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News & Views | 3/18/20
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Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Just How Devastating the Greed of For-Profit Insurance Industry Has Become
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by Wendell Potter
Remember: For-profit insurers are in the business to make a profit.
Period.
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Refusal by Pelosi to Consider Universal Cash Payments in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic 'Maddening,' Say Progressives
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is a total failure of Democratic Party leadership."
'Literally Weaponizing Coronavirus': Despite One of World's Worst Outbreaks of Deadly Virus, US Hits Iran With 'Brutal' New Sanctions
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"How evil and heartless can this government get?" peace activist Medea
Benjamin demanded to know on Wednesday after the State Department
announced it would impose new sanctions on Iran as the country faces one
of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world.
Global Green New Deal Supporters Urge World Leaders to Learn From Coronavirus to Tackle Climate Crisis
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A burgeoning chorus of climate campaigners and experts is urging
political leaders to learn from how governments handle the coronavirus
outbreak and, as the pandemic subsides, to seize the opportunity to both
revive the world's economy and battle the climate emergency by
implementing a global Green New Deal.
Big 3 Automakers Shut Down as Coronavirus Outbreak Grinds US Industry to a Halt
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Today's action is the prudent thing to do."
'No Sugar Coating It': Sanders to Converse With Supporters and 'Assess' Campaign Following Latest Primary Losses
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"While our campaign has won the battle of ideas, we are losing the
battle over electability to Joe Biden."
As Airline Giants Beg for Taxpayer Bailout, Progressives Demand Stock Buyback Ban and Strong Worker Protections
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We're not doing no-strings-attached bailouts that enrich shareholders
or pay CEO bonuses. Period."
Bashing Probe of US War Crimes, Pompeo Threatens Family of ICC Staff With Consequences
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"If there remained any doubt that the Trump administration's hostility
towards the court is fundamentally punitive and callous in nature, these
doubts have now been dispelled."
As Trump Limits Guest Workers From Mexico Amid Coronavirus, Farmers Warn of Labor and Food Shortages
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
While images of barren grocery store shelves grab headlines and
circulate on social media as people worldwide stock up on staples to get
through the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, farmers in the United States
are warning that the Trump administration's decision to limit seasonal
workers from Mexico could soon lead to labor and food shortages.
Italians Found Way to 3-D Print Key Ventilator Piece for $1 to Help Battle Coronavirus—So the Company With the Patent Is Threatening to Sue
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"There were people whose lives were in danger, and we acted. Period."
Racist President Trump Refuses to Accept How Racist It Is to Keep Calling COVID-19 the 'Chinese Virus'
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"This pattern of conflating race with a specific disease is a constant
thread in American history."
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Spreading the Word of God and Coronavirus: Outrage Over Evangelical Group Trying to Contact Isolated Amazon Tribes Amid Pandemic
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by Sue Branford
As the coronavirus spreads around the globe—with more than 300 known
cases already in Brazil and members of President Bolsonaro's staff
infected—an evangelical Christian organization has purchased a
helicopter with plans to contact and convert isolated indigenous groups
in the remote Western Amazon.
Though Crucial First Step, Senate Coronavirus Bill Only Fraction of What's Urgently Needed
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by Elise Gould, Heidi Shierholz
The bill has some glaring exclusions.
Disaster Capitalism and the Real Culprit in the Italian Covid-19 Catastrophe
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by John Buell
Klein showed how corporate elites worldwide have repeatedly and brutally
used "the public's disorientation following a collective shock—wars,
coups, terrorist attacks, market crashes or natural disasters—to push
through radical pro-corporate measures."
In Coronavirus Fight, Workers Are Forging an Emergency Green New Deal
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by Jeremy Brecher
If government won't mobilize the people to fight for our lives and
health, healthcare workers can take the lead.
Coronavirus and the 'Shock Doctrine'
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by Sam Pizzigati, Sarah Anderson
Powerful interests used the Great Recession to hardwire more inequality
into our system. This time, let's do the opposite.
A Biden-Trump Election Is a Win-Win for Wall Street and a Loss for Our Democracy
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by Kenneth Peres
So what can be done at this point?
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Prisoner Pardons in Iran Welcome, But Hundreds More Who Should Be Free Remain Jailed
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During COVID-19 State of Emergency, Transparency and Public Access to Government Proceedings Must Be Maintained
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Shareholder’s Concern Escalates With Latest Report Showing 40% Increase in Banks’ Funding of Fossil Fuels
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Pompeo’s Remarks on the International Criminal Court Are Callous and Punitive
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COVID-19 Prompts Common Cause Call For Temporary Postponement of Any In-Person Voting
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