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'Beyond Predatory': Trump Treasury Department Gives Banks Green Light to Seize $1,200 Stimulus Checks to Pay Off Debts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Treasury Department is pointing out opportunities for banks and
debt collectors to steal Americans' relief checks out from under them."
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Trump EPA 'Defies Logic' With Emission Standard Rule—Even as Experts Warn Air Pollution Makes Coronavirus More Deadly
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Decision by EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler denounced for being "as
tone-deaf as it is reckless."
Nothing But a Taxpayer 'Subsidy to Insurers': Democrats Float Plan to Backstop For-Profit Healthcare Industry During Covid-19 Pandemic
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Democrats are doing exactly what insurance companies want by expanding
COBRA. We need Medicare for All now."
No Trump, Says Watchdog Group, American Coronavirus Deaths Have Not Been "Very Low"
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The watchdog group Public Citizen on Tuesday challenged President Donald
Trump's repeated claims that casualties in the United States related to
the coronavirus are "very low," adding to mounting criticism from across
the globe over how his administration has handled the crisis.
Analysis Reveals 'Rotten, Un-American Giveaway' GOP Buried in COVID-19 Relief Package to Overwhelmingly Benefit Millionaires
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Democratic lawmakers and progressive critics expressed outrage Tuesday
after a nonpartisan congressional body found that nearly 82% of benefits
from a Republican tax provision in the most recent coronavirus relief
package will go to the nation's millionaires and billionaires and cost
taxpayers an estimated $90 billion this year alone.
'A Complete Abomination': Mega-Rich Hedge Funds Swoop Down to Grab Covid-19 Small Business Relief Funds
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Some hedge funds "insist they are small businesses—just like hair
salons, restaurants, and dry cleaners—that could use a helping hand,"
Bloomberg reported.
Pining for Taxpayer Bailout, For-Profit Health Insurance Industry Threatens Massive Post-Covid Premium Hikes
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Why should Congress enrich insurance companies with our public money
when their duty is to protect the public, not to protect corporate
profits?"
'Time Is of the Essence': After Wisconsin Fiasco, 150+ Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Protect 2020 Elections
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Shortly before Wisconsin on Monday announced the results of elections
that were held last week despite safety concerns about the ongoing
coronavirus pandemic, a coalition of over 150 advocacy groups issued a
demand that Congress provide at least $4 billion in funding to help
states safeguard future voting in the midst of the public health crisis.
'Propaganda Aired at Taxpayer Expense': Trump Uses Coronavirus Briefing to Play Campaign-Style Clip Attacking Media
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Suggests they are spending their precious time right now making videos
that defend the president's record and tenure rather than provide the
much-needed emergency medical information that was promised."
IMF Warns Global Economy Could See Worst Year Since Great Depression Due to 'Magnitude and Speed' of Coronavirus Crisis
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The economic shutdowns forced by the coronavirus pandemic in countries
around the world are expected to cause the worst year the global economy
has seen since the Great Depression, according to top economists—raising
concerns for the wellbeing of people in developing nations.
Progressives Urge Biden to Back 'Medicare for Kids' in Appeal to Sanders Supporters
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
The progressive think tank People's Policy Project offered a proposal to
former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign Tuesday as Biden
purportedly works to gather support from Sen. Bernie Sanders' base by
amending his healthcare agenda.
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Coronavirus Illustrates Our Failure to Create a Fair Society
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by Jesse Jackson
African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to die because we bear
the pre-existing condition known as race.
Even During a Pandemic, Digital Privacy Matters
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by Emily Peterson-Cassin
We do not have to become a data dystopia. But we must act quickly to
stop the coronavirus from turning us into one.
As Coronavirus Rages On, Trump Junks Your Mail and Attacks the Postal Service
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by Michael Winship
Distracted by the disease, we're being conned by a White House intent on
using contagion to disrupt democracy.
History, Economic Justice, and COVID-19
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by Amy Hanauer
After an era of right-wing ascendance—and staring at the carnage of this
ongoing pandemic—we must make sure the pendulum swings swiftly toward a
more equitable future and a better society for all .
Now Is the Time to End the Oppression of Nonhuman Animals
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by David Nibert
At this tragic moment in history, circumstances are crying out for
policies and legislation that will rapidly promote the development of a
global, plant-based food system.
Might the Coronavirus Be a Peacemaker?
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by Tom Engelhardt
Could a post-coronavirus planet be one on which the U.S. military and
the national security state were no longer the sinkholes for endless
trillions of taxpayer dollars that could have been spent so much more
fruitfully elsewhere?
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No Trump, the U.S. Casualties From the Coronavirus Pandemic Have Not Been ‘Very Low’
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Environmental Groups Applaud Legislation from Reps. Garcia and Porter to Increase Oversight on Major Financial Institutions
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Statement: EPA Decision on Air Quality Standards ‘Defies Logic’
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IMF Calls "Great Lockdown" Worst Economic Crisis Since the Great Depression
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EPA Particulate Matter Decision Puts Science, Health Aside to Protect Polluters
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