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'Nightmare Scenario That Everyone Predicted': As Millions Struggle to Meet Basic Needs, Trump Organization Requests Financial Relief
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
While millions of Americans are facing job loss, the loss of their
employer-sponsored health coverage, and difficulty affording necessities
over the coming months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic,
President Donald Trump's real estate empire is seeking relief from
paying back loans.
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'The Poor, the Sick, the Homeless, the Children, the Low-Wage Workers': Moral Leaders Demand Coronavirus Relief for Most Vulnerable
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an op-ed published Thursday by TIME, Poor People's Campaign co-chairs
Rev. Drs. William Barber and Liz Theoharis outlined the "evil" elements
of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus legislation that President
Donald Trump signed last week and demanded a federal COVID-19 relief
effort that centers the needs of the nation's most vulnerable.
"We're Running Out of Time to Get This Right": Congress Urged to Move Swiftly to Protect 2020 Elections From Pandemic's Mayhem
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"None of us know how long this pandemic will last, and no American
should have to choose between protecting their health and exercising
their right to vote."
Trump Labor Department Accused of Quietly 'Twisting the Law' to Slash Paid Sick Leave Amid Pandemic
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Trump administration is robbing workers of the paid sick days and
paid leave Congress passed into law for them. That is unconscionable."
'Never Seen Anything Like It': Economists Warn 6.6 Million New Jobless Claims Portend Unparalleled Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A portrait of disaster. Unemployment insurance claims for the last two
weeks are mind-blowing."
In Nation Without Medicare for All, 3.5 Million Workers May Have Lost Employer-Provided Insurance Over Last Two Weeks
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the cruelty of tying health insurance
coverage to employment."
'Not Enough': Trump Reversal on Coronavirus Relief Payments Still Leaves 'Unacceptable' Barrier for Millions
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They're still requiring SSI recipients and veterans receiving pensions
to file a tax return before receiving their coronavirus stimulus
payments."
As DNC Postpones Milwaukee Convention From July to August, Critics Say 'Absolutely Foolish' to Hold Wisconsin Primary Next Week
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The DNC is delaying a convention that was set to take place in
Wisconsin in July. But the Democratic governor and Republican
legislature there won't move—or cancel the in-person portion of—a
primary that's happening there next Tuesday."
'Government Needs to Step In': Food Banks Across US Report Unprecedented Demand—and Shortages—as Coronavirus Pandemic Ravages
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
As 6.6 million Americans filed jobless claims last week due to the
coronavirus pandemic bringing many industries to a halt, historically
long lines at food banks across the country offered another grim
illustration of the financial realities faced by working people in the
United States.
'Still Ahead of His Time': New Video Details Bernie Sanders' Prescient Warnings About Pandemic Threat and Need for Medicare for All
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Voters are watching in real time as Bernie Sanders' platform—Medicare
for All, a federal housing guarantee, paid leave for everyone, and much
else—is looking more and more like a common-sense solution to huge
problems."
Big Brother in the Age of Coronavirus: 100+ Groups Warn Against Exploiting Pandemic to Permanently Expand Surveillance State
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed toward a million worldwide on
Thursday, over 100 human rights groups issued a joint statement warning
that governments' response to the coronavirus pandemic "must not be used
as a cover to usher in a new era of greatly expanded systems of invasive
digital surveillance."
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Even During a Pandemic, Plutocrats Prioritize Profits Over People
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by Rick Claypool
These 24 billionaires, executives, and right-wing pundits are urging a
premature rollback of social distancing, risking millions of American
lives.
Fighting for a Just COVID-19 Response
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by Derrick Z. Jackson
The coronavirus gives us the opportunity to declare in our political and
medical decisions that we will not drape the cloak of invisibility over
historically neglected victims of disaster.
'Portrait of Disaster': Initial Unemployment Claims in US Jump from 211,000 to 6.6 million in Just 3 Weeks
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by Heidi Shierholz
Given the incredible deterioration of the labor market in a matter of
weeks, federal policymakers will absolutely need to come back and
provide more desperately needed relief.
The Fury and the Folly: We Need a Vaccine to Stop Endless War
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by Robert C. Koehler
What if idealism were the essence of human politics, not its scapegoat?
How to Prepare for the Trump Recession
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by Robert Reich
Stronger safety nets are not only good for individuals and families in
need. They will also prevent the looming recession from becoming an even
deeper and longer economic crisis.
When the Invisible Hand Gives You the Finger
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by Dorothee Benz
Corporate media shrug as elite declare loss of profits worse than loss
of lives.
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Advocates, Experts Demand Congress Provide More Election Assistance Funding Amidst Pandemic
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Patriotic Millionaires Endorse Eight 2020 Congressional Challengers
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Trump’s Dangerous, Foolish Scheme to Rent Out Storage to Oil Companies
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Nurses to President Trump: Get Us Protective Equipment Now
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Senators Requesting Big Oil Bailouts Received Millions in Big Oil Donations
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