Headlines for August 18, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5NFNR)
- Taliban Addresses Women's Rights, Press Freedom in First Press Conference Since Takeover
- U.S. Continues Evacuations as Top Dems Pledge to Investigate Biden's Afghanistan Exit
- Haiti Earthquake Death Toll Hits 2,000 as Survivors, Many Now Unhoused, Lashed by Tropical Storm
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Tests Positive for Coronavirus
- Alabama Runs Out of ICU Beds; 3,000 NOLA Students and Staff in Quarantine
- New Zealand Orders Lockdown After ID'ing One COVID Case
- Tokyo Extends State of Emergency; Thai Protesters Demand PM Step Down for Mishandling COVID
- India Bans Single-Use Plastics, But New Law Contains Major Loopholes
- Caldor and Dixie Fires Rage in Northern California; French Wildfire Displaces Thousands
- Rep. Terri Sewell Introduces John Lewis Voting Rights Act in Front of Edmund Pettus Bridge
- Reproductive Rights Groups Challenge Abortion Laws in Arizona and Montana
- Nabisco Workers in Virginia, Oregon and Colorado Strike Against Long Hours, Outsourcing
- Philadelphia Ex-Cops Charged in Wrongful Conviction of Black Man Who Was Jailed for 25 Years
- Sacklers Say They Won't Pay $4.5 Billion Opioids Settlement Unless Shielded from Future Lawsuits