#newsamehope / 4.13.20
What is new in the last 24 hours?
The Supreme Court will hear some cases by telephone.
The TSA is now screening about 4% of the number of people it did this time last year.
South Korea will send a shipment of Covid-19 testing kits to the United States on Tuesday afternoon, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN on Monday.
What is the same?
The pressures of capitalism. The billionaires’ desire to reopen our country to business as usual, as soon as possible, no matter what the human toll is.
How quickly oil burns skin when it splatters out of a sizzling pan
A cement truck looks like a giant wrapped candy.
What is the hope?
The small sweetnesses we extend to each other. The toilet paper drop-offs, the cards, the memes, the check-ins.
Anger is a catalyst emotion, and there’s a lot to be angry about right now. There is potential for a new world order. One that prioritizes the dignity of human life. We cannot back off of that.
Photo: Persephone Project at Ragdale. September 2017