Headlines for July 20, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#55Y2M)
- Coronavirus on the Rise Around the World, with the U.S. Leading the Charge
- Trump Seeks to Block Billions in Federal Funds for Testing as He Continues to Downplay Virus
- Civil Rights Icon and Long-Standing Congressmember John Lewis Dies
- C. T. Vivian, Civil Rights Legend, Dubbed "Greatest Preacher to Ever Live" by MLK, Dies at 95
- Protesters Rail Against Federal Officers' Violent and Covert Attacks in Portland
- Charges Dropped Against BLM Protesters as New Info Emerges About Police Killing of Breonna Taylor
- Police in Chicago Punch Black Teenage Activist in Face, Knocking Out Her Teeth
- Two Men Charged over Racist Attack, Attempted Lynching of Indiana Activist Vauhxx Booker
- Pentagon Bans Confederate Flag on U.S. Military Bases Despite Trump's Opposition
- Floods in India and Nepal Kill 200 People and Displace Millions
- Bodies of 59 Refugees Pulled from Turkish Lake Weeks After Shipwreck
- Garifuna Land Defenders Kidnapped in Honduras
- Honduran Reporter David Romero, Who Exposed Gov't Corruption, Dies in Prison of Suspected COVID-19
- Michigan Supreme Court to Review Case of 15-Year-Old Student Jailed for Not Doing Schoolwork
- Progressive NY Congressional Candidate Jamaal Bowman Officially Ousts Eliot Engel
- Gunman Attacks Home of NJ Federal Judge, Killing Her Son and Injuring Her Husband
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says Her Cancer Is Back But She Will Remain on the Court
- Workers to Walk Off the Job in Nationwide "Strike for Black Lives"