80 Vague, Broad Anti-Riot Bills in 34 States Threaten First Amendment-Protected, Nonviolent Protest

Lawyers Matter Task Force's Aaron Carter Bates: Lawsuit Challenges Florida's 'Anti-Riot' Law Criminalizing Protest

United Mine Workers of America's Cecil Roberts: Mine Workers Union States Position on  Transitioning from Coal to Clean Energy Jobs

DC Vote's Bo Shuff: Decades-Long Campaign to Make Washington, D.C.  51st State Gains Momentum

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary: 

• German Green Party is center stage in Germany’s election
• Kurdish autonomy remains dim across Middle East
• Predatory nursing home financiers thriving in pandemic

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