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Supporters of Belarus activist taken from diverted plane fear he’ll be tortured in jail

The president of Belarus is being condemned after ordering a fighter jet to force a commercial flight to land in the country over the weekend. One of the passengers was a prominent critic of Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, and the 26-year-old activist was arrested when the aircraft landed. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata joined CBSN from London to discuss. Source

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Historian says 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was “actively covered up” by White community

This month marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre. Scott Ellsworth, a lecturer at the University of Michigan’s Department of Afroamerican and African Studies and author of “The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for Justice,” joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero for a closer look at what’s widely considered the worst racially motivated massacre in U.S. history. Source

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Survey finds 4 main types of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

A survey by Surgo Ventures asked people why they aren’t getting the COVID-19 vaccine in order to better understand how to motivate them to get vaccinated. Surgo Ventures co-founder and CEO Sema K. Sgaier, PhD, spoke with Anne-Marie Green on CBSN about the main reasons people are skeptical, and the messaging needed to get more people to get their shots. Source

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