Headlines for December 20, 2021
by webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#5T7T4)
- Build Back Better in Jeopardy After Sen. Joe Manchin Announces He Will Not Vote in Favor
- Federal Company Vaccine Mandate Reinstated; New Data Show Moderna Booster Helps Fight Omicron
- Southwest CEO Tests Positive After Senate Hearing; Sens. Booker and Warren Announce They Have COVID
- Omicron Sends COVID Cases Surging, Prompts New Restrictions in Israel, U.K., the Netherlands
- 35-Year-Old Progressive Activist Gabriel Boric Will Be Chile's Next President
- Death Toll from Super Typhoon Rai Rises to 375 in Philippines; Floods Kill 8 in Malaysia
- Hong Kong's "Patriots Only" Election Sees Record Low Turnout
- Hundreds of Thousands of Sudanese Protesters March Against Military Rule
- U.N. Human Rights Council to Probe War Crimes in Ethiopia
- Islamic Countries Pledge Humanitarian Trust Fund for Afghanistan
- NYT Reveals Widespread Pattern of Civilian Deaths and Cover-Ups in U.S. Air Wars
- Capitol Rioter Gets 5 Years in Prison, Stiffest Sentence Yet for January 6 Insurrection
- Rahm Emanuel, Who Covered Up Police Killing of Laquan McDonald, Confirmed as Ambassador to Japan
- Claudette Colvin, Who Resisted Segregation in Alabama, Has Juvenile Court Record Expunged
- Black Panther Russell "Maroon" Shoatz, Who Spent 22 Years in Solitary Confinement, Dies at 78