Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection and Economic Help During Pandemic & "Terrified to Go to Work": Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19 & More
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Democracy Now! Daily Digest

A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Stories

As the United States leads the world in both reported COVID-19 cases and death toll, hospitals at other coronavirus hot spots around the country are reporting ... Read More →
As the coronavirus sweeps through the United States, the country's 2.5 million farmworkers are continuing to go to work every day, often facing crowded and ... Read More →
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork ... Read More →
As many grocery store workers and gig economy shoppers work without protection as demand for groceries soars from millions of Americans staying ... Read More →

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New York Says Coronavirus Cases May Be Stabilizing But Hospitals Still Overwhelmed

50 NYC Education Employees, Including At Least 21 School Teachers, Have Died of COVID-19

New Jersey Grapples with Surge in Cases as Deaths Mount in Veterans’ and Nursing Homes

Deceased COVID-19 Patients Were Piled into Vacant Rooms as Detroit Hospital Overwhelmed with Cases

Virginia Pastor Who Held Packed Services, Defying Order to “Stay at Home,” Dies of COVID-19

Sailor from Coronavirus-Stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt Dies of COVID-19

At Least 19 Immigrant Children Infected with COVID-19 at Chicago Facility

Demolition of Chicago Power Plant Releases Plumes of Dust, Stoking Fears for Health of Residents

Trump Declares “Ultimate Authority” After Governors Announce Plan to Work Together on Reopening States

Bernie Sanders Endorses Joe Biden, Says Their Campaigns Will Work Together

Joe Biden and Liberal Judge Jill Karofsky Win Wisconsin Election Marred by Coronavirus Threat

France Extends Coronavirus Lockdown, Acknowledges Missteps in Response

Turkey Prepares to Release 10,000s of Prisoners

Calls Mount for Release of Afro-Bolivian Coca Union Leader Elena Flores

Kashmir Tensions on the Rise as Residents Face New Lockdown Challenges from COVID-19

SCOTUS to Hear Arguments Via Teleconference for First Time

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