Headlines for April 29, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#52TJ2)
- U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops Number of Americans Killed in Vietnam War
- Trump Orders Meat Plants to Remain Open as Worker Coronavirus Deaths Mount
- Mayor of San Juan Says Puerto Ricans Haven't Received Relief Funds
- Workers Plan May Day "People's Strike" to Demand Safer Workplaces
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Lends Support to May 1st Rent Strike
- Report: 90% of Minority-Owned Businesses Shut Out of Paycheck Protection Program
- U.S. House Cancels Plans to Reconvene in May as D.C. Remains COVID-19 Hot Spot
- Pence Refuses to Wear Face Mask During Tour of Mayo Clinic
- Riots, Escape Attempts Reported in U.S. Juvenile Jails as Coronavirus Spreads
- Trump Admin Continues Deportation Hearings for Migrant Children Despite Pandemic
- Brazil's COVID-19 Deaths Surpass China's Reported Toll
- WHO to Slash Humanitarian Aid to Yemen After Trump Cuts Agency's Funding
- Protests Erupt in Lebanon as Quarantined Residents Go Hungry
- Viral Video Shows White Police Officer in California Punching African American Boy
- Southwest U.S. Poised to Shatter April Heat Records; Wildfires Erupt in Siberia
- Flooding in Canada's Tar Sands Region Forces 13,000 from Their Homes
- Climate Scientists, Environmentalists Call New Film "Planet of the Humans" Misleading & Destructive