July 24, 2020
Sidney's Picks: An Eviction Crisis & A Constitutional Crisis
Photo credit:
“EVICT,” by Steve Rotman, Creative Commons.
The Best of the Week’s News:
- Millions of renters face eviction if Congress doesn’t act by Saturday. Some landlords illegally initiated eviction proceedings even before the moratorium expired. (Video) (ABC, NYT)
- The constitutional crisis deepens as Oregon state lawmakers demand that the federal government withdraw its shadowy agents from Portland. Judge blocks federal agents from arresting legal observers. (PBS, KVAL, Nation, AP)
- Thousands of workers walked off the job, Monday as part of the Strike for Black Lives. (Yahoo)
- Nationwide testing backlogs may be hiding the true spread of COVID-19, experts say. What looks like a plateau could instead be a maxed-out system. (NYT)
- Jobless claims rise as the fate of the $600/week enhanced unemployment benefit remains undecided. (CNBC)