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GOP Senate Trio Threatens to Delay Stimulus Bill Because Unemployment Benefits Amid Pandemic Are Too Generous
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Senate Republicans are just so inhumane they can't imagine policymakers
intentionally providing working people with enough money to temporarily
live on in the event they're laid off."
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Sanders Threatens to Demand Stronger Conditions on $500 Billion 'Corporate Welfare Fund' If GOP Moves to Reduce Benefits for Laid Off Workers
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"It would be an outrage to prevent working-class Americans to receive
the emergency unemployment assistance included in this legislation."
'Our Message to All Countries Is Clear: Heed This Warning Now': WHO Calls for Unified Global Effort as Coronavirus Spread Surges
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The United Nations agency's warning to world leaders comes as Trump
continues to push for loosened restrictions to contain the novel
coronavirus.
The Senate Corporate Bailout Package Is a 'Robbery in Progress,' Warn Critics
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's not a bailout for the coronavirus. It's a bailout for twelve years
of corporate irresponsibility."
'Completely Dangerous and Unacceptable,' Ocasio-Cortez Says of Impending Senate Recess in Midst of Coronavirus Crisis
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We HAVE to be able to respond to people's needs. People don't have this
time."
Unprecedented Surge in US Unemployment Claims Cause State Government Servers to Crash
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Deal reached in the Senate, says Chuck Schumer, contains "unemployment
insurance on steroids" to help with the crisis.
'Oligarchs Are Running the White House': Trump Called Wall Street, Hedge Fund Titans Just Before 'Back to Work' Remarks
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump and Pence are talking to private equity titans and hedge fund
moguls instead of figuring out how to help healthcare workers get masks
or workers to get wages or borrowers get debt relief."
Sanders Demands Trump Rescind 'Truly Outrageous' Decision to Hand Gilead Exclusive Rights Over Possible Coronavirus Treatment
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We must put human life above corporate profit. We cannot give
pharmaceutical corporations a monopoly on treatments that could save
millions of people during this crisis."
Coronavirus a 'Clear Warning Shot' From Nature to Humanity, Top Scientists Say
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Scientists including the top United Nations expert on the environment on
Wednesday urged authorities to seriously consider a long-term strategy
for preventing another infectious disease pandemic—calling the
coronavirus a "clear warning shot" from nature.
New Senate Stimulus Bill Would Ban Companies Owned by Trump or His Children From Receiving Any Bailout Money
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
A provision in the massive bill prohibits "businesses controlled by the
president, vice president, members of Congress, and heads of executive
departments from receiving loans or investments from Treasury programs."
'Huge Victory' for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as Federal Court Rules DAPL Permits Violated Law
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
A federal judge handed down a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux
tribe of North Dakota on Wednesday, ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving
federal permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Coronavirus Proves It: We Need Medicare For All
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by Ashar Foley
Health care rationing isn't what awaits us in a single-payer system.
It's happening now in our failed for-profit system.
Don't Let Big Pharma Make a Killing by Profiteering Off COVID-19 Treatments
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by Alex Lawson
These treatments should be available to everyone who needs them at no
cost.
Healthcare Workers Are At War, But Trump Isn’t on Our Side
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by Mike Pappas
NYC physician gave this speech about the war against the coronavirus and
the ongoing war against for-profit health care, Trump and capitalism
itself. The coronavirus pandemic is magnifying capitalism's complete
inability to foster overall health and well being. We don't just need a
new healthcare...
Remembering the Days of the Invasion: Iraq 2003
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by Claudia Lefko
Iraqi families were divided and separated around the world.
Reevaluating Our Priorities
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by Debi Smith
This crisis has illustrated, so clearly and painfully, some of the many
weak spots in the fabric of our society that Bernie Sanders has spent a
lifetime and two presidential candidacies passionately trying to focus
our attention on.
Coronavirus and Our Existential Threats This Presidential Season
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by Robert Dodge
Pandemics, climate change, nuclear war, existential threats: the new
abnormal; our sentinel moment.
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Newswire...
After Caving on ‘Orphan Drug’ Designation, Gilead Must Commit to Licensing and Mass Production
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OBSCENE: Patriotic Millionaires Slam Senate Bill Provisions on CEO Compensation
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COVID-19 Pandemic Doesn’t Give States The Right to Limit Abortion Access
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Congressional Coronavirus Response Makes Down Payment to Safeguard Elections as Well as the Economy
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Gilead Must Relinquish Monopoly on Potential Coronavirus Treatment
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