Eugene, a town of 170,000 in Oregon, replaced some cops with medics and mental health workers. It's worked for over thirty years.
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Nearly 1,000 inmates will be removed from San Quentin prison after its infection rate has gotten so bad it's been dubbed 'the Chernobyl of COVID'
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Fires linked to fireworks erupt across San Francisco, Bay Area
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Kanye West declares he will run for US president in 2020
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Do Americans understand how badly they’re doing?
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Somerville, Massachusetts, recognizes polyamorous domestic partnerships
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People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise
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Study finds hydroxychloroquine may have boosted survival, but other researchers have doubts
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‘You started the corona!’ As anti-Asian hate incidents explode, climbing past 800, activists push for aid
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California severely short on firefighting crews after COVID-19 lockdown at prison camps
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A highly contagious, often lethal rabbit virus arrives in the United States
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Researchers at Cornell University concluded that an online semester would result in more COVID-19
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Magic Hat leaves behind a transformed craft beer industry in Vermont
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Sufjan Stevens - America (2020)
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Weekly thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests, racial injustice, and policing policy - week of June 29
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
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US pediatricians call for in-person school this fall
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NASA’s 'smell of space' is available as a perfume
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Ghislaine Maxwell, associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is arrested
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Boeing quietly pulls plug on the 747, closing era of jumbo jets
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Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic
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When proof is not enough: Throughout history, evidence of racism has failed to effect change
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The girl who turned to bone
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The Whiteness Project is an interactive investigation into how Americans who identify as white, or partially white, understand and experience their race
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Japanese auto companies triple Mexican pay rather than move to US
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Open Elections data on DoltHub
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The fight to redefine racism
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LAKEY INSPIRED - Monroe (2016)
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Internal messages reveal crisis at Houston hospitals as coronavirus cases surge
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Vehicle processing delay with ULA's Atlas 5 rocket causes Mars 2020 rover launch to slip to July 30, near end of launch window
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The Chicks - March March (2020)
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The hidden history of Paris Is Burning
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US buys up world stock of remdesivir
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US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals
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Pressure mounts as Starbucks, Coca-Cola join Facebook ad boycott; Facebook updates policy
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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99
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Covid ( @UCSF ) Chronicles, Day 104: California's luck runs out
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For Black Americans, wearing a mask comes with complicated anxieties
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Making The Case - Tim Duncan
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Lurching toward Fall, disaster on the horizon
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Broadway will remain dark until at least January 2021, Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy
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Space Force more receptive to reusable rockets as it continues to review SpaceX missions—GPS III-3 launch scheduled for end of June, first stage to attempt landing
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The true story of Kudzu, the vine that never truly ate the South
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Bill requires employers to keep implanted microchips voluntary for workers
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Is Asia’s cosmopolitan elite so entrenched with American ‘global culture’ that it fails to see problems at home?
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"The protests began in the small province of Minnesota" - Thai Enquirer explain colonialist reporting in a few paragraphs
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Higher ed: Enough already
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Ballpark peanuts, a classic summer pleasure, have been benched
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Higher restaurant spending in a US state predict a rise in new infections there three weeks later
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NASA expects to cover JWST launch slip with budget reserves
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Black Sheep Brass Band - We Are Sheep (2020)
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