#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