Daily Archives: March 18, 2022

2022-03-18: News Headlines

Morning Star (2022-03-17). Facebook accused of boosting far-right BJP in Indian elections. peoplesworld.org Facebook has been accused of boosting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu chauvinist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections by offering it cheaper advertising deals. The social media giant charged the BJP a lower rate in nine of 10 elections, according to analysis by transparency watchdogs and press monitoring groups. This allowed the far-right governing …

Andrew Emett (2022-03-17). Minneapolis agrees to pay $2.4M to man who lost eye during George Floyd protests. nationofchange.org "It took me a long time to get a job even though I was well qualified because it's pretty hard to look at a computer screen with one eye after having two."

WSWS (2022-03-17). San Antonio, Texas, officers assault protesters after fatal police shooting. wsws.org Police made at least one arrest and pepper-sprayed a crowd that gathered after three police officers fatally shot 27-year-old Kevin Johnson.

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