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Your Week in Review
Who's in Charge Here?
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by Michael Winship
"The Buck Stops Here" becomes "Hey, Don't Look at Me!"
'Not Done Yet': Bernie Sanders Campaign Mobilizes Donors for Coronavirus Relief and Raises $2 Million
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The Bernie Sanders campaign puts its fundraising prowess to another
purpose."
Solidarity in a Time of Social Distancing
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by Randall Amster
The story of this moment is being written by all of us.
Demands for Resignations as More GOP Senators Accused of 'Smash and Grab' Stock Dumps Ahead of Coronavirus Crash
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They didn't mobilize to help families, or prep response. They dumped
stock."
'We Cannot Test. We Cannot Test': As Coronavirus Cases in US Spike 40% in One Day, Medical Workers Plea for Key Supplies
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As it was reported Thursday that the number of confirmed coronavirus
cases in the United States rose by over 40% in just 24 hours, frontline
medical workers across the country expressed alarm about "severe
shortages" of testing and protection equipment.
While GOP's Means-Tested Stimulus Aims to 'Screw Poor People,' Progressives Call For Universal Cash Payments
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"$2,000 checks every month to every household during the emergency,
means test it by raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires," said
David Sirota of the Sanders campaign.
A Pandemic in Retrospect—Looking Back on the Coronavirus From 2050
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by Hazel Henderson, Fritjof Capra
What will we say at that point, after we have finally learned what we so
desperately needed to know?
Bernie Sanders Proposal for $2 Trillion Coronavirus Emergency Plan Includes $2,000 Direct Monthly Payments to Every American
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
As Democratic primary turns surreal amid infectious outbreak, Sanders
lays out "Coronavirus Crisis Principles" for people-centered response
and a national mobilization on "a scale not seen since the New Deal and
World War II."
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.
'We Know This Script': Naomi Klein Warns of 'Coronavirus Capitalism' in New Video Detailing Battle Before Us
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a new video from The Intercept , author and activist Naomi Klein
explains how the Trump administration and other governments across the
globe are "exploiting" the new coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic "to push
for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks,"
and how working people worldwide are resisting such efforts and
demanding real support from political leaders during this crisis.
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