2021-08-03: News Headlines

Omar Karmi (2021-08-03). Why did Scientific American censor Gaza solidarity call? electronicintifada.net Magazine gives unconvincing excuse for removing opinion piece.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-08-03). Fact Check: Black Americans Are More Likely To Be Vegan Than Other Groups. moguldom.com African American adults are more likely to identify as vegan than any other group in the U.S. A 2016 Pew Research Center survey showed that 8 percent of Black American adults were strict vegans or vegetarians, compared to 3 percent of the general population. The trend toward ditching meat affects everyone including top athletes and music …

_____ (2021-08-03). Collapsing Federal Corporate Crime Enforcement. popularresistance.org Despite constant exposés in the mainstream media — still only reporting the tip of the iceberg — neither members of Congress nor presidents from the Republican and Democratic parties have raised the banner of tough "law and order" to counter rampaging corporate crime. Proposals to bring the laws up to date in their penalties and coverage to deter corporate lawbreaking are never a priority for Congress. When was the last time you heard a politician demand "corporate reform"?

Nicholas Stender (2021-08-02). Eviction tsunami crashes, Democrats shrug shoulders. liberationnews.org The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives chose to go on vacation rather than pass a bill to save renters.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2021-08-02). Israel lobby group ADL teams up with PayPal. electronicintifada.net Activists fear result could be more censorship of Palestine rights advocates.

Moderator (2021-08-02). Nick Bryant and Chris Hedges on the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. scheerpost.com On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges talks to investigative journalist Nick Bryant about the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. Nick Bryant is a journalist whose work largely focuses on the plight of disadvantaged children in the United States. His mainstream and investigative journalism has been featured in ScheerPost, Gear, Playboy, the Reader, and on Salon.com. …

Joris Leverink (2021-08-02). The Laura Flanders Show: Black Candidates, BIPOC Media. roarmag.org Black Candidates, BIPOC Media: Making Coverage Complex—and Better | New York City will likely elect Eric Adams as its second African American mayor in November. Adams, currently the Brooklyn Borough President, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary in July. A former police officer who was himself beaten by the cops as a teenager, Adams campaigned against police brutality while positioning himself as a law and order candidate. | Though much of the mainstream media has attempted to simplify Adams' story, he's a complex candidate who isn't easily boxed in. What are the national implications of all t…

Starkman Approved (2021-08-02). The Perilous Censoring of Dr. Peter McCullough. globalresearch.ca

Project Censored (2021-08-02). Kallee Lasn and Chase Palmieri. projectcensored.org Mickey's first guest is long-time media activist, author, and "culture jammer" Kalle Lasn, the founder of Adbusters magazine. He summarizes the history of Adbusters, and explains some recent developments, including the decision by Canada's dominant drug-store chain to cancel selling the magazine in it's 1,300 stores due to what it deemed objectionable content- material critical of corporate practices from factory farming to fossil fuels. In the second half, Chase Palmieri returns to the program for an update on

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