Headlines for December 17, 2020
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5BS0X)
- U.S. Shatters COVID-19 Daily Record with 3,656 Deaths & Quarter-Million New Cases
- WHO's COVID-19 Plan to Vaccinate Poorer Nations Faces "Very High" Risk of Failure
- FDA Panel to Vote on Emergency Use Authorization for Moderna Vaccine
- Trump Appointee Pushed COVID-19 Herd Immunity Strategy: "We Want Them Infected"
- Chris Christie on COVID-19: "How Wrong I Was to Remove My Mask at the White House"
- French President Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Meetings with European Leaders
- Brazil's Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Top 7 Million
- Lawmakers Near Deal on $900B Coronavirus Relief Bill as U.S. Poverty Surges
- Poverty on the Rise Across the Globe, as 2.7 Billion People Saw No Public Assistance Amid Pandemic
- U.N. Warns Locust Swarms Threaten Food Security for Millions in Horn of Africa and Yemen
- Top U.S. General Holds Unplanned Talks with Taliban and Afghan President
- France Delivers 14 Guilty Verdicts in 2015 Charlie Hebdo and Connected Attacks
- Hungary Bans Same-Sex Adoptions in Latest Crackdown on LGBTQ Rights
- Religious Leaders Call for Ban on "Conversion Therapy"
- University of Mississippi Slammed for Firing Prof. Who Called Out Relationship with "Racist Donors"
- MLB Elevates Negro Leagues to Major League Status in Effort to Correct Decades of Racism
- Tyson Foods Fires Managers Who Started Betting Pool on Employees Getting COVID-19
- Climate Groups Urge Biden to Take Immediate Executive Action to Tackle Climate Crisis
- 22 Arrested as Indigenous Water and Land Protectors Fight Against Enbridge Line 3