As the United States reopens, virus outbreak worsens globally

While President Trump and his allies have taken a victory lap over the country's increase in employment nationwide in May, another number also saw a shocking jump.

Today, it was reported by the World Health Organization that the number of new daily COVID-19 cases hit a high on Sunday. More than 100,000 new cases have been reported on nine of the last ten days said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press briefing held today.

"Yesterday, more than 136,000 cases were reported - the most in a single day so far," he said, noting that three-quarters of the cases came from the Americas and South Asia.

Unsurprisingly enough the two countries contributing the most to the new increase in cases are Brazil and wait for it - The United States!

Honestly, I feel like this shouldn't have come as a shock to people but I'm sure it will. This is a pandemic, it's not like cleaning your room, you can't just hide your junk under the bed and hope it disappears - which is what leadership in the United States is doing.

Just a month ago we had a violent mob of Karens demanding to speak with every state's manager to open up their favorite TJ Maxx and now they got what they wanted, everyone's just pretending that the pandemic was some made-up virus.

So far, there have been about 7 million people affected by the coronavirus worldwide, according to the New York Times. As of today, there have been about 400,000 deaths related to the virus with more than a quarter of them coming from the United States.

We're going to keep brushing this off and making it seem like this isn't doing numbers compared to the common cold but if we keep taking this route the pandemic will be poised for a comeback next fall and I think it will be even worse.

But what do you think?

-Alex

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Democrats introduce overhaul of police reform

Today house democrats introduced t he Justice in Policing Act, which would hold police departments across the nation more accountable for their actions by stripping away some of their protections. The legislation would also c reate a national database of excessive-force incidents and ban police chokeholds. The legislation would also revise the federal criminal police misconduct statute to make it easier to prosecute officers who are knowingly involved in reckless misconduct and seek to provide greater transparency on police behavior according to the AP News. To put it bluntly, as much as I want this legislation to get make ground, it is a long shot pipe dream to get put into law. This is because the senate is majority Republican and will more than likely shoot it down or have it stripped or include poison pill amendments to it, despite Senator Lindsey Graham and Majority Senate Leader Mitch McConnell vowing to look at the issues. What do you think? -Alex

Statehood, the coronavirus and how the U.S. sets the standard for policing

With everything going on in the world, it's easy to lose track of the important issues going on in the world. For this edition of Articles that Make You Smarter, I wanted to share three articles that would give some perspective on three major issues in America. I hope you read and enjoy: Why statehood matters: The House of Representatives approved a bill that would recognize Washington D.C. as the 51st state of the country. While the Senate will more than likely shoot the bill down, here's an article by The Gaurdian that explains everything surrounding the bid for statehood: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/washington-dc-statehood-bid-house The United States and Policing: What's going on in America with policing doesn't just happen in a bubble. Here's a great article by The New Republic about how our country sets the standard for policing across the world: https://newrepublic.com/article/158297/america-exports-police-violence-around-world A new surge

Is the dismantling of our police force a good idea?

It seemed like an impossible task, like carrying water in your bare hands up a mountain and trying not to spill any. Still, protestors marching in Minneapolis have started to make massive waves in how the justice system works in their city. As reported by The New York Times , nine members of the Minneapolis City Council vowed yesterday to dismantle the city's police force in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of police officer's two weeks ago. Nine members of the council announced during a gathering that the city's policing system was beyond reform and would instead focus on implementing a community-based system of justice. While massive, it is unclear right now what specifically that will look like. What makes this especially interesting is just before this announcement, the city's Mayor Jacob Frey hesitated and then rejected the idea of abolishing the police department when asked at a rally on Saturday. While the council does control

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