Headlines for May 20, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5J28T)
- Palestinian Death Toll Hits 231 as Israel Pounds Gaza Strip for 11th Straight Day
- U.S. Blocks Gaza Ceasefire Resolutions at U.N. as Some Democrats Urge Halt to Israel Arms Sales
- India Sets New Record High for Daily Coronavirus Deaths
- New York City Restaurants Reopen at Full Capacity
- European Union to Welcome Vaccinated Travelers
- 35 House Republicans Defy Leadership, Vote in Favor of Commission on January 6 Insurrection
- 107-Year-Old Viola Fletcher Recounts Horror of Tulsa Race Massacre in Congressional Hearing
- Harrowing Video Shows Louisiana State Troopers Brutalizing Ronald Greene in 2019
- North Carolina Jury Awards $75 Million in Damages to Brothers Wrongfully Imprisoned for 30+ Years
- Texas Executes Quintin Jones, a Black Man, Rejecting Clemency Pleas from Victim's Family
- Emergent BioSolutions Reaped Millions in Federal Contracts But Has Yet to Deliver Any COVID Vaccines
- Massive Ice Sheet Breaks Off Antarctica, Becomes World's Largest Iceberg
- Climate Activists Protest Shell Sponsorship of London Science Museum Exhibit
- AOC, Bernie Sanders Join McDonald's Workers' Strike Demanding $15/Hour Minimum Wage