News for working people to understand a world in crisis

Dear John,

Coronavirus pandemic. A looming global economic recession. The danger of a second Trump term.

Ours is a world of major uncertainty right now. A public health emergency threatens to crash an economy that was already bad for many workers. The administration in the White House appears to be bungling its response. States are scrambling to come up with test kits, insurance companies continue dithering on whether they’ll cover coronavirus-related costs, and all of us left worrying whether we’d be able to take care of ourselves and our families if things get worse.

Are there enough medical supplies, respirators, and hospital beds? Will companies start going bankrupt? How many jobs might be lost? What will the government do for workers with no sick days or those who can’t work from home? Wall Street is in full panic mode, with the worst stock market volatility since the Great Recession. They’re all lobbying Washington for corporate bailouts in the form of tax cuts and plans to prop up stock prices and shrinking margins.

The mainstream media runs one doom-and-gloom story after another in search of higher ratings and clicks, profiting from panic. Meanwhile, the right-wing outlets that back the president, like Fox News, alternate between spreading dangerous conspiracy theories and false reassurances that Trump has everything under control.

Who knows what to believe?

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C.J. Atkins

Managing Editor