Month: June 2020
Bearing Witness to Climate Change June 2020
Despite the global economic slowdown, C02 levels in the atmosphere reached an all-time high in May. The monthly average was 417.2 ppm which is 1% higher than the last record high a year earlier. An annual increase of about 2.5 ppm is now about… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Climate Change June 2020”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 14-20
Despite a pandemic that is reemerging across the South the Trump reelection campaign went ahead with its rally in Tulsa, confirming that the feeding of Trump’s ego is more important than protecting the health of his own followers and staff. Public health experts widely… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 14-20”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 7-13
A level of protests and unrest continues across the country in response to police brutality, and the need for reform, not seen since the civil rights movement and Vietnam War era of the 1960s. Trump mouths a few words of support that no one… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 7-13”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 1-6
In the days following the attack on peaceful protesters in Lafayette Park to make way for the President’s photo op, the “People’s House” has been turned into a fortress with new fences, barricades, and members of the armed forces standing guard. A buffet of… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 41 June 1-6”
Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 24-30
With a nation in one crisis after another, President Trump spends the Memorial Day holiday weekend tweeting insults and playing golf. Instead of helping America to pay tribute to and heal from the loss of over 100,000 deaths due to the pandemic, he mostly… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to Trump Month 40 May 24-30”
Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 24 – 31 2020
This week the nation passed 100,000 deaths related to the coronavirus pandemic from over 1.7 million confirmed cases. Five months into the crisis there is still an average of about 1,000 deaths being experienced every day. One of the saddest front pages of a… Continue Reading “Bearing Witness to the Pandemic May 24 – 31 2020”
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