TMNsend&utm_content=NC+AFHRM+1+ERet+L+NC

 

HIRING OUR HEROES

https://www.hiringourheroes.org/?fbclid=IwAR1R5-24hPb3JEat3dTNx2NTC9u4WpT_ME30AD6DHcJ188G9OjoWGW0ITOg

 

Looking inside the injured brain: Doctors can analyze the brains of dead athletes to confirm football-linked brain injuries, said Patrick Hruby in The Washington Post Magazine. But what about a test for the living?

https://theweek.com/print/484231/124294/looking-inside-injured-brain

 

The quest to detect CTE in the living and what it means for football’s concussion crisis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/09/02/quest-detect-cte-living-former-nfl-players-other-athletes/?arc404=true

 

'Utterly baffling': 76 vets die of Covid at soldiers home

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/utterly-baffling-76-vets-die-of-covid-at-soldiers-home/ar-BB19qza3

 

Veterans will see same cost-of-living boost in 2021 as Social Security beneficiaries

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/24/veterans-will-see-same-cost-of-living-boost-in-2021-as-social-security-beneficiaries/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2009.25.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Navy Deck Logs Available in the National Archives Catalog

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/logbooks/navy-online?fbclid=IwAR2I54epsqdCl1UdA9h1SV5yCBdyYBd_OSr5z1qkVEIg_AEApWcSQslSNUw

 

VA’s collaboration with NARA digitizes Vietnam-era deck logs

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79052/vas-collaboration-nara-digitizes-vietnam-era-deck-logs/

 

VA finishes digitizing deck logs for blue water Vietnam veterans, should speed disability claims

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/28/va-finishes-digitizing-deck-logs-for-blue-water-vietnam-veterans-should-speed-disability-claims/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Air%20DNR%2009-28-20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Air%20Force%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup

 

Obituary for Dwight D. Edwards, October 10, 1945 - September 22, 2020

https://www.wallacefuneraldirectorsinc.com/obituaries/Dwight-Edwards-2/#!/TributeWall

 

Lack of Adequate Controls for Choice Payments Processed through the Plexis Claims Manager System

https://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-19-00226-245.pdf

 

ICYMI: Facebook Live Resources for Homeless and At-Risk Veterans

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79439/icymi-facebook-live-resources-homeless-risk-veterans/

 

VAntage Point Blog Update: Veterans Health Administration sent this bulletin at 09/30/2020 10:00 AM EDT

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USVHA/bulletins/2a37190

 

Study Edge announces free access for Veterans through December 31, 2020

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79361/study-edge-announces-free-access-veterans-december-31-2020/

 

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month at VBA

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79245/suicide-prevention-awareness-month-vba/

 

Q/A from the Women Veteran Series chat events: Questions on business resources, yoga, acupuncture, military sexual trauma, claims, appeals, reproductive and women health services

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79474/qa-women-veteran-series-chat-events/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran J.W. Cortés

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79171/veteranoftheday-marine-corps-veteran-j-w-cortes/

 

Psychiatric medication and weight gain among women Veterans: Effects of weight gain associated with certain medications

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79176/psychiatric-medication-weight-gain-among-women-veterans/

 

Register for the Fall Quarterly Meeting of the Delaware Valley Veterans Consortium (DVVC) on Friday, October 16, 2020, from 9 to 10:30 AM, via Zoom:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/out-of-the-box-employment-strategies-tickets-120048270609

 

Museum of the American Revolution, 101 South Third St., Philadelphia, PA 19106

https://www.amrevmuseum.org/

 

DVVC member organization Operation College Promise (OCP) has partnered with Texas A&M University System to research the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on military and veteran students.  Academic organizations are urged to participate.  For further info, contact: Wendy Lang, Founder and Executive Director of OCP, at walang118@gmail.com or 561 302-5282.

Link to Staff Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QRS83NP  

Link to Student Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WZZNN8K  

 

The National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey in Sea Girt is the home of the Center for U.S. War Veterans’ Oral Histories. The Center’s mission is to collect and preserve the memories of Veterans and Gold Star family members through recorded oral history interviews. This is a great opportunity for Veterans to tell their personal stories. Go to

www.nj.gov/military/veterans/

For further information on access to this collection, or to participate in the program, please visit or contact Carol Fowler at the museum in Sea Girt at 732-974-5966 or carol.fowler@dmava.nj.gov .

https://njmilitiamuseum.org/oralhistory

 

Fact check: Trump claims Biden policies killed over 308,000 veterans, but that’s not what investigators found

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/30/fact-check-trump-claims-biden-policies-killed-over-308000-veterans-but-thats-not-what-investigators-found/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2010.01.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

VA coronavirus cases top 60,000 since start of the pandemic

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/09/28/va-coronavirus-cases-top-60000-since-start-of-the-pandemic/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2009.29.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

VA Fisher House program continues to grow: Expanding to 48 houses in 2020

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79289/va-fisher-house-program-continues-grow/

 

Five supply chain jobs perfect for Veterans

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79306/five-supply-chain-jobs-perfect-veterans/

 

Innovators selected for Spark-Seed-Spread Innovation Program: VA Innovators Network selected 92 investments

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79231/innovators-selected-spark-seed-spread-innovation-program/

 

Mark Feldman: A Courageous Rescue

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79312/mark-feldman-courageous-rescue/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Luis Rios

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/78602/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-luis-rios/

 

White Ribbon VA highlights domestic violence awareness: Working to end violence against women and girls

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79242/white-ribbon-va-highlights-domestic-violence-awareness/

 

VA launches White Ribbon VA campaign to promote healthy relationships during Domestic Violence Awareness Month

https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5532

 

Breonna Taylor grand jury recordings released

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519350-breonna-taylor-grand-jury-recordings-released?fbclid=IwAR3qupHsDK7lA8e7ZFpTUo2NuxKuSeU98WCQ8K0LdLhQKBO5ts_0KTJreRs&fbclid=IwAR3xohn0kWr6OT5Mfn4ExCJxHDmChgPnp7Sq5tXyjLZ4-nRP0UH62i0XPXc

 

Newsletter Archive – Agent Orange Review

https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/publications/newsletter-archive.asp

 

Families of veterans who die from coronavirus would have survivor benefits protected under House bill
https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/families-of-veterans-who-die-from-coronavirus-would-have-survivor-benefits-protected-under-house-bill-1.647569?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2010.06.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Study: Veterans with acupuncture before surgery have less pain

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/10/05/Study-Veterans-with-acupuncture-before-surgery-have-less-pain/1751601923534/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2010.06.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Blazing a trail: How a Black Navy SEAL boosted his success through online learning

https://www.militarytimes.com/education-transition/2020/10/06/blazing-a-trail-how-a-black-navy-seal-boosted-his-success-through-online-learning/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2010.06.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Agent Orange Zone – this is a good source of information about a variety of toxic exposures

http://agentorangezone.blogspot.com/

 

October is Agent Orange Awareness Month

http://agentorangezone.blogspot.com/2020/10/october-is-agent-orange-awareness-month.html

 

‘Greater Love Hath No Man:’ Marines in Congress request Camp Reasoner sign be sent from Vietnam to the US

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/newsletters/daily-news-roundup/2020/10/05/greater-love-hath-no-man-marines-in-congress-request-camp-reasoner-sign-be-sent-from-vietnam-to-the-us/

 

Wife of deceased Air Reserve Technician hopes law will help others

https://www.wlox.com/2020/10/05/wife-deceased-air-reserve-technician-hopes-law-will-help-others/

 

Yankee Air Museum’s Vietnam Era Huey Helicopter to Offer Three More Flight Days this Season

https://www.wlen.com/2020/10/02/yankee-air-museums-vietnam-era-huey-helicopter-to-offer-three-more-flight-days-this-season/

 

VA has denied about 78% of disability claims from burn pits

https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/va-has-denied-about-78-of-disability-claims-from-burn-pits-1.646181

 

Vietnam begins dioxin remediation at central airport

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-begins-dioxin-remediation-at-central-airport-4170720.html

 

Veterans Affairs to be investigated after allegations from staff of widespread racism

https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/veterans-affairs-investigated-after-racism-allegations

 

Veterans Affairs active COVID-19 cases fell for two months. Now, they're rising again.

https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/active-coronavirus-cases-spike-again-at-veterans-affairs

 

Active COVID-19 up nearly 50% at Veterans Affairs since September as illness spikes again

https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/veterans-affairs-active-covid19-cases-surging-again-in-oct?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2010.12.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

The Rev. Robert Moore has served since 1981 as full-time Executive Director of the Princeton, NJ-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), a regional organization dedicated to global abolition of nuclear weapons, a peace economy, and a halt to weapons trafficking.

https://www.peacecoalition.org/about/reverendrobertmoore.html

 

Peace Voter 2020

https://www.peacecoalition.org/campaigns/peace-voter.html

 

CFPA Committees

https://www.peacecoalition.org/about/committees.html

 

About the Coalition for Peace Action

https://www.peacecoalition.org/about.html

 

Niki VanAller, Assistant Director, & Edward A. Aguilar, J.D., Pennsylvania Director

https://www.peacecoalition.org/about/staff.html

 

Major Danny A. Sjursen

https://skepticalvet.com/

 

An Officer’s Path to Dissent

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/officers-path-dissent/?fbclid=IwAR2Nm718INhLepYj832C-9GaIPIek380POn8VfuJZe6N1v3u7gmL7C237rs

 

VFW Action Corps Weekly, October 9, 2020

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

 

Congress Expands Veteran Access to Telehealth for Mental Health Care: A bill headed to the President's desk will expand efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve veteran access to mental health services, including offering more services via telehealth.

https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/congress-expands-veterans-access-to-telehealth-for-mental-health-care

 

S. 785: Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019

This bill makes updates related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) transition assistance, mental health care, care for women veterans, and telehealth care.

TITLE I--IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSITION OF INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICES FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 (Sec. 101) This section requires the VA to submit a plan for the provision of VA health care to any veteran during the one-year period following the discharge or release from active military, naval, or air service.

 (Sec. 102) The Department of Defense (DOD) and the VA must jointly review and report on the records of each former member of the Armed Forces who died by suicide within one year of separation from the Armed Forces during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill.

 (Sec. 103) The VA must report on the Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health—Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET) program to assess, among other elements, the impact of the program on rates of suicide among veterans.

 (Sec. 104) This section updates reporting requirements related to the mental and behavioral health care provided by the VA to former members of the Armed Forces with other than honorable discharge.

TITLE II--SUICIDE PREVENTION

 (Sec. 201) This section establishes the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, under which the VA must award grants for a period of three years to eligible entities for the provision of suicide prevention services to veterans and their families. A nongovernmental entity must conduct a study on the provision of such grants to evaluate the effectiveness.

In certain circumstances, entities receiving grants must refer eligible individuals for additional care at the VA. If it is clinically appropriate, the VA must provide an individual receiving suicide prevention services through a grant with a mental health care assessment or services. If an individual refuses such care, ongoing clinical services provided by a grantee must be at the expense of the grantee.

 (Sec. 202) The VA must complete a study and report on the feasibility and advisability of providing complementary and integrative health treatments, such as acupuncture, at all VA medical facilities.

 (Sec. 203) After the Creating Options for Veterans' Expedited Recovery Commission submits its final report, the VA must conduct a three-year pilot program to provide complementary and integrative health services (e.g., animal therapy) to certain veterans from the VA or non-VA entities for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or anxiety. The VA is authorized to extend the duration based on the results of the implementation.

 (Sec. 204) The VA must seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study the effects of opioids and benzodiazepine on all-cause mortality of veterans, including suicide, regardless of whether information relating to such deaths has been reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must conduct a review of the staffing levels for mental health professionals of the VA.

 (Sec. 205) This section requires the GAO to report on the VA's efforts to manage veterans at high risk for suicide.

TITLE III--PROGRAMS, STUDIES, AND GUIDELINES ON MENTAL HEALTH

 (Sec. 301) This section requires the VA to conduct a study on the connection between living at high altitude and the risk of developing depression or dying by suicide among veterans. Depending on the results, a follow-up study may be required to identify biological causes and effective treatments.

 (Sec. 302) The VA must develop a clinical provider treatment toolkit and training materials for the evidence-based management of comorbid mental health conditions, comorbid mental health and substance use disorders, and a comorbid mental health condition and chronic pain.

 (Sec. 303) The VA and DOD (through the Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide Work Group) must issue an update to the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Suicide that (1) considers gender-specific factors; and (2) includes guidance with respect to the efficacy of certain alternative therapies, such as meditation and animal therapy.

 (Sec. 304) This section requires the VA to complete the development of a clinical practice guideline or guidelines for the treatment of serious mental illness. Under this section, such guidelines must address the treatment of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and persistent mood disorder (including bipolar disorder I and II).

The VA must establish the Serious Mental Illness Work Group with DOD and the Department of Health and Human Services to develop such clinical practice guideline or guidelines.

Additionally, the VA must complete an assessment of the 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Major Depressive Disorders to determine if an update is necessary.

 (Sec. 305) The VA must implement the Precision Medicine for Veterans Initiative to identify and validate brain and mental health biomarkers among veterans, with specific consideration for depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and traumatic brain injury. The VA must develop data privacy and security measures to ensure the information of veterans participating in the initiative is kept private and secure. The VA must also coordinate efforts of the initiative with the Million Veterans Program.

 (Sec. 306) This section authorizes the VA to contract with academic institutions or other qualified entities to carry out any statistical analyses and data evaluation as required by law.

TITLE IV--OVERSIGHT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND RELATED SERVICES

 (Sec. 401) The VA must enter into an agreement with a nonfederal government entity that has expertise in conducting and evaluating research-based studies to conduct a study on the effectiveness of the VA's suicide prevention and mental health outreach materials and campaigns.

 (Sec. 402) The VA must establish measurable goals to evaluate the effectiveness of the VA's mental health and suicide prevention media outreach campaigns.

 (Sec. 403) This section requires the GAO to conduct a management review of the mental health and suicide prevention services provided by the VA.

 (Sec. 404) The GAO must report on the VA's efforts to integrate (1) mental health care into VA primary care clinics, and (2) community-based mental health care (care provided by a non-VA provider but paid for by the VA) into the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

 (Sec. 405) The VA and DOD must report on their mental health programs, including joint programs of the departments. The VA must establish a joint VA/DOD Intrepid Spirit Center to serve active duty members of the Armed Forces, members of the reserve components, and veterans for mutual benefit and growth in treatment and care for PTSD and traumatic brain injury.

TITLE V--IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH MEDICAL WORKFORCE

 (Sec. 501) The VA must submit a plan to address the staffing of mental health providers at its facilities. Additionally, the VA must develop an occupational series for its licensed professional mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists.

 (Sec. 502) This section requires the VA to carry out the Department of Veterans Affairs Readjustment Counseling Service Scholarship Program under the Educational Assistance Program.

 (Sec. 503) The GAO must report on the VA's Readjustment Counseling Service. Such report must include, among other elements, an assessment of barriers to care at Vet Centers.

 (Sec. 504) This section expands the annual reporting requirement on the activities of the Readjustment Counseling Service to include additional elements.

 (Sec. 505) The VA must conduct a survey on the attitudes of veterans toward the VA offering appointments outside the usual operating hours of VA facilities, including via telehealth appointments. The VA must also study the feasibility and advisability of offering appointments outside the usual operating hours

 (Sec. 506) The VA must ensure each of its medical centers is staffed with at least one suicide prevention coordinator. In addition, the VA must conduct a study to determine the feasibility and advisability of the realignment and reorganization of suicide prevention coordinators within the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention and the creation of a suicide prevention coordinator program office.

 (Sec. 507) This section requires the VA to report on its efforts to implement a suicide prevention program for veterans presenting to an emergency department or urgent care center of the VHA who are assessed to be at risk for suicide and are safe to be discharged home.

TITLE VI--IMPROVEMENT OF CARE AND SERVICES FOR WOMEN VETERANS

 (Sec. 601) This section requires the VA to expand the capabilities of the Women Veterans Call Center by including a text messaging capability.

 (Sec. 602) The VA must publish a website providing information for women veterans about the benefits and services available to them.

TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS

 (Sec. 701) This section requires the VA to award grants to entities for the expansion of telehealth capabilities and provision of telehealth services to veterans. An entity seeking to establish a telehealth access point for veterans without grant funding is authorized to enter into an agreement with the VA to establish such access point.

The VA must assess and report on the barriers veterans face in accessing telehealth services.

 (Sec. 702) This section authorizes the VA to enter partnerships with nonfederal government entities to provide hyperbaric oxygen treatment to veterans to research the effectiveness of such therapy in treating certain conditions (e.g., PTSD).

The VA must conduct a systematic review of published research literature on off-label use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat PTSD and traumatic brain injury among veterans and nonveterans. Additionally, the VA must conduct a study on all individuals receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy through the VA's current pilot program to determine the efficacy and effectiveness for treating PTSD and traumatic brain injury.

 (Sec. 703) The VA must prescribe specified technical qualifications for appointment as a licensed hearing aid specialist in the VHA. Under this section, at least one licensed hearing aid specialist must be appointed at each VA medical center.

 (Sec. 704) This section requires the VA to complete policy revisions within the internal directive titled Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research to allow sponsored clinical research of the VA to use accredited commercial institutional review boards to review VA research proposal protocols.

The VA must (1) identify accredited commercial institutional review boards for use in connection with sponsored clinical research of the VA, and (2) establish a process to modify existing approvals if a board loses its accreditation during an ongoing clinical trial.

 (Sec. 705) This section also requires the VA to establish an Office of Research Reviews within the VA's Office of Information and Technology to perform centralized security reviews and complete security processes for approved research sponsored outside the VA, among other purposes.

03/13/2019 - Read twice and referred to the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

08/05/2020 - Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

08/07/2020 - Received in the House.

09/23/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote in the House.

10/06/2020 - Presented to President.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/785

 

H.R.3228: VA Mission Telehealth Clarification Act, which expands on the landmark VA Mission Act, signed in 2018, by allowing post-graduate healthcare employees and VA healthcare trainees to use telehealth platforms under the supervision of VA-sanctioned care providers.  This bill authorizes health professional trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide treatment to veterans via telemedicine. To provide such treatment, a trainee must be under the supervision of a VA health care professional who is authorized to provide health care via telemedicine.

06/12/2019 - Introduced in House

09/22/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

09/23/2020 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3228

 

H.R.8247 - Veterans COMPACT (The Veterans’ Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care and Treatment) Act of 2020, which expands the department’s programs for treating veterans at risk of suicide and improves resources for caregivers and veterans, including telehealth options;

09/14/2020 – Introduce in the House and Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

09/23/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

09/24/2020 - Received in the Senate.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8247

 

H.R. 7105: The Dependable Employment and Living Improvements for Veterans’ Economic Recovery (DELIVER) Act, a package of nine bills aimed at improving services for homeless and unemployed veterans. Included in that package is the Homeless Veteran Coronavirus Response Act, which would require the VA to ensure that homeless veterans have access to telehealth services, during the COVID-19 emergency.

06/04/2020 – 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 cmte concerned.

09/23/2020 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote

09/24/2020 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Cmte on Veterans' Affairs.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7105?s=1&r=5

 

Promoting safety in the use of antibiotics for Veterans: South Texas VA leading the way in antimicrobial stewardship

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79686/promoting-safety-use-antibiotics-veterans/

 

Return survey and help future VA health care: Same-Day Services survey e-mailed to thousands of Veterans

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79737/returning-survey-will-help-future-va-health-care/

 

Secretary Wilkie: Honoring Hispanic-American Veterans

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79921/secretary-wilkie-honoring-hispanic-american-veterans/

 

Veterans: Exercise online at your pace on your schedule.  Gerofit: From stretching to full workouts

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79680/veterans-exercise-online-pace-schedule/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Allen L. White

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79349/veteranoftheday-air-force-veteran-allen-l-white/

 

World War II Veterans honored, even as event cancelled

https://www.veteransresources.org/2020/10/world-war-ii-veterans-honored-even-as-event-cancelled/?utm_source=Feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Veterans+Resources+Feed#.X4PbR8JKiM8

 

Protecting yourself against social media scams

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79801/protecting-social-media-scams/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Johann Balbuena

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79344/veteranoftheday-navy-veteran-johann-balbuena/

 

'Poisoning the Pacific': New book details US military contamination of islands and ocean.  More than 12,000 pages of US government documents show military operations contaminating the Pacific with radioactive waste, nerve agents, and chemical weapons like Agent Orange

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/11/poisoning-the-pacific-new-book-details-us-military-contamination-of-islands-and-ocean

 

VA approves claims for more than 22,500 Blue Water Navy veterans

https://www.legion.org/veteransbenefits/250665/va-approves-claims-more-22500-blue-water-navy-veterans

 

Coronavirus deaths among VA patients top 3,500 this week as number of cases slowly increases

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/10/07/coronavirus-deaths-among-va-patients-top-3500-this-week-as-number-of-case-slowly-increases/

 

DMVA Digest: A publication of Pennsylvania's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

September 30, 2020

https://www.dmva.pa.gov/VETERANSAFFAIRS/DOCUMENTS/DMVA_DIGEST.PDF

 

Reno Homeless Veteran stand down altered, not canceled: VA and local donors help Veterans prepare for winter

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79704/reno-homeless-veteran-stand-altered-not-canceled/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Melinda Pritchett

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79365/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-melinda-pritchett/

 

No Gold Star Families Got COVID-19 After White House Event, Organization Says

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/08/no-gold-star-families-got-covid-19-after-white-house-event-organization-says.html

 

Full Federal Circuit Grapples with Right to Review VA Manual

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/full-federal-circuit-grapples-with-right-to-review-va-manual

 

Harrowing tale of Green Beret’s Vietnam valor drives push for Medal of Honor

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2020/10/01/harrowing-tale-of-green-berets-vietnam-valor-drives-push-for-medal-of-honor/

 

Black Force Recon Marine, battlefield commission, Vietnam War hero ... snubbed for the Medal of Honor?

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/10/08/black-force-recon-marine-battlefield-commission-vietnam-war-hero-snubbed-for-the-medal-of-honor/

 

VA suspended copays for some vets during the pandemic. Those bills are due in January.

https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/veterans-affairs-deferred-copays-due-in-january-2021

 

VA's Technical Programs GI Bill Is Now Open for Applications

https://www.military.com/education/gi-bill/2020/10/02/vas-technical-programs-gi-bill-now-open-applications.html

 

VA Solid Start program helps Veterans transition to civilian life

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79668/va-solid-start-program-helps-veterans-transition-civilian-life/

 

Borne the Battle #215: Benefits Breakdown, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79928/borne-battle-215-benefits-breakdown-intimate-partner-violence-assistance-program/

 

VA and MAZON partner to support Veteran food security: Food insecurity means lack of enough food to maintain a healthy lifestyle

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79745/va-mazon-partner-support-veteran-food-security/

 

National Hispanic Heritage Month entrepreneurial spotlight: Moises Montanez

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79875/national-hispanic-heritage-month-entrepreneurial-spotlight-moises-montanez/

 

VIDEO: How service-connected Veterans can find VA jobs.  David Perry, chief officer of workforce management and consulting, discusses career opportunities for service-connected Veterans.

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79730/video-service-connected-veterans-can-find-va-jobs/

 

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Luis Gerardo Arguelles

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79469/veteranoftheday-army-veteran-luis-gerardo-arguelles/

 

Purple Heart finds home in library special collection: Relative’s successful search for Veteran’s Purple Heart records

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/79754/purple-heart-finds-home-library-special-collection/

 

White employees twice as likely to be promoted to management at the VA

https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2020/10/15/white-employees-twice-as-likely-to-be-promoted-to-management-at-the-va/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Air%20Force%2010.15.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Air%20Force%20-%20Daily%20News%20Roundup

 

Philly Virtual Veterans Parade:

https://www.phillyveteransparade.org/

 

West Point Society of Philadelphia

https://sallyport.westpointaog.org/topics/11645

 

Central Montgomery County Business and Professional Women http://www.centralmontgomerycountybpw.org/

 

Delaware Valley Veterans Consortium

www.dvvc.weebly.com

 

Camden County College Veterans Services

https://www.camdencc.edu/student_life/student-services/veteran-services/

 

Central Montgomery County Business and Professional Women

www.BPWPA.Wildapricot.org 

 

Greater Philadelphia Veterans Network

https://gpvn.org/

 

For job hunters, check out This is Opportunity, Michael Costantini at 267-229-4331.  See also:

mcostantini@ti-o.com

www.linkedin.com/in/michael-costantini-91860990

www.facebook.com/This.is.Opportunity

www.ti-o.com

 

FourBlock – Veteran Career Readiness

https://fourblock.org/

 

Tiffany Miller, PAVE/Paralyzed Veterans of America

https://pva.org/find-support/veterans-employment/

https://pva.org/find-support/veterans-employment/pave-connect/ 

Lynne Williams, Ed.D - Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnewilliams

 

MILITARY ARMY VETERAN NETWORKS HER WAY TO A CORPORATE JOB THROUGH CAREER EDUCATION AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS

https://greatcareersphl.org/2020/10/16/military-army-veteran-networks-her-way-to-a-corporate-job-through-career-education-and-building-relationships/

 

Career Management & LinkedIn for Veterans

https://montco.today/2020/10/career-management-linkedin-for-veterans/

 

How to Help Introverts Succeed in the Age of Acceleration.  Are you an introvert? Attend Nov 9th at 6 PM:

https://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/event/102453  

JOB SEARCH & CAREER MANAGEMENT / BLOG

https://greatcareersphl.org/blog

 

Let’s Get Excited, not Anxious, to Interview.  Why Short Stories Matter- Matt Zaun

bit.ly/PAGCG4thThur

https://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Area-Great-Careers-Group/events/nsvplrybcnbdc/

 

DON'T RISK DESTROYING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS - KEEP LINKEDIN POLITICS-FREE

https://greatcareersphl.org/2020/10/13/dont-risk-destroying-personal-and-professional-relationships-keep-linkedin-politics-free/

Criminal Justice and Racism and Ageism and other discrimination related links 101720

 

Why STEM Needs to Focus on Social Justice: Black students do well when schools let them do good.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/september-october-2020/why-stem-needs-to-focus-on-social-justice/

 

Colleges Where Majors Popular with Black Students Pay Well. The good news: There are some. The bad news: There aren’t many.

https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/september-october-2020/colleges-where-majors-popular-with-black-students-pay-well/

 

Ageism is real. It’s time we fought it.

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/ageism-is-real-its-time-we-fought-it/

 

How should labor organize for Black lives?

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/how-should-labor-organize-for-black-lives/

 

How to Stay Safe at a Protest

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/how-to-stay-safe-at-a-protest/

 

From settler colony to slaveholder republic

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/from-settler-colony-to-slaveholder-republic/

 

Chapter and Verse AUGUST 23, 2020

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/chapter-and-verse-2/

 

The Painful Legacy of King Cotton

https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/the-painful-legacy-of-king-cotton/

 

Social Distancing has a Long History in the Movies

https://www.populist.com/26.16.mcmillen.html

 

Is There Room for Red-Black-Brown Voices in the National Conversation on Race?

https://www.populist.com/26.16.rodriguez.html

 

Needed: Indicators for Measuring Injustice and Societal Decay

https://nader.org/2020/08/14/needed-indicators-for-measuring-injustice-and-societal-decay/

 

The Killing that Awakened the City that Never Sleeps: A new documentary reflects on the killing of a Black teenager in 1989, drawing parallels to today’s Black Lives Matter protests.

https://www.populist.com/26.16.rampell.html

 

We're Listening | Joe Biden For President 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHVU3x9iKBs&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3tL-FCaCPtTvP3STAluafm_oTrXJHHC4hoGwP3UI3zdqxgG_Qdiz1HucY

 

On Kenosha and the difficulty of recognising Nazism in the US: Nazis have not disappeared. They have simply said they are not Nazis.

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/indepth/opinion/difficult-recognise-nazism-200907191738806.html?fbclid=IwAR3tL-FCaCPtTvP3STAluafm_oTrXJHHC4hoGwP3UI3zdqxgG_Qdiz1HucY

 

Racist Too Long: Measuring White Christianity: An Interview with Robert P. Jones

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/september-october-2020/features/racist-too-long-measuring-white-christianity-2

 

A Centennial to Reckon With: Honoring Black Suffragists

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/september-october-2020/up-front/a-centennial-to-reckon-with-honoring-black-suffragists

 

BLOOD LIBELS, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, AND CORONAVIRUSES

https://www.camera.org/article/blood-libels-conspiracy-theories-and-coronaviruses/

 

Israel’s Critics Distort the Country’s Coronavirus Response

https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/03/23/israels-critics-distort-the-countrys-coronavirus-response/

 

FOR IFNOTNOW, CORONAVIRUS JUST ANOTHER HOOK FOR ANTI-ISRAEL ACTIVISM

https://www.camera.org/article/for-ifnotnow-coronavirus-just-another-hook-for-anti-israel-activisim/

 

HAARETZ ERRS: BEFORE PANDEMIC, PALESTINIANS BANNED FROM SETTLEMENTS

https://www.camera.org/article/haaretz-errs-before-pandemic-palestinians-banned-from-settlements/

 

IN NY TIMES OP-ED, PANDEMIC A PRETEXT TO ATTACK ISRAEL, DENY TERRORISM

https://www.camera.org/article/in-ny-times-op-ed-pandemic-a-pretext-to-attack-israel-deny-terrorism/

 

So-called ‘human-rights’ activists bend facts during pandemic: Palestinians aren’t the only ones suffering; Israel’s economy has been battered and lives have been lost. And still, the Jewish state is sending aid to the Palestinian Authority and Gaza Strip.

https://www.jns.org/opinion/so-called-human-rights-activists-bend-facts-during-pandemic/

 

More Hatred From Students for Justice in Palestine

https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/04/03/more-hatred-from-students-for-justice-in-palestine/

 

BLACK LIVES MATTER, JVP’S DEADLY EXCHANGE, AND ISRAEL

https://www.camera.org/article/black-lives-matter-jvps-deadly-exchange-and-israel/

 

GUARDIAN EXPLOITS GEORGE FLOYD KILLING TO VILIFY ISRAEL

https://camera-uk.org/2020/06/02/guardian-exploits-george-floyd-killing-to-vilify-israel/

 

Hadar Sela was born in the north of England and has lived in Israel for over three decades. She has a special interest in the influence of the media on the British public’s perceptions of the Middle East and the Islamist networks operating in the UK and has written pre-emptive reports on several anti-Israel campaigns, including the flotillas and the Global March to Jerusalem in March 2012. Hadar’s work has been published in the Jerusalem Post, The Algemeiner, The Commentator, MERIA Journal and at Harry’s Place, among others.

https://camera-uk.org/author/hadarsela/

 

NEVER AGAIN? THE MORAL ABDICATION OF JOURNALISTS IGNORING PALESTINIAN ANTISEMITISM

https://camera-uk.org/2020/01/23/never-again-the-moral-abdication-of-journalists-ignoring-palestinian-antisemitism/

 

Spanish Media Outlet Shows Clear Anti-Israel Bias

https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/03/26/spanish-media-outlet-shows-clear-anti-israel-bias/

 

SKY NEWS AND INDEPENDENT (IN ARABIC) DELIBERATELY IGNORE HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION

https://camera-uk.org/2020/02/13/sky-news-and-independent-in-arabic-deliberately-ignore-holocaust-commemoration/

 

Dexter Van Zile is Christian Media Analyst for CAMERA. His work is focused on anti-Israel propaganda broadcast by Christian churches and para-church institutions and the failure of Christian peace activists to address human rights abuses in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East. He has played a major role in exposing the errors in the Palestinian Christian narrative. His articles have appeared in The Jerusalem Post, The Boston Globe, Jewish Political Studies Review, The Algemeiner and The Jewish News Syndicate (JNS).

https://www.camera.org/camera-author/dexter-van-zile/

 

Catholic bishop declares 'Jews are not our enemies': "We must never forget that Judaism was the religion of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the apostle, and of the early disciples who spread the good news of Christ to the world," Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades says.

https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/02/23/catholic-bishop-declares-jews-are-not-our-enemies/

 

Tricia Miller, PhD, is a Senior Research Analyst at CAMERA. She monitors Christian organizations and media activity related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including First Things, The Algemeiner, New English Review, Charisma News, Breaking Israel News, Times of Israel, JNS, and the Jerusalem Post's Christian Edition. She is the author of two books, "Three Versions of Esther" (2014) and "Jews and Anti-Judaism in Esther and the Church" (2015) about the relationship of Esther to current Christian anti-Judaism and anti-Zionism.

https://www.camera.org/camera-author/tricia-miller-ph-d/

 

Steve Stotsky is a senior research analyst at CAMERA. He monitors news coverage, academic studies, school curriculum about Israel and documentaries on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. His analyses have appeared in journals, magazines, newspapers and online news sites, including Time Magazine, Middle East Quarterly, American Thinker, Algemeiner and the Jewish Advocate. Stotsky lectures widely about Middle East media coverage and was interviewed on CNN about the topic.

https://www.camera.org/camera-author/steven-stotsky/

 

STRONG JEWISH COMMUNITY RESPONSE IN CALIFORNIA DERAILS PASSAGE OF ANTI-ISRAEL CURRICULUM

https://www.camera.org/article/different-responses-to-anti-israel-curricula-bring-about-different-results/

 

‘Documentary’ Gives a Window into Pathological Antisemitism Behind Much Anti-Israel Activism

https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/02/23/documentary-gives-a-window-into-pathological-antisemitism-behind-much-anti-israel-activism/

 

Antisemitic Language Is An Ongoing Action

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/antisemitic-language-is-an-ongoing-action/

 

AJC Welcomes NAACP Decision to Remove Rodney Muhammad as Philadelphia Chapter Head

https://www.ajc.org/news/ajc-welcomes-naacp-decision-to-remove-rodney-muhammad-as-philadelphia-chapter-head

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson's Life Advice Will Change Your Future (EYE OPENING SPEECH)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPSz97Olkg

 

LEAKED AUDIO: Trump on Black Americans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZajPHLAY0o

 

The Infuriating History of Why Police Unions Have So Much Power: The uprisings of 2020 might have finally cracked their invulnerability.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/08/police-unions-minneapolis/

 

Meet the Company That Writes the Policies That Protect Cops: Lexipol says its policies keep police departments out of trouble. Critics say they let violent cops off the hook.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/08/lexipol-police-policy-company/

 

Whose Streets?  Oakland residents convinced the city to rethink how it tackled gun violence. Now, amid calls to defund the police, other cities are eyeing its strategy.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/oakland-ceasefire-shootings-murder-rate-social-services-life-coach-boston-miracle-thomas-abt-david-kennedy-cat-brooks/

 

Cold as ICE: How Local Sheriffs Are Driving Trump’s Deportation Agenda And it’s terrifying immigrant communities.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/sheriffs-ice-immigration-detention-gwinnett/

 

A Century Ago, One Lawmaker Went After the Most Powerful Cops in Texas. Then They Went After Him.  The Texas Rangers were vicious enforcers of white power. J.T. Canales was the only Mexican American in the legislature. He lost the fight, but the reckoning he sought is finally underway.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/a-century-ago-one-lawmaker-went-after-the-most-powerful-cops-in-texas-then-they-went-after-him/

 

COVID Killed the Atlanta Drug Trade—for a Time. This Photographer Captured the Lull.  From lockdown to uprising, “Traplanta” was there.

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/08/covid-killed-the-atlanta-drug-trade-for-a-time-this-photographer-captured-the-lull/

 

Defend History. Tear Down the Confederate Statues.  Iconoclasm will rise again.

https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2020/07/confederate-monuments-iconoclasm/

 

The Tim Corrimal Show September 13 - Episode 572 – Antifa Air

https://timcorrimal.com/2020/09/episode-572-antifa-air/?fbclid=IwAR3FZKQLft_kCuBs9zURppOZgymdVwKOUqHp4D-ZNpcBnflRpJ47IsbeSac

 

Here's how NFL Sunday games highlighted racial inequality in the US

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/13/us/nfl-sunday-games-racial-inequality-trnd/index.html?fbclid=IwAR31R3wwNrvTKyPlZFXvvuTAtEwo2nTlF1PuHARPeQUTP0cctCFwOMWbZmE

 

Will we seize this moment to reform the police?  Readers react to an editorial urging state lawmakers to act on police reform measures. 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/13/opinion/will-we-seize-this-moment-reform-police/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

Racial disparities in criminal justice cry out for real change: Governor Baker should use the bully pulpit to rally the Commonwealth (of Massachusetts) for reforms.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/12/opinion/racial-disparities-criminal-justice-cry-out-real-change/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

DHS must address the threat of white supremacists, even if Trump won’t: Homeland Security’s mission has been compromised, and so has the safety of the American people.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/11/opinion/dhs-must-address-threat-white-supremacists-even-if-trump-wont/?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

 

Man with alleged ‘Boogaloo’ ties charged with threatening California official

https://gruntstuff.com/man-with-alleged-boogaloo-ties-charged-with-threatening-california-official/89093/?fbclid=IwAR051V02KREaw1YdKGtsKLFFcN6QJa87O54-MK5JsCx7R7QQHHaPqrRv6AA

 

Coronavirus kills far more Hispanic and Black children than White youth, CDC finds

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/15/covid-deaths-hispanic-black-children/?fbclid=IwAR3ca1Au6pL9by4EBN7pnsSsSMKUUAAph493RPiV3UyFqIDHXgcBWAT-UOY

 

Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt: Michael R. Caputo told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection and accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/us/politics/caputo-virus.html

 

Documents Reveal How the Police Kept Daniel Prude’s Death Quiet: Officials in Rochester, N.Y., spent months trying to suppress video footage of the police encounter that led to Mr. Prude’s death.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/nyregion/rochester-police-daniel-prude.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR00ENRhc8LbVa0Uk6OIxz-bwd9fMuJucd8iE4LzOhVz3s0CBzWlDJadmB0

 

A Texas cardiologist said his daughter was attacked by ‘BLM’ in Baltimore.  Twitter exploded, but video tells a different story

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-natale-viral-tweet-blm-20200916-o5uooavvu5glxaklpw3pzwpzbm-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3UkQHI3NPmuaFyTp6HJdtP5jOJPGZbp9XROni9w7K33UAE1dwZviuhs8o

 

How to Dismantle White Supremacy: To end systemic racism, the country needs a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-to-dismantle-white-supremacy/

 

We Need to Talk About the GOP’s ‘Black Friends’: The Republican National Convention has been all about using Black people to convince white people it’s OK to vote for a bigot.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rnc-black-republicans/

 

A Thank You Note: This column spanned almost five years, and I was lucky to be able to help during so many drastic changes in our world.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/asking-friend-farewell/

 

The Whitelash Next Time: Whenever the pendulum swings toward Black equality and full citizenship, white supremacy mounts a counteroffensive.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-lives-matter-backlash/

 

Moses Sumney’s Songs of Freedom: His immersive album græ explores the costs of personal and artistic autonomy.

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/moses-sumney-grae-album-review/

 

Moses Sumney - Cut Me [Official Video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GeAoj-nxLk

 

‘Completely Exasperated’: Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Confronts Kenosha. “It takes political leadership to fix this sort of moment,” Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor says. But Trump, he suggests, “is only making things worse.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/mandela-barnes-wisconsin-kenosha/616129/

 

Wisconsin’s Lieutenant Governor Talks About the Kenosha Protests and What Happens Next

“Nobody thinks that that’s a responsible way to carry out justice—shooting someone in the back [multiple] times,” says Mandela Barnes. “That’s beyond bad police work.”

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/qa-mandela-barnes/

 

John Nichols: How Joe Biden can speak to Kenosha and all the other Kenoshas nationwide

https://madison.com/ct/opinion/column/john_nichols/john-nichols-how-joe-biden-can-speak-to-kenosha-and-all-the-other-kenoshas-nationwide/article_e19a4cf4-1563-5847-a553-5a7389e6f89a.html

 

‘The Nation’ Names Kali Holloway as Columnist: Focused on questions of inequality across race, gender, class, and complicity, she will help shape the magazine’s coverage at a pivotal moment of protest and politics.

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/kali-holloway-nation/

 

US Law Enforcement’s Warrior Complex Is on Full Display in the Streets—and in Leaked Documents

Hacked documents from the early weeks of the ongoing protest movement illustrate one of Black Lives Matter’s central observations: Policing in the United States functions as a military occupation.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/blueleaks-law-enforcement-blm/

 

Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust: According to survey of adults 18-39, 23% said they believed the Holocaust was a myth, had been exaggerated or they weren’t sure

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/16/holocaust-us-adults-study

 

Confronting History on a Civil Rights Tour

https://www.morganparkacademy.org/2020/civil-rights-tour-2020-blog/

 

Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle: To visit the town where Emmett Till was brutally murdered is to bear witness to our ongoing struggle for justice.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/black-lives-emmett-till/

 

Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle

https://communityjournal.net/confronting-the-living-history-of-the-civil-rights-struggle/

 

A Legacy Of Segregation: Private School Vouchers Were Created To Avoid Integration In Education -- And They're Still Doing That Today

https://www.au.org/church-state/september-2020-church-state-magazine/books-ideas/a-legacy-of-segregation-private

 

Mississippi Auditor Targets Professor Over 'Scholar Strike': The Mississippi auditor says he's investigating a tenured professor who participated in two-day “scholar strike” to bring attention to police brutality and other issues of social injustice.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/mississippi/articles/2020-09-16/mississippi-auditor-targets-professor-over-scholar-strike?src=usn_fb&fbclid=IwAR28a5Bb9od_R7edgY6vD9VsUyj6xQznBSdCNZz-KHET7hUMeoD5tnWJcQM

 

Federal officials stockpiled munitions, sought ‘heat ray’ device before clearing Lafayette Square, whistleblower says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-protest-lafayette-square/2020/09/16/ca0174e4-f788-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0VtkdBPuBw37da30GB9ow44uQwrbpIUkwLGr8LygyQWZLzk-eSxMz7EBc

 

Outside the Man Box: The education of domestic violence offenders

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/outside-the-man-box-oneill

 

Who Keeps Us Safe?  Mainstream feminism’s long alliance with the punitive state

https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/who-keeps-us-safe-hibbett

 

National Black Voter Day: A call to ensure that Black voters are heard

https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/national-black-voter-day-a-call-to-ensure-that-black-voters-are-heard/article_3f5b7a6b-5426-5308-a97f-1e7477cb3076.html

 

Did Trump Order Assassination Of Anti-Fascist Activist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y345hhC8N1c

 

A visual history of racial justice demonstrations in America’s national parks.

https://www.npca.org/articles/2675-lands-of-protest

 

Promised Land: After the Civil War, more than 26,000 African Americans left the South to homestead the Great Plains, carving out farms, free lives and community on the prairie.

https://www.npca.org/articles/2686-promised-land

 

Why overcoming racism is essential for humanity’s survival

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200403-how-to-overcome-racism-and-tribalism

 

Why Your Brain Hates Other People: And how to make it think differently.

http://nautil.us/issue/49/the-absurd/why-your-brain-hates-other-people

 

Bartender explains why he swiftly kicks out Nazis even if they're 'not bothering anyone'

https://www.upworthy.com/bartender-explains-why-he-swiftly-kicks-nazis-out-of-his-punk-bar-even-if-theyre-not-bothering-anyone

 

University of Georgia fraternity suspends operations after 'racist, sexist' chat messages

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/us/university-of-georgia-fraternity-suspends-operations/index.html?ref=hvper.com&fbclid=IwAR0YNTw2WVmpZe6_0AZS6HqsIyBNXCOIdAEhS8gosq_M2dy_I9UQ8TG9vQ0

 

A Rare Day-by-Day Document of Life Aboard a Slave Ship: The logbook is written from the white perspective, and its horrors are plain to see.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/logbook-slave-ship-mary?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5ba23aeb85-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_21&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-5ba23aeb85-68849085&mc_cid=5ba23aeb85&mc_eid=12cd70fff7

 

The Urban-Rural Divide

https://www.populist.com/26.17.mcmillen.html

 

The Randi Rhodes Show Live Stream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4V_B8fflHo

 

Where Have I Heard These Trump Lines Before?  Trump’s recent rhetoric sounds a lot like the Klan’s 100 years ago.

https://www.populist.com/26.17.richardson.html

 

Kenosha Reveals Ongoing Police Violence, Growing Menace of White Militia Forces

https://www.populist.com/26.17.bybee.html

 

"American carnage" in Kenosha: Trump comes closer to advocating right-wing terror. Trump has flirted with right-wing vigilantism for years. His re-election strategy seems to be a full-on embrace

https://www.salon.com/2020/09/02/american-carnage-in-kenosha-trump-comes-closer-to-advocating-right-wing-terror/

 

Robert B. Reich: The real threat to law and order is Trump himself

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/robert-b-reich-the-real-threat-to-law-and-order-is-trump-himself/

 

Jesse Jackson: America’s greatest athletes are standing up, calling this country to change

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/jesse-jackson-americas-greatest-athletes-are-standing-up-calling-this-country-to-change/

 

Memory, COVID-19 and Sequelae Violence

https://www.populist.com/26.17.rodriguez.html

 

Neither Law nor Order but Bloody Chaos

https://www.creators.com/read/joe-conason/08/20/neither-law-nor-order-but-bloody-chaos

 

“No, I Am Not OK.” Thanks for Asking.  As protesters across the nation rise up against police violence and systemic racism in support of Black lives, there’s something white allies need to recognize.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/no-i-am-not-ok-thanks-for-asking

 

The Weaponization of Whiteness in Schools: It’s time to recognize and stop the pattern.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2020/the-weaponization-of-whiteness-in-schools

 

This Conversation Is Anti-Racist: Young people have the vision to imagine—and create—a world without racism. Adults just need to get on board.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2020/this-conversation-is-anti-racist

 

History Moves With Us: A movement veteran reflects on teaching civil rights history.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2020/history-moves-with-us

 

We Still Haven’t Learned From This: Japanese American incarceration stories are American stories that need to be told.

https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2020/we-still-havent-learned-from-this

 

Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39983558-dark-sky-rising

 

How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail: New Jersey officers accused of violence, sexual misconduct and more have walked free in deals that dodge a tough sentencing law. Now lawmakers want to eliminate it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/new-jersey-law-says-criminal-cops-should-go-to-jail-records-reveal-they-often-dont?fbclid=IwAR1-1Yaavj3kCUj5RvotEEbtqM_Yuy4MSNZ1Ga99dzyi5G_O6MlV9CvvWVM

 

MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES STATEMENT ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE KILLING OF BREONNA TAYLOR

https://m4bl.org/press/breonna-taylor/?link_id=5&can_id=1d0923a39dd9395ca5e7b571495ca9ab&source=email-we-are-outraged-and-will-not-stop-until-all-black-people-are-free&email_referrer=email_933843&email_subject=we-are-outraged-and-will-not-stop-until-all-black-people-are-free

 

America kicked in her door: Kentucky State Representative Charles Booker on the death and life of Breonna Taylor

https://the.ink/p/america-kicked-in-her-door?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1Njg3MTAxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozODUzODU2LCJfIjoiWlpBOGEiLCJpYXQiOjE2MDEwMDcyNjIsImV4cCI6MTYwMTAxMDg2MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTcwMzc0Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.vLfGe3MX6KOGgxoQI20hLG5YjCtjJPjxSy9fDRa21uI

 

Letters from an American - September 24, 2020

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-24-2020?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1Njg3MTAxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MTA3MjI3LCJfIjoiWlpBOGEiLCJpYXQiOjE2MDEwMTQzNjAsImV4cCI6MTYwMTAxNzk2MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNTMzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.JpF7oaZNCTAC3Yhot8-ZOvO3O8j0zWBqG73geZggx0I

 

The Battle of Portland: How mass protests against racist police brutality sparked a historic federal crackdown on dissent

https://newrepublic.com/article/159169/battle-portland-protests-federal-agents-racist-police-violence

 

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/vampire-ship

 

TV Race Fables and the Privilege of a Raging Class: “The Cosby Show,” “#blackAF,” and the misleading fixation on the “racial wealth gap”

https://newrepublic.com/article/159293/entertainment-values

 

The Forgotten Feminists of the Backlash Decade: The activists of the 1990s worked so diligently that they were written out of history.

https://newrepublic.com/article/159234/vanishing-acts

 

Kentucky’s only black female legislator arrested on felony rioting charge at Breonna Taylor protest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/25/breonna-taylor-protest-scott-arrest/?fbclid=IwAR3h17RHkocu-t7ABoMpduGN77VuDAuqrl8ZHSEIN_DjcWCcdP-sLajTFI8

 

Column: NFL keeps stumbling in fight for social justice

https://apnews.com/article/nfl-super-bowl-colin-kaepernick-football-kansas-city-chiefs-472321764db7628c393783d20a65d314

 

The NFL once cowered before Trump.  Now it has a chance to stand for something.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/09/10/nfl-once-cowered-before-trump-now-it-has-chance-stand-something/

 

How to Argue with a Racist smashes race myths that plague society: Adam Rutherford's new book busts persistent myths about race, sexual prowess and intelligence that beset society, giving us a way to fight back

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2232147-how-to-argue-with-a-racist-smashes-race-myths-that-plague-society/

 

5 Key Achievements of Black Lives Matter Movement in 2020, So Far

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/human-interest/5-key-achievements-of-black-lives-matter-movement-in-2020-so-far/

 

Philadelphia City Treasurer Arrested and Charged with Multiple Frauds

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/philadelphia-city-treasurer-arrested-and-charged-multiple-frauds

 

Confederate monuments are falling across the nation, but in Philly a memorial to Southern troops still stands.  In Philadelphia, a memorial to the Confederate dead has stood for more than a century in the National Cemetery on West Oak Lane. It was dedicated in 1912, the 32nd anniversary of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s death. Its goal, according to my colleague Jeff Gammage’s reporting, was “to obscure the pro-slavery cause of the Confederacy, and to recast the fight of the Southerners who lay nearby as true to the ideals of the Founding Fathers.”  Whether it’s the only Confederate monument within the Philadelphia area is uncertain. But after the city took down a statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo and covered a Christopher Columbus statue, some wonder whether the city will overlook the 9-foot, 6-inch tall granite block that bears the name of 184 Southern soldiers and sailors not far from the resting places of 350 African American soldiers who died to free those enslaved in the South.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/confederate-monument-philadelphia-national-cemetery-confederacy-union-graves-20200924.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20email%209-24-20&utm_content=Morning%20email%209-24-20+CID_29e48cb261df00ce613f99e43f02286c&utm_source=newsletter_edit&utm_term=Confederate%20monuments%20are%20falling%20across%20the%20nation%20but%20in%20Philly%20a%20memorial%20to%20Southern%20troops%20stands%20tall

 

Protesters march through Philadelphia in the wake of the grand jury ruling in Breonna Taylor’s death

https://www.inquirer.com/news/breonna-taylor-protests-philadelphia-grand-jury-indictment-20200923.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20email%209-24-20&utm_content=Morning%20email%209-24-20+CID_29e48cb261df00ce613f99e43f02286c&utm_source=newsletter_edit&utm_term=At%20a%20rally%20and%20march%20Philadelphians%20call%20for%20justice%20for%20Breonna%20Taylor

 

Bronx dad who shielded kids in dealership shootout loses his jobs

https://nypost.com/2020/09/25/nyc-dad-who-shielded-kids-in-dealership-shootout-loses-jobs/amp/#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

 

Proud Boys celebrate after Trump's debate callout: On their account on the social media app Telegram, the Proud Boys appeared to take the statement as marching orders.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/proud-boys-celebrate-after-trump-s-debate-call-out-n1241512?fbclid=IwAR34lsOpy3Bb-xI1ftYfc0CfeHBMoNe7z1GjOdVb6-k3rO9ynzBXTTo9LbU

 

Santorum Makes Wild Comparison Between Proud Boys And Protesters

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/santorum-makes-wild-comparison-between-proud-boys-and-protesters

 

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron gets married with Mitch McConnell in attendance

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron got married this past weekend, his spokeswoman confirmed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/kentucky-attorney-general-daniel-cameron-gets-married-at-louisville-wedding/ar-BB17wl3b?fbclid=IwAR1c3uvB7FpV5lzKKMPsetIYj6nImJ1FUIVvPlArn6WT8lTb33ibjKbG9Is

 

Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that backs Donald Trump?  The group has ties to white nationalism.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/518989-who-are-the-proud-boys-the-far-right-group-that-backs?fbclid=IwAR17y_pn97SFJfUSS_twoqnSGeeQfjcXf6cR_3YKm94x5Zk-hnKX5OUjLv0

 

Trump’s American Horror Story: ‘Proud Boys, Stand Back and Stand By’

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/30/metro/trumps-american-horror-story-proud-boys-stand-back-stand-by/?event=event25&fbclid=IwAR3xU-w1PSwpe4P-nkbvsCeE2O6mw_ZPeCy0pxpIZvIDmYN7cokbrqW9d9s

 

Kansas Woman Didn’t Pose a Danger When Deputy Killed Her, Lawsuit States

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2020/10/01/584864.htm

 

Racist Letter Sent to Parents of Teen Who Died by Suicide: The parents of a teen boy who died by suicide say they received a sexist and racist letter calling their son “selfish” after they asked a neighbor to take down a Halloween decoration of a mannequin hanging from a noose

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/parents-of-teen-who-died-by-suicide-say-they-received-racist-letter-after-asking-neighbor-to-take-down-decoration/2548104/?mc_cid=8ec48c91d0&mc_eid=5d942a4ef8

 

Chilean police throw boy, 16, off bridge during protests: Apparent serious assault is latest in series of alleged human rights abuses by Carabineros

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/03/chilean-police-throw-boy-16-off-bridge-during-protests?fbclid=IwAR3ytfdU_pQz9jH6lLPF0LKAk9fkbcz35su-EZ035I8Yh6d91bT2PJKPrks

 

Trump Preached White Supremacy in Minnesota, America Barely Noticed: Touting “the racehorse theory” and the superiority of the genes of white Minnesotans, Trump explicitly embraced eugenics

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-white-supremacy-racehorse-theory-1064928/?fbclid=IwAR2khzAg12NXdM-d-E2zvoMpmsa6EKucc2lVwNcAc7ic6C_yGa2NWsa6AC0

 

Trump, social media, right-wing news stir up antifa scares

https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-media-social-media-kentucky-racial-injustice-97624252a276dea5cfe2e79381df0248

 

Seven things you need to know about Antifa

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/X56rQkDgd0qqB7R68t6t7C/seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-antifa

 

What Is Antifa, the Movement Trump Wants to Declare a Terror Group?  President Trump has blamed anti-fascist protesters for inciting violence at protests and tried to link “far left” activists to his mainstream Democratic opponent, Joe Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-antifa-trump.html

 

WATCH: What is Fascism?

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-origins/era-7-the-great-convergence-and-divergence-1880-ce-to-the-future/72-interwar-betaa/v/what-is-fascism-world-history-project-beta

 

Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/hidden-plain-sight-racism-white-supremacy-and-far-right-militancy-law

 

‘No more fire and fury’: Group aimed at ousting Trump rallies in Philadelphia

https://whyy.org/articles/no-more-fire-and-fury-group-aimed-at-ousting-trump-rallies-in-philadelphia/

 

Ali Soufan On The Rise of white supremacists: ‘Trump’s Comments Were A Bullhorn, Not A Dogwhistle’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8C1zqpHjK4

 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Paperback – Illustrated, May 15, 2007

https://www.amazon.com/Bury-My-Heart-Wounded-Knee/dp/0805086846?fbclid=IwAR1g_7R9tyaYAksbuEK25IBSaBpQCK-Sju3esHuzKpQ-fRnqoHH_MXsMr4E

 

IRS investigating NRA's LaPierre for possible criminal tax fraud: report

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/519681-irs-investigating-nra-lapierre-possible-criminal-tax-fraud-report?fbclid=IwAR2oX3nofIR58wuJKrQF7hjaYe6E_bKb2OdoyN_Q2U0JbliOI3g-bnc9vQw

 

Group sues to block California boardroom diversity law

https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-los-angeles-legislation-california-gavin-newsom-4b1b76e9d49c34a7fa88d68c4330ef48?fbclid=IwAR1AeqWjodhx2GDhs_mFnGoi1NdvVIhSqePS7NaVqHrvsBDikmUTV_sMDhY

 

GOP U.S. Senate candidate in Delaware thanks Proud Boys for providing free security at rally

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/01/senate-candidate-thanks-proud-boys-providing-security/5882492002/?fbclid=IwAR2IUIyDt1jCkRtNvbhjXqW9a9Ri_GT4tI_EbLUmt4YdHi6gwlWKmwYN6Os

 

Why Black Athletes’ Political Activism Matters: Surveys suggest they hold sway with Black Americans who’ve sat out recent elections—a key constituency for winning the election.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/10/04/why-black-athletes-political-activism-matters-425473?fbclid=IwAR1q0szAq8sO8H6nVb5FQUduumpyeM8UtragstH4SHXmioSF7MxdOe85GSM

 

American Right Wing Extremism with David Neiwert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_4AH6-4ZFk

 

How Right Wing Terrorism Is Growing in the U.S. | Opinions | NowThis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfUf1soIsrA

 

The Silver Legion of America, commonly known as the Silver Shirts, was an underground American fascist organization founded by William Dudley Pelley that was headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina[7] and announced publicly on January 31, 1933. The group was effectively dissolved on December 8, 1941 when police called for the open arrest of any individuals associated with the group.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Legion_of_America

 

A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans: An Atlantic investigation reveals who they are and what they might do on Election Day.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/11/right-wing-militias-civil-war/616473/

 

Cumulative Toxicity Of The Fluoroquinolones

http://www.myquinstory.info/cumulative-toxicity-of-the-fluoroquinolones/?fbclid=IwAR3Mja4bVDfpedn_GHD5Jy4JlGbpKWfX_jAgLy8Jh83JLkm5CUTpwnwc09U

 

I Was Fired From My Job and Targeted by Cops for Activism: Kwame Rose's confrontation with Geraldo Rivera at a protest over Freddie Gray’s death launched Rose as a key activist in Baltimore.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7jzmp/i-was-fired-from-my-job-and-targeted-by-cops-for-activism?fbclid=IwAR3b0RaYU8PdKwUefhns10UeMcqKDDO9h2u5rk0n4L55BFv5DGyim4XR4s8

 

Conservative Justices Thomas and Alito Suggest Supreme Court Should 'Fix' Its Ruling That Legalized Gay Marriage

https://www.newsweek.com/conservative-justices-thomas-alito-suggest-supreme-court-should-fix-its-ruling-that-legalized-1536454?fbclid=IwAR3Q09-Qly2jtgyKP97LrUKCFEuGfbJlCv__QzTi6sLUlE_yFUOjYWt9KdU

 

Fannie E. Floyd Racial Justice Award to Irene Etkin Goldman (2011)

https://www.ywcaprinceton.org/support-our-mission/racial-justice/past-honorees/irene/

 

Demonstrators Urge: “Save the Post Office,” “Protect the Vote”

http://www.towntopics.com/wordpress/2020/08/26/53454/

 

Don't Talk to the Police

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

 

Robert Paxton, a preeminant historian of the political philosophy, in The Anatomy of Fascism, called the Ku Klux Klan (which was founded by high-ranking former Confederate soldiers) "the earliest phenomenon that can be functionally related to fascism."

https://books.google.com/books?id=JU3th4LnKvsC&q=ku+klux#v=snippet&q=ku%20klux&f=false

 

Trump is a racist demagogue.  But he is not a fascist.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/26/trump-not-fascist/

 

The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina Paperback – October 30, 2000

https://www.amazon.com/Counterrevolution-Slavery-Politics-Ideology-Antebellum/dp/0807848840

 

Cornerstone Speech, Savannah, Georgia, March 21, 1861

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/cornerstone-speech

 

The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890 Updated Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Southern-Populism-Transformation-Upcountry/dp/0195306708

 

Reviewed Works: The Political Economy of Slavery: Studies in the Economy and Society of the Slave South by Eugene D. Genovese; American Negro Slavery by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4230956?seq=1

 

Plain Folk and Gentry in a Slave Society: White Liberty and Black Slavery in Augusta's Hinterlands

https://www.amazon.com/Plain-Folk-Gentry-Slave-Society/dp/0807122653

 

Women and Slavery: Julia Gardiner Tyler and the Duchess of Sutherland

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4248387

 

Portland: officers targeted medics with teargas and projectiles, report finds.  Physicians’ group describes ‘cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment’ by local police and federal agents

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/portland-protests-medics-police

 

Police killings are more likely among law enforcement agencies that receive military gear, data shows

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/police-killings-military-gear-analysis?mc_cid=f8513f01b5&mc_eid=cd21695bb9

 

Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy Hardcover – October 13, 2020

https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Warlords-Journey-White-Supremacy/dp/0306846438/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_hrd_title_0&sr=

 

Facebook bans Holocaust denial content

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54509975

 

Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself: The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation. Does it actually want to solve the problem?

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/19/why-facebook-cant-fix-itself?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Magazine_Daily_101220&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5f108bc3a1573c18f411ce44&cndid=61660189&hasha=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496&hashb=d66eda798d13296a4f50fdc8f2311240bd954c47&hashc=b797ec0058e74865fbe009ec53ab7d2888433ec403939f5df0581e6b656d5101&esrc=Auto_Subs&utm_term=TNY_Daily

 

Making Slaves of Prisoners

https://www.laprogressive.com/making-slaves-of-prisoners/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=85ab1ee25b-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-85ab1ee25b-286987487&mc_cid=85ab1ee25b&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

Malcolm X – Still Relevant

https://www.laprogressive.com/malcolm-x-still-relevant/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=85ab1ee25b-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-85ab1ee25b-286987487&mc_cid=85ab1ee25b&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

All The President’s Men: Looking back at four years of MAGA terror.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-terror-trump-militias_n_5f832f7ec5b62f97bac42a7c?ncid=APPLENEWS00001&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHBsZS5uZXdzL0FaRHVmaGpVV1M0aUJBUHdQTXlQQi1n&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAMRpRfTuyo8RqA1wQDLy4vNRe3LEWU-FbqEv0yDLH1r2hrvR447669STDqxOplBnmD5zG_7e0vdc8-IJx9y_070xp-tWbTRv2VhCAOqI4Pz9uJs1Y4MzAWAfEqOfIpr-h52vaBBp8qzg8rlnewt5dMWSUJsddSQoUzZVCys8MfSX&guccounter=2&fbclid=IwAR3WrSeqBX_UF6UqgWwSS0wqp92Q1CMM76h-Iu_qXpRk107AI70FSzCF3Q0

 

Why Police Body Cameras Haven’t Stopped Police Brutality: They’ve so far failed to curb police misconduct; it’s time to admit that this reform is not enough.

https://progressive.org/dispatches/police-body-cameras-police-brutality-lee-201013/?fbclid=IwAR0k_GCr4kLGbPpWgJz41bckzTDJ9gkNr1DmTg5GfwoNDBXn42Xp7wK7OwY#.X4Z5tjDNSYk.facebook

 

Twitter Suspends Fake Accounts Posing As Black Trump Supporters

https://www.forbes.com/sites/isabeltogoh/2020/10/14/twitter-suspends-fake-accounts-posing-as-black-trump-supporters/?fbclid=IwAR2MMVoXq_4lXPFqFtAPM66-jIsTRNfunfBs35c4Ua3C8-kKv3BHe1d6q3Y#16a30cf75e19

 

DOJ charges Texas billionaire in $2 billion tax fraud scheme

https://apnews.com/article/texas-41a427b03d4c5e65a32f011f5029acfa?fbclid=IwAR0eUOCG8d_Se25WIbRlRUdMRJcCbQ2-VnH8m1YvEc-LT9IL_OLL43YawsE

 

During Black Lives Matter protests, donations poured in to a Philly community fund. Here’s how the nonprofit distributed the money.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-black-lives-matter-protest-donations-bread-roses-community-fund-20201013.html

 

Bread & Roses Community Fund.  The 2020 Tribute to Change: Liberation in our Lifetime was held on October 13.

https://breadrosesfund.org/liberationinourlifetime/

 

Black Women's Livelihoods Matter: New Podcast Highlighting Gender Pay Inequity Launched In Time for Aug. 26th Women's Equality Day 2020

http://www.wboc.com/story/42533276/black-womens-livelihoods-matter-new-podcast-highlighting-gender-pay-inequity-launched-in-time-for-aug-26th-womens-equality-day-2020