The protests that have engulfed American cities in the past week are rooted in decades of frustrations. African Americans have protested against these injustices going back as far as the post-Civil War days in the 1870s. Source: https://www.livescience.com/george-floyd-protests-history-of-racism.html
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SpaceX rocket ship lifts off with 2 Americans (Update)
A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era of commercial space travel and putting NASA back in the business of launching astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-spacex-rocket-ship-americans.html…
SpaceX rocket ship blasts off into orbit with 2 Americans (Update)
A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-spacex-rocket-ship-americans.html…
‘Back in the game’: SpaceX ship blasts off with 2 astronauts (Update)
A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company thundered away from Earth with two Americans on Saturday, ushering in a new era in commercial space travel and putting the United States back in the business of launching astronauts into orbit from home soil for the first time in nearly a decade. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-05-spacex-rocket-ship-americans.html…
As Coronavirus Hospitalizations Rise in the US, Many States Hide Their Data
In America, “Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus’ spread, hindering the ability to detect a surge of infections as President Donald Trump pushes the nation to reopen rapidly,” reports Politico: In at least a dozen states, health departments have inflated testing numbers or deflated death tallies by changing…
A Third of Americans Now Show Signs of Clinical Anxiety or Depression
A third of Americans are showing signs of clinical anxiety or depression (alternative source), Census Bureau data shows, the most definitive and alarming sign yet of the psychological toll exacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Washington Post reports: When asked questions normally used to screen patients for mental health problems, 24 percent showed clinically significant symptoms of major depressive disorder and…
House Leaders Strike Deal To Protect US Web Browsing Data From Warrantless Surveillance
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: After three days of negotiations, House lawmakers have struck a deal on an amendment to protect innocent Americans from being spied on by their own government online. Discussions were carried out behind closed doors over Memorial Day weekend after news broke Friday that House leaders had agreed to allow a vote on an…
Ask Slashdot: Did Fear and Groupthink Drive Unnecessary Global Lockdowns?
An anonymous reader writes: There’s an interesting analysis, which looks at several data points, to conclude that media may have flamed fears that drove the world to enforce lockdowns. From the story: “To put things in perspective, the virus is now known to have an infection fatality rate for most people under 65 that is no more dangerous than driving 13…
In $16 Billion Push To Expand Broadband, America Is Flying Through a Fog
Spurred by the coronavirus pandemic, federal policy makers are pushing to spend billions of dollars to close gaps in America’s high-speed internet network. From a report: There is one big obstacle: Government officials say they don’t have a clear picture of where service gaps exist, meaning parts of the country will be left out when it is time to distribute the…