(2020-04-16). Trump says US conducting 'very thorough' probe into Covid-19 origins, refuses to dismiss 'sources' pushing Chinese lab narrative. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump hinted that a probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic hasn't ruled out that it may have started in a lab in China, fanning the flames of a conspiracy theory that's turning increasingly mainstream. | Asked to comment on reports stating the US government had "high confidence" the Covid-19 outbreak "emanated" from a virology lab in the city of Wuhan at Wednesday's White House briefing, the president remained somewhat tight-lipped, but said just enough to lend credence to the increasingly popular claim. | "Well, I don't want to say that… but I will tell you, more and more we're…
(2020-04-16). Trump Plans to Adjourn Congress to Push Through Political Appointments. truthout.org During a press event at the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump complained that Democrats were blocking many of his political appointments from consideration, in spite of the fact that hundreds of positions are vacant Some individuals he's tried to appoint have also been held up in Republican-controlled…
(2020-04-16). Five Came Back: Hollywood filmmakers and World War II. wsws.org The three-part documentary focuses on five major American directors—John Ford, John Huston, William Wyler, George Stevens and Frank Capra—who enlisted with the US War Department to create propaganda films between 1941 and 1945.
(2020-04-15). Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela. fair.org 
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a "democratic transition" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a "council of state" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an offer to negotiate than a diktat, with the US State Department ( Despite the obvious mafioso over…
(2020-04-15). 'Dangerous & harassing'? WATCH Iranian boats buzz US Navy vessels 'patrolling' Persian Gulf. rt.com 
The United States Navy has accused the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps of threatening and "unsafe" actions, reporting that IRGC vessels approached American warships conducting "maritime security" operations in the Persian Gulf. | A total of 11 Iranian vessels buzzed a number of American ships on Wednesday, the US Navy said in a statement, calling the maneuvers "harassing… dangerous and provocative." The US Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain, later published footage of the encounter, showing several smaller IRGC craft in close range of a US ship. | | © US Naval Forces Central Command / US 5th Fleet…
(2020-04-15). Only good news allowed—India's independent media fights government's COVID-19 censorship. peoplesworld.org 
While the coronavirus has focused much of the world on Europe and the United States lately, India promises to be the greatest victim of the disease. But other than a slick public relations campaign, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done little to confront the crisis. Indeed, a number of policy moves by …
(2020-04-15). 21 million Chinese dead due to COVID-19 story is FAKE NEWS. truepublica.org.uk Did new US intelligence data reveal that 21 million people died in China from December 2019 to March 2020 due to the novel coronavirus? No, that's not true: An online article being shared uses a statistic about a drop in cellphone users to make a faulty supposition that this figure reflects COVID-19 deaths in China. …
(2020-04-15). Australian construction workers denounce union enforcement of unsafe conditions. truepublica.org.uk Hundreds of workers across the country have taken to social media over the past weeks to denounce the construction union for enforcing continued production in the sector, despite the health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) has responded with censorship. Supporters of the union bureaucracy have …
(2020-04-13). As Nicaragua confronts Covid, its US-backed opposition exploits the pandemic to create chaos. thegrayzone.com Nicaragua's right-wing opposition is waging an information warfare campaign to undermine the elected Sandinista government, spreading fake news on coronavirus,…
(2020-04-13). During this coronavirus pandemic, 'fake news' is putting lives at risk: UNESCO. news.un.org Unreliable and false information is spreading around the world to such an extent, that some commentators are now referring to the new avalanche of misinformation that's accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic as a 'disinfodemic'.
(2020-04-09). Colonialism & coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians may die of COVID-19. thegrayzone.com Gutted by US-allied, neoliberal governments which have controlled the country since 2004, Haiti's healthcare sector braces for a potential catastrophe….
(2020-02-21). Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity. fair.org 
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causing present and future harms, make them more often part of the problem than the solution.