Headlines for June 22, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5KCGX)
- South African President Blasts Big Pharma for Refusing to Share COVID-19 Vaccine Technology
- Cuba Says Abdala Vaccine Shows 92% Efficacy Against COVID-19
- Coronavirus Surges in Indonesia; Colombia Death Toll Passes 100,000
- White House Falls Behind Goal of Donating 80 Million Vaccine Doses by End of June
- Deaths Soared by 32% in U.S. Nursing Homes, Where 4 in 10 Had COVID-19 in 2020
- Senate GOP to Filibuster Restoration of Voting Rights Protections
- Belarus Hit with New Sanctions as U.N. Rights Chief Decries Torture and Other Abuses
- Zapatistas Arrive in Spain, Marking 500 Years Since Cortes's Conquest of Mexico
- U.S. Bishops Seek to Deny Communion to Joe Biden over His Support for Reproductive Rights
- California to Pay Off All Past-Due Rent Accumulated During the Pandemic
- Dozens of Incarcerated Texans Died in Prison After They Were Cleared for Parole
- Lawsuit Accuses Smithfield Foods of Stoking Fears over Meat Shortages as Workers Died of COVID-19
- Tornado Devastates Chicago Suburbs; Record Heat Wave Sparks Fires in Western States
- 400-Mile Youth Climate March Ends with Protest at Houston Home of Sen. Ted Cruz
- New York Mayoral Primary to Be Decided by Largest-Ever Ranked-Choice Vote
- Supreme Court Rules NCAA Can't Deny Education-Related Pay and Benefits to Student Athletes
- Carl Nassib Becomes First Active NFL Player to Come Out as Gay