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Puerto Ricans took to the streets this week chanting “Ricky Renuncia!” as they called on Governor Ricardo Rosselló to resign following the leak of hundreds of misogynistic, homophobic and violent text messages between Rosselló and other senior officials.https://bit.ly/2XRlpSU 

.@JulianCastro says his mother "grew up in a time ... when she saw a tremendous amount of discrimination against the Mexican-American community in South Texas. ... And her way of dealing with that was to get politically active."https://bit.ly/2kdu2o1 

Amazon's unfair labor practices are well known, but the company is also implicated in Trump's hardline immigration policies through its software platforms. "This technology is absolutely … dangerous to immigrant communities," says @AngeMariaSolis.https://bit.ly/2XKe8Ec 

“Who Is the DNC Loyal To?” Author & Journalist Dahr Jamail Questions DNC Veto of Primary Climate Debatehttps://bit.ly/2kdX8DK 

2020 candidate @JulianCastro says he would shift ICE's enforcement role to the Department of Justice. "I believe that we need a total culture change and a totally different approach on enforcement," he says. "There would no longer be an ICE as we know it."https://bit.ly/2kdu2o1 

Abigail Disney, heiress of the Disney fortune, speaks out against the company’s unfair labor and wage practices. She says the company has turned its workforce into "an eternally refreshing class of people" who struggle to organize for better conditions.https://bit.ly/2LqQciU 

"We simply don’t see the links drawn by the corporate media with what’s happening in front of our faces and the climate crisis that’s driving it."https://bit.ly/2kdX8DK 

Abigail Disney says her family's company no longer values employees as it once did. She recently visited Disneyland and was shocked by what she saw. "When I was young, it was a job for life, which is now not a thing in capitalism anymore," she says.https://bit.ly/2LqQciU 

Efforts to hold the NYPD responsible for Eric Garner's death will continue, says @JumaaneWilliams. "We're going to remind everyone across the nation that [NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio] is running for president while Daniel Pantaleo is still on the force."https://bit.ly/2LmL5A5 

Journalist @edvulliamy says that fifteen years after Katharine Gun leaked a damning memo on government collusion leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the story remains relevant. "Wars," he says, "do not end when the whistle blows."https://bit.ly/2Z2VaWa 

Excessive Heat Warning Declared Across Much of U.S.https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/headlines/excessive_heat_warning_declared_across_much_of_us …

Deadly Bombings Rock Kandahar and Kabulhttps://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/headlines/afghan_bombers_kill_20_in_attacks_in_kandahar_and_kabul …

Iran Denies That U.S. Shot Down an Iranian Dronehttps://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/headlines/iran_denies_trumps_claim_the_us_shot_down_an_iranian_drone …

Rep. Ilhan Omar Welcomed Back to Minnesota with Chants of “Welcome Home” After Racist Attacks by Trumphttps://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/headlines/rep_ilhan_omar_welcomed_back_to_minnesota_with_chants_of_welcome_home …

Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Would Grant Right to Overtime Pay and Collective Bargaininghttps://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/headlines/domestic_workers_bill_of_rights_would_bring_overtime_pay_union_rights …