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News & Views | 3/11/20

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Critics lambasted Senate Republicans on Wednesday after Sen. Lamar Alexander blocked a vote on an emergency paid sick leave bill hours after the World Health Organization officially declared the global coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

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A fire rages in Bobin, Australia on Nov. 9, 2019, as firefighters try to contain dozens of out-of-control blazes across the state of New South Wales.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark warning about the necessity of ambitious global climate action Tuesday with the release of an annual report detailing the latest science on rising greenhouse gas emissions that drive up air and ocean temperatures, leading to devastating sea level rise and more severe extreme weather.


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) delivers a campaign update at the Hotel Vermont on March 11, 2020 in Burlington, Vermont. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

by Common Dreams staff
After disappointing results in primary contests held in six states on Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders held a press conference in his hometown of Burlington, Vermont on Wednesday to offer a "campaign update" and said that he intends to stay in the race at least through this Sunday's one-on-one debate with frontrunner Joe Biden.


People wear medical masks amid the coronavirus outbreak, walking around the streets of New York on January 30, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Instead of payroll tax cuts, groups call for measures including boosted investment in safety net programs and guaranteed paid sick leave.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Classifying deliberations makes it harder for health experts in government without security clearances to be in key meetings. This is a disaster."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"By eliminating insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, and lowering overall healthcare costs, Medicare for All will result in enormous savings for almost all households, all except the richest households who will pay more in taxes."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Without naming specific countries, the World Health Organization's director general slammed the "alarming levels of inaction" from some governments in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.


During the COVID-19 coronavirus emergency, tourists on the quay of the port of Naples are checked with a thermo scanner by Civil Protection personnel, dressed in overalls and masks to protect themselves.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The oppressive and illegal American sanctions have affected public welfare and health in Iran."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
In light of the coronavirus spreading around the globe, climate action leader Greta Thunberg called on her supporters to observe a #DigitalStrike instead of attending in-person climate protests, as millions have on Fridays for more than a year and a half.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Let's be clear: progressive ideas are winning regardless of who the nominee is," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Democratic Presidential Candidate, speaks to thousands of supporters during a rally at the Boston Common on Saturday, February 29, 2020 in Boston, MA. (Photo: Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
Corporate media and corporate Democrats want the Bernie 2020 campaign—and the grassroots energy behind it—to melt away. That's not going to happen.


COVID-19’s incubation period could be as long as 14 days, and little is known about how long it could take to recover once symptoms take hold. (Photo: Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

by Elise Gould
Many of the 73% of workers with access to paid sick days will not have enough days banked to be able to take off for the course of the illness to take care of themselves or a family member.


The fact that MBS lifted the driving ban and simultaneously put in prison those who had campaigned and suffered for such reforms makes clear his actual motive: to silence dissent and prevent these women’s voices from being heard. (Photo: @noconversion/Twitter)

by Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold
How can the world’s leaders pretend that it is acceptable to meet in a country that imprisons and tortures peaceful women activists and bombs civilians in Yemen?


We are at the threshold of irreversible and irrevocable global changes that will jeopardize civilization," writes Orr. "No one in previous generations could say that with the authenticity and urgency with which we assuredly can." Key questions remain. How will we respond? And will it be in time? (Image: Ms Tech/Getty)

by David Orr
After a forty-year waged on both science and government, the dangers that face us now are no surprise at all.


When Sanders speaks in moral absolutes and refuses to compromise on core values, they respond with contempt at his inflexibility because they feel remorse over their own moral flexibility. (Photo: 350.org/Flickr/cc)

by Dan Froomkin
They don’t hate him because their corporate masters tell them to. They hate him because he is a walking, breathing, sometimes yelling reproof of the sacrifices they have had to make to succeed in their chosen profession.


Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 09, 2020 in New York City watch as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 2,000 points. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

by Christian Parenti, Dante Dallavalle
For more than a decade, the US government has been taking over ever larger portions of the financial system to prop up shaky markets. It hasn’t worked. We need a real socialization of finance — for the majority, not the banks.

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