Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
- Paid leave and a billionaire’s tax get axed from President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better social and climate spending plan.
- California “ready” to roll out vaccines for 5-11 year olds, Governor Gavin Newsom receives booster vaccine in Oakland.
- World Health Organization hosts Health for All Summit, calls for wealthy nations to finance global pandemic preparedness.
- New UCLA study finds California inadequately prepared to mitigate extreme heat amidst climate change.
- Attorney General Rob Bonta travels to Central Valley to visit with farm workers and advocates, day after pesticide protest.
- Israeli governing body cancels meeting to approve 3,000 settlements in West Bank, after Biden Administration protests.
- Attorney General Merrick Garland grilled at senate hearing over memo to prevent threats against school officials.
- U.S. prosecutors say WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, could serve time in Australia prison instead of U.S.
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