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News & Views | 3/23/20

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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks during a news briefing after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol February 11, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Republicans under Mitch McConnell want to turn the coronavirus rescue bill into a slush fund that Trump can use for corporate handouts, and we have to stop them."

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Congress should be an example, not an exception, on public health."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The climate action group Food & Water Action demanded Monday that the government take the economic and public health crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to take ownership of the struggling, environmentally destructive industry.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It may make a lot of people rich, but it doesn't have the resources in it today to take care of the most vulnerable in this country."


Solar workers install panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco, California on May 9, 2018.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"As a nation we face three converging crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession; the climate emergency; and extreme inequality." That's the warning from progressive policy experts, climate leaders, and academics who have joined together to support a new "Green Stimulus" plan.


US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 22, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Throughout this crisis Trump and Republicans in Congress have made it clear that they believe in generous socialism for banks, airlines, and the cruise industry, but think the American people should mostly fend for themselves."


The Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is seen in the early morning hours March 28, 2011 in Middletown, Pennsylvania. (Photo: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

by Andrea Germanos & Jon Queally, staff writers
"The nuclear industry begged for a bailout last fall and is now using coronavirus to try and brazenly grab more cash," warned Friends of the Earth.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans are using the coronavirus crisis as a cynical cover to attack our Social Security system."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"No more slush funds or no-strings-attached handouts. Real relief for the American people."


An inmate is escorted to a rehabilitation exercise at a Bay Area hospital Feb. 23, 2011.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Rights advocates and Democrats holding state and federal elected offices across the United States are doubling down on demands for the release of "at-risk" inmates and more prevenative measures in jails and prisons to prevent mass outbreaks of the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 473 people and infected over 35,000 nationwide as of Monday morning.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It only took a day for the president's tweets to get people hospitalized."

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks to reporters following the Senate Republican policy luncheon on March 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

by Heidi Shierholz, Celine McNicholas
Unlike the 2009 bailout, Congress must now ensure that working people—not just corporate executives and shareholders—benefit from the direct infusion of cash from the government.


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh pictured with President Donald Trump at the White House. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

by Bill Moyers, Dahlia Lithwick
A conversation on how the U.S. courts have Trump's back.


Seen in London, United Kingdom. (Photo:Facebook/Jorge Martin)

by Donatella della Porta
Faced with the glaring need for radical and complex transformation, social movements in times of crisis act differently from protests.


A supportive sign is posted on a theater's marquis in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
Rather than being a respite from political power struggles, the coronavirus emergency is greatly intensifying them.


"While it's important to dispel myths around the ability of the president to simply cancel elections," writes Hollar, "it's just as important to warn of the very real dangers to the 2020 election." (Photo: Pinterest)

by Julie Hollar
And journalists will play a critical role in answering that question.


Medical workers at Kaiser Permanente French Campus test a patient for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at a drive-thru testing facility in San Francisco, California on March 12, 2020. - Between 70 to 150 million people in the United States could eventually be infected with the novel coronavirus, according to a projection shared with Congress, a lawmaker said March 12, 2020. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

by Jeffrey D. Sachs
The U.S. is still in the disastrous breakout phase, as a result of the shocking incompetence of Trump and his administration. To stem the tide we must act now with unparalleled urgency.

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