Headlines for August 21, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5763N)
- Joe Biden Accepts Presidential Nomination, Pledging End to "Season of Darkness"
- CDC Director: Up to 60 Million U.S. Residents Were Infected with Coronavirus
- White House Declares Teachers "Essential Workers" as Unions Threaten Strikes over Coronavirus
- Stock Markets Surge Even as 1.1 Million U.S. Workers File New Unemployment Claims
- Protesters Call on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to #MakeBillionairesPay
- Postmaster General to Face Congressional Grilling over "Sabotage" of Postal Service
- Massive California Wildfires Leave 5 Dead, 700,000 Acres Burned
- Steve Bannon Arrested, Charged with Pocketing Private Border Wall Funds
- Federal Judge Rules NY Prosecutors Can Subpoena Trump's Tax Records
- Iraq Is "Open for American Business," Says Iraqi PM in Meeting with Trump
- Prominent Iraqi Women's Rights Activist Reham Yacoub Gunned Down in Basra
- Israeli Military Attacks Gaza for 10th Consecutive Day
- Newly Released Bodycam Footage Shows Two Deaths at Hands of Phoenix Police
- Portland's Nightly Anti-Police-Brutality Protests Continue to Face Police Violence
- Black Lives Matter Groups Protest New York Police Union's Endorsement of Trump
- Uber, Lyft Win Temporary Stay of Order to Reclassify Contract Drivers as Employees