US Unemployment Claims During Coronavirus Pandemic Soar to ‘Truly Shocking’ 16.8 Million

“The scale of the economic catastrophe is breathtaking.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) In a development described as “absolutely staggering,” the U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday that 6.6 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the three-week total to roughly 16.8 million—meaning about 10% of the nation’s workforce has become jobless during the ongoing coronavirus [...]

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American Inmates Fear for Lives in Jails Unprepared to Handle Coronavirus

“This epidemic, pandemic, has laid bare the issues of disparity that have been so embedded in our country since its founding.” With millions of Americans ordered to socially distance and stay at home to prevent the lethal spread of the coronavirus, the United States prison system has left millions of people at a higher risk [...]

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Google’s Dystopian Crisis Tracking Could Be Straight out of George Orwell’s 1984

Google’s move is merely the latest in a long line linking big tech companies ever more closely with the government and the security state. (By: Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) In the fight against COVID–19 (coronavirus), Google has announced it is partnering with dozens of governments around the world, sharing its users’ location history, and, in [...]

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Bernie Sanders Drops Out of 2020 Race

“Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, I–Vt., officially dropped out of the 2020 Presidential Race on Wednesday. He shared the news and reasoning behind his decision. And Then There Was One “I know that there may be some in our movement [...]

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Private Equity Firms Told to ‘Get to the Back of the Line’ as Wealthy Investors Try to Profit Off Coronavirus Relief Funds

“I think the private equity industry can pull itself up from its trillion dollar bootstraps,” said Rep. Mark Pocan, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Executives and lobbyists from some of the most profitable private equity firms in the U.S. are aggressively pressuring members of Congress and Trump administration officials [...]

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Homeless People Are Especially at Risk For Coronavirus

At a time when the safest place for everyone to be is at home, those with no home are at high risk of contracting COVID-19, and more likely to experience major health complications and die. From Bad to Worse For homeless Americans COVID-19 is a pandemic on top of an existing health crisis. Being homeless [...]

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‘How Many More Nurses Have to Die?’: Coalition of Nurses Unions Demand Life-Saving Supplies in Battle With Coronavirus

“We now bear the full brunt of a healthcare system rendered dysfunctional after years of relentless funding cuts for public health, while generating obscene profits for corporate interests.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) A coalition of nurses’ unions on Monday demanded their members be protected in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak threatening to overwhelm [...]

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Oversight of $4.5 Trillion Corporate Bailout in ‘Grave Jeopardy’ as Trump Fires Independent Watchdog

“A direct insult to the American taxpayers—of all political stripes—who want to make sure that their tax dollars are not squandered on wasteful boondoggles, incompetence, or political favors.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) In a move that critics warned could put independent oversight of a multi-trillion-dollar coronavirus stimulus package “in grave jeopardy,” President Donald Trump on Monday fired [...]

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