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The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates adopted Resolution 601 on August 6, urging the implementation of the Equal Rights Amendment. — Read on brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/08/10/city-bar-association-co-sponsors-resolution-for-equal-rights/

Oakland officials and activists are devastated by the decision, which was made in light of legal challenges and polling. — Read on oaklandside.org/2024/08/14/20-billion-bay-area-housing-bond-pulled-from-november-ballot/

Less than a week away from the Democratic National Convention (DNC), set to take place from Aug. 19-22, Chicago residents near the United Center expressed frustrations and concerns with the event’s security perimeter, which covers roughly a two-mile radius. — Read on thetriibe.com/2024/08/i-think-its-bullshit-west-side-residents-express-frustrations-over-dnc-security-measures/

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children at the border in a bid to improve facial recognition technology, MIT Technology Review can reveal. This includes children “down to the infant,” according to John Boyd, assistant director of the department’s Office of Biometric IdentityContinue reading “The US wants to scan the faces of migrant kids at the border | MIT Technology Review”

Amid significant legal challenges to a proposed referendum that would ban the City of Pittsburgh from doing business with entities with financial ties to Israel, advocates say they’re encouraged by new polling that shows a significant majority of Pittsburgh voters support the proposal. — Read on http://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/former-trump-lawyers-take-aim-at-a-popular-initiative-encouraging-pittsburghs-divestment-from-israel-26511436

Federal investigators say they have uncovered the DNA of a former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. — Read on apnews.com/article/venezuela-maduro-coup-arms-smuggling-dna-da832a30eea2150d0366851935998bd7

TeleSUR journalist Brian Mier offers a chronicle of a voting day in one of Caracas’ largest polling centers. — Read on venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/electoral-theater-in-venezuela-a-tale-from-election-day-in-caracas/

The Movement for Social Justice in Trinidad and Tobago joins with other countries, including several regional neighbours and international … Our America – 2024 Venezuela Elections

For the information of our readers we publish the declaration of the Organisation of Afro Venezuelans on the Presidential elections held in that … Our Americas – Venezuela Elections 2024

Background: In early April 2024 we studied two Texas dairy farms which had suffered incursions of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) the previous month. Methods: We employed molecular assays, cell and egg culture, Sanger and next generation sequencing to isolate and characterize viruses from multiple farm specimens (cow nasal swab, milk specimens, fecalContinue reading “A One Health Investigation into H5N1 Avian Influenza Virus Epizootics on Two Dairy Farms | medRxiv”