Headlines for August 31, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#57J7M)
- Protests Continue in Kenosha as Officials Plead with Trump to Cancel Visit
- One Dead in Portland as Pro-Trump Rally Clashes with Antiracist Protesters
- U.S. COVID-19 Cases Top 6 Million, Deaths Top 183,000
- Under Pressure from Trump, FDA Admits It Might Approve Vaccine Before Trials End
- Gaza Extends Lockdown, India Reports Record Daily Numbers as Global COVID-19 Cases Top 25 Million
- Chadwick Boseman, Beloved and Groundbreaking Actor, Dies at 43 After Battle with Cancer
- "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" Rally Held on 57th Anniverary of March on Washington
- Mustapha Adib Set to Become New Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Anti-Government Protests Continue in Belarus Amid Crackdown on Press and Dissent
- Hundreds of Refugees Stranded in Mediterranean as Banksy-Funded Ship Evacuated
- Mass Protests in Mauritius as Environmental Toll from Oil Tanker Spill Worsens
- Sudanese Government and Darfur Rebel Groups Sign Peace Deal
- U.N. Warns Life of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege Could Be at Risk
- Record Flooding in Pakistan Kills At Least 13, Submerges Much of Karachi
- Jailed Immigrants in Louisiana Report Unlivable Conditions in ICE Jails After Hurricane Laura
- Black National Convention Tackles Elections, Abolition, Trans Rights, Disability Rights & More
- Dems Denounce Decision by DNI to Halt In-Person Election Security Briefings
- Family of Layleen Polanco Awarded Record $5.9 Million in Settlement over Her Death