Headlines for September 21, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#58D5A)
- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87, Sparking a Deluge of Tributes and a Fierce Succession Battle
- U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Poised to Top 200,000
- U.N. Says 150 Million More Children May Face Poverty as Global Coronavirus Death Toll Nears 1 Million
- California Grapples with Evacuations, Toxic Air as Record-Breaking Wildfires Continue to Blaze
- Trump Announces $13 Billion for Puerto Rico, as Elections Near and 3 Years After Hurricane Maria
- Leaked Docs Show Major Banks Helped Criminals Launder Billions of Dollars
- International Community Counters Trump over U.N. Iran Sanctions
- Peru's President Survives Impeachment Attempt
- Belarus Protests Continue Amid Mass Arrests, Leak of Police Officer Data
- Thai Youth Call for General Strike as They Ramp Up Anti-Gov't, Anti-Monarchy Protest
- Cameroonian ICE Prisoner Who Was Subjected to Forced Sterilization Granted Humanitarian Release
- NYPD Arrests 86 Anti-ICE Protesters in Times Square
- Climate Activists Unveil Climate Clock in NYC Ahead of Global Climate Strike
- TikTok Ban Averted After Oracle-Walmart Deal Approved; Judge Blocks Trump WeChat Ban
- Stephen Cohen, Noted Author and Historian of Russia, Dies at 81