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News & Views | 4/14/20

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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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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Decision by EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler denounced for being "as tone-deaf as it is reckless."


Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D-Calif.)., speaks during her weekly news conference in Washington on Thursday, March 12, 2020.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Democrats are doing exactly what insurance companies want by expanding COBRA. We need Medicare for All now."


President Donald Trump hugs the US flag during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019, in Washington, D.C.

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.


President Donald Trump greets Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after the State of the Union address on Feb. 5, 2019.

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.



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.


Insurers are already asking for federal relief from the burden of paying out claims.

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?"


An employee at the Utah County Election office puts mail in ballots into a container to register the vote in the midterm elections on November 6, 2018 in Provo, Utah.

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.



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."



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.



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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past presidents and congresses have failed for decades to mobilize the resources and make the wrenching changes needed to end the virus of white racism, and finally create an equal playing field for all in America. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

by Jesse Jackson
African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to die because we bear the pre-existing condition known as race.


Data collection and processing must be transparent, and individuals should be clearly informed about the purpose of data collection and how long their data will be retained.(Photo: Blogtrepreneur/flickr/cc)

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.


In this photo illustration a postcard from the White House and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began arriving in the mailboxes of United States households. On the reverse of the postcard its printed "President Trump's Coronavirus Guidelines for America", detailing hygiene and distancing protocols Americans are asked to follow. (Photo: Toby Scott/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

by Michael Winship
Distracted by the disease, we’re being conned by a White House intent on using contagion to disrupt democracy.


Matt Hart, beverage director at Harvard Gardens, helps to distribute bagged lunches to Massachusetts General Hospital employees in Boston on April 1, 2020. The restaurant has offered help by providing free lunches for medical professionals. (Photo: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe/Getty Images)

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 .


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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.


In some sense, President Trump has been exhibiting the sort of detachment from reality that American presidents and other officials did less openly in the Vietnam years. And for this president, Covid-19 could indeed prove to be the disease version of a Vietnam War. (Photo: Getty)

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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