Headlines for June 2, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5JJFB)
- Biden Addresses Voting, Racial Wealth Gap as He Visits Tulsa Race Massacre Site on 100th Anniversary
- 100+ Scholars Call for Congressional Action to Enact Federal Voting Rights Protections
- Biden Ends Contested Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy
- Rights Groups Call for End to Repressive, Invasive Technologies in Immigration Practices
- Washington State's Most Populous County Bans Use of Facial Recognition Technology
- Biden Administration Suspends Oil & Gas Leases in ANWR But Defends Massive "Willow" Project
- Three Bombs Kill 10 People, Disable Electric Grid in Kabul
- Sri Lanka Shoreline Coated in Plastic Debris from Sinking, Burning Cargo Ship
- World Bank Urges U.S. to Free Up Vaccines for Latin America; Pandemic Recedes in U.K., Worsens in DRC
- Florida Enacts Ban on Transgender Youth in School Sports
- JBS, World's Largest Meat Producer, Halts Slaughterhouse Operations After Cyberattack
- Democrat Melanie Stansbury Clinches New Mexico House Seat in Special Election
- Puerto Ricans Set to Go on Strike After Weeks of Protest Against Privatization of Electric Grid