President Joe Biden holds to an August 31st deadline to evacuate from Afghanistan, but orders contingency plans; House passes blueprint for $3.5 trillion infrastructure spending, along party lines; House Democrats pass bill to protect voting rights, H.R. 4 the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

• President Joe Biden holds to an August 31st deadline to evacuate from Afghanistan, but orders contingency plans.
• United Nations Human Rights Council says they’ve received reports of Taliban human rights violations.
• House passes blueprint for $3.5 trillion infrastructure spending, along party lines.
• Nation’s top infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony Fauci urges antibody treatment of COVID-19, amidst ongoing infection surge.
• COVID-19 infections soar in children, as schools across the country forced to close.
• Children in Palestine struggle with trauma after Israeli air strikes on Gaza in May.
• House Democrats pass bill to protect voting rights, H.R. 4 the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

Photo of airport in Kabul, Afghanistan by Representative Seth Moulton (D), who secretly traveled there.