Museum of America in the Pandemic Year, 2020

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Aug 20: Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, is arrested and charged with fraud. Prosecutors in New York accused Bannon and three other suspects of participating in a “scheme” to defraud people who donated to a “We Build the Wall” effort to raise money for the construction of barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border. New jobless claims rose above 1 million again this week. 

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National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien denies that systemic racism exists in the police forces, May 31, 2020. Schulkin, Danielle. “White Supremacist Infiltration of US Police Forces: Fact-Checking National Security Advisor O’Brien.” Just Security, June 1, 2020. https://www.justsecurity.org/70507/white-supremacist-infiltration-of-us-police-forces-fact-checking-national-security-advisor-obrien/.
Kamala Harris DNC Speech: ‘There Is No Vaccine for Racism,’ 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQzwDrwOXW8.

President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, NBC News, August 19, 2020, https://youtu.be/bps3m4eFTuE

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NPR All Things Considered: As We Return To Work And School During The Pandemic, Can The Air Inside Be Kept Safe?
Domonoske, Camila. “Building Ventilation, Fresh Air And Reducing COVID-19 Risks Indoors.” NPR, August 20, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/08/20/903553988/as-we-return-to-work-and-school-during-the-pandemic-can-the-air-inside-be-kept-s.
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Cox, Kate. “Cops in Miami, NYC Arrest Protesters from Facial Recognition Matches.” Ars Technica, August 19, 2020. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/cops-in-miami-nyc-arrest-protesters-from-facial-recognition-matches/.
Lee, Timothy B. “Detroit Police Chief Cops to 96-Percent Facial Recognition Error Rate.” Ars Technica, June 30, 2020. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/detroit-police-chief-admits-facial-recognition-is-wrong-96-of-the-time/.
Rivera, Eddie. “One Officer’s Camera Off During Shooting, Other Officer’s Footage to Be Released Today; Demonstrations Continue.” PasadenaNow.com, August 19, 2020. https://www.pasadenanow.com/main/protests-ramp-up-in-pasadena-over-fatal-police-shooting/.
Berman, Russell. “Barack Obama Is Scared.” The Atlantic, August 20, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/08/obama-trump-biden-dnc/615436/.
Kilgore, Ed. “The Origins of the ‘Police Riot.’” Intelligencer, June 9, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/remembering-the-walker-report-and-the-first-police-riot.html.
Tzu-Chun Wu, Judy. “The U.S. 1968: Third-Worldism, Feminisms, and Liberalism.” The American Historical Review 123, no. 3 (June 1, 2018): 710–16. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/123.3.710.
Flaherty, Colleen. “Women’s Journal Submission Rates Continue to Fall.” Inside Higher Ed, August 20, 2020. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/20/womens-journal-submission-rates-continue-fall.
Grim, Ryan. “The Trump Administration Is Giving Political Appointees Power Over Apportioning Federal Funds.” The Intercept, August 20, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/08/20/federal-funds-omb-apportionment-trump/.
Bekiempis, Victoria. “Steve Bannon Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud after Arrest on Luxury Yacht.” The Guardian, August 20, 2020, sec. US news. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/20/steve-bannon-arrested-charged-fraud-we-build-the-wall.
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* Timeline summaries at the top of the page come from a variety of sources:, including The American Journal of Managed Care COVID-19 Timeline (https://www.ajmc.com/view/a-timeline-of-covid19-developments-in-2020), the Just Security Group at the NYU School of Law (https://www.justsecurity.org/69650/timeline-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-u-s-response/), the “10 Things,” daily entries from The Week (theweek.com), as well as a variety of newspapers and television programs.

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