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News & Views | 3/26/20

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by Julia Conley, staff writer
As economists warned that millions of Americans abruptly lost their jobs this month due to the coronavirus Medicare for All advocates pointed to the crisis as the latest evidence that the U.S. must abandon the for-profit healthcare system.

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During the COVID-19 coronavirus emergency, tourists on the quay of the port of Naples in Italy are checked with a thermo scanner by Civil Protection personnel, dressed in overalls and masks to protect themselves

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"I think what we're seeing in New York City and New York state right now is a real warning to other areas about what may happen or what may already be starting to happen."


Flanked by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the US Capitol to attend the Republicans weekly policy luncheon on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"Instead of forcing American taxpayers to spend $500 billion subsidizing a fund for Secretary Mnuchin, that money would be far better spent going directly back to the people."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Only the most radical reset, akin to a post-world war overhaul of the international economy, will allow us to rebuild the international economy in a way which means we can tackle future pandemics."


The number of unemployed Americans could be in the tens of millions by April, economists warn.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We are about to experience something we cannot really imagine."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Meanwhile, these very same folks had no problem a couple years ago voting for a trillion dollars in tax breaks for billionaires and large profitable corporations. Not a problem."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Raise your hand if you think humans deserve a rent holiday as much as the Cheesecake Factory does."


Minister for Health Simon Harris at a news conference at Government Buildings in Dublin on March 24 where he announced Ireland will nationalize its healthcare system for the duration of the coronvirus outbreak.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"How wonderful is this. A beautiful silver lining."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A transfer of wealth and power to the super rich from the rest of us, with the support of both political parties—a damning statement about the condition of American democracy."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
The government watchdog Public Citizen celebrated a victory Wednesday after the pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences backed off its monopoly claim for a promising drug that may treat the coronavirus which has sickened more than 487,000 people worldwide.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The only way to escape this trap is to avoid stepping into it in the first place. That's why the House must remove the cut to Social Security's dedicated funding before this bill passes."

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with reporters during her weekly press conference at the US Capitol March 26, 2020, in Washington, DC. - The US Senate unanimously passed the nation's largest-ever rescue package late March 25, 2020, a $2 trillion lifeline to suffering Americans, critically depleted hospitals and an economy ravaged by a rapidly spreading coronavirus crisis. The measure now heads to the House of Representatives, where a Democratic leader said he expected it to pass by voice vote March 27

by Debra Gore-Mann, Adam Briones
The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated glaring structural and racial inequities in American society. What the Senate has put forth is not nearly good enough.


People wearing face masks sit on seats with signs telling travellers where they may sit, in order to observe social distancing rules amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on March 25, 2020. (Photo: Jack Taylor/AFP/Getty Images)

by Chema Vera
The time is now for the G20 to help save millions of lives and kick-start the future that humanity needs to hope again. Only a compassionate and collective global response will do.


The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers in New York City are among those who have been on the frontlines nationwide. While the nation's ruling elite continue to treat workers and the most vulnerable as expendable and disposable, writes Stancil, "the wounds that the investor class have inflected on the U.S. are making it even more difficult to contend with the coronavirus crisis." (Photo: Andrew Cashin / MTA New York City Transit / flickr / cc)

by Kenny Stancil
The inadequate preparation for and callous response to the unfolding health and economic crises puts brutal inequalities and distorted priorities on full display.


Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks to supporters at an Immigration Town Hall in San Ysidro, California on December 20, 2019. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images)

by Tom Gallagher
Does anyone here seriously believe we’d be hearing a loud call for party unity if it were Bernie Sanders leading in the delegate count?


We should act now to ensure that incarceration does not turn into a death sentence for them. (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Jesse Jackson
This peril is immediate and pressing. There are 2.2 million Americans locked up at any one time, but over 11 million go through prison or jail gates in any one year.


What we need now more than ever is social movements to advocate for solutions that will protect all of us, not just the business sector. (Photo: La Via Campesina)

by Tarah Walsh
Now more than ever, we need to make our digital campaigns meaningful.

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