Headlines for June 16, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5K4YE)
- Presidents Biden and Putin Meet in Geneva for Highly Anticipated Summit
- Israeli Soldiers Shoot and Kill Palestinian Woman After Overnight Air Raids on Gaza
- Palestinians Protest Ultranationalist Israeli "March of the Flags" in Occupied East Jerusalem
- New York and California Lift Majority of Coronavirus Restrictions
- Senate Approves Bill Making Juneteenth a National Holiday
- Texas Bans Critical Race Theory in Schools
- Reps. Cori Bush and Bonnie Watson Coleman Unveil Bill Decriminalizing All Drug Possession
- Bomb Blast Kills 15 People in Mogadishu
- Hungarian Lawmakers Advance Legislation Barring LGBTQ Content for Minors
- Arctic Scientists Say We May Have Already Passed Climate Tipping Point
- Indigenous Activists Continue Resistance Against Line 3 After Setback in Court
- Antitrust Leader Lina Khan Confirmed by Senate, Named as Chair of FTC
- Biden Administration Lays Out New Strategy to Combat White Supremacist Domestic Terror
- Trump and Aides Pressured DOJ to Back Fabricated Voter Fraud Claims
- Program Allowing Central American Children to Reunite with Parents in U.S. Set to Be Expanded
- Janitors Unite to Demand Justice, Fair Working Conditions
- William vanden Heuvel, Former Gov't Adviser and Advocate for Prisoners, Dies at the Age of 91
- 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Climate Justice Activists Around the World