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.
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.
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."
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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