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News & Views | 4/15/20

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CEO and founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Amplifying fresh critiques of wealthy inequality that have mounted throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos—the world's richest man—has added nearly $24 billion to his already massive fortune in 2020 as virus-related lockdowns across the globe caused by the have forced people...

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) (L) speaks during a press conference following a vote in the House on ending U.S. military involvement in the war in Yemen on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 4, 2019.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"There is absolutely no excuse left for Congress to exclude basic human needs from the next coronavirus stimulus package, or in general," said Food & Water Action's Rianna Eckel.



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be joined by labor rights advocates and progressive economists Wednesday night for a livestream on the future of the U.S. economy after the coronavirus pandemic.


People take part in a protest for "Michiganders Against Excessive Quarantine" at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on April 15, 2020.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"These selfish and out-of-touch fringe groups are throwing a temper tantrum at the expense of public safety and health."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"More than 9,000 U.S. healthcare workers have been infected with Covid-19 and 27 have died. The biggest workplace catastrophe ever to hit the nation's healthcare workers."


oil rig

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As calls for a People's Bailout in response to the coronavirus pandemic continue to grow across the United States, a new analysis warns that the country's Big Oil companies "stand to reap yet another billion dollar bailout" thanks to the Federal Reserve's plans to buy up to $750 billion in corporate debt.


People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guatemala City, on March 16, 2020. (Photo: Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Guatemalan health minister said an estimated 75% of the people on one deportation flight from the U.S. later tested positive for the virus.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"All the plans we have for a safe and legitimate general election in November depend heavily upon the ability to expand vote-by-mail. Yet those plans would be completely upended if the United States Postal Service collapses."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Eight Republican governors still have not issued statewide stay-at-home orders as deaths in the U.S. top 26,000.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Donald Trump is further delaying cash payments to millions of Americans struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table to feed his ego."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"President Trump's decision to defund WHO is simply this—a crime against humanity."

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by Douglas Medina
CUNY students struggling to complete their current courses under stressful conditions, while also working to provide for themselves and their families, exemplify preexisting inequities that the unprecedented pandemic have only amplified.


Littoral combat ship USS Detroit off the coast of Venezuela. (Photo: US Navy/DoD)

by Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores
With cities in Venezuela under lockdown and the country struggling to address a looming public health crisis and yet another economic shock, it is clear that the Trump administration sees a new opportunity to exercise "maximum pressure" to try to achieve regime change.


This is not leadership. This is the exact opposite of leadership. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

by Robert Reich
At every point, Trump has used this crisis to compliment himself.


"In 2008, the banks were too big to fail, so we moved quickly to bail them out," writes Dr. Goldstein. "Now, in the face of the largest public health crisis we’ve seen in a century, the American hospital system is too important to fail." (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Robbie Goldstein
Moving towards a Medicare for All healthcare system will not just stem the financial losses that hospitals are now experiencing, but will ensure that we are prioritizing care and equity in our healthcare system.


Sanders’s “Not Me, Us” message has already taken root, both in movement spaces and electorally. (Photo: Getty Images)

by Lexi McMenamin
The movements that drove the Sanders campaign are still fighting for a better world.


Residents line up outside a medicine shop in Indian-administered Kashmir. (Photo: Bilal Hussain)

by Bilal Hussain
The Indian government’s repression of doctors and restrictions on the Internet could make the pandemic far deadlier in the formerly autonomous region.

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