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News & Views | 4/17/20
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As Food Banks Face Shortages and Fresh Produce Rots, Pandemic Spurs Calls for Sustainable Supply Chain
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
U.S. food pantries have faced unprecedented demand while billions of
dollars in produce has gone to waste due to supply chain disruptions
from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—conditions that are renewing calls
for reforms to make the nation's food systems more localized, resilient,
and sustainable.
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As Coronavirus Numbers Across State Continue to Rise, Florida Gov. DeSantis Allows Some Beaches to Reopen
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Why aren't any elected officials speaking out against this?"
Lula Warns 'Reckless' Pandemic Response by Bolsonaro Leading Brazil 'to the Slaughterhouse'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian Friday, former Brazilian
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva joined a chorus of people across the
globe who have sharply criticized his country's current far-right
leader, Jair Bolsonaro, in recent months for irresponsibly handling the
coronavirus pandemic.
Ilhan Omar Bill Would Cancel All Rent and Mortgage Payments for Duration of Covid-19 Crisis
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"In 2008, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, it's time to bail out
the American people who are suffering."
#GetUsPPE: Advocates Place 1,000 Signs on Capitol Lawn to Demand Safety Equipment for Frontline Workers
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The United States is the richest country in the history of humanity.
There's absolutely no reason why our frontline healthcare workers
shouldn't have access to PPE."
'Stop Tweeting. People Are Dying': Trump Condemned for Twitter Rampage Encouraging Right-Wing Protests
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I lack words to describe how stupid and dangerous this is."
In Letter to Mnuchin, Harris and 13 Other Senators Demand Stimulus Cash Be Exempt From Debt Collections
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Americans are in dire need of money to pay their rent and put food on
the table—this is absurd."
Emerging Climate-Fueled Megadrought in Western US Rivals Any Over Past 1,200 Years: Study
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We now have enough observations of current drought and tree-ring
records of past drought to say that we're on the same trajectory as the
worst prehistoric droughts."
'The US Knew': Report Says American Intel on Threat of Coronavirus Was Shared With Israel and NATO in November, Dismissed by Trump
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
" The smoking gun has arrived."
'A Right of the People': Leader of Postal Workers Union Demands USPS Funding in Next Stimulus Bill
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We now need Congress to tell Mnuchin, 'There will be no incentive
package that you want without the Post Office in it.'"
UN Issues Call to Protect Children From 'Potentially Catastrophic' Economic and Social Effects of Pandemic
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
World governments must work together to keep the coronavirus pandemic
from evolving into "a broader child-rights crisis," the United Nations
said Thursday.
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COVID-19 and the Wasting Disease of Normalcy
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by Brian Terrell
The pandemic has brought home what the threats of global destruction by
climate change and nuclear war should have long ago—that the promises of
normalcy will never deliver in the end.
De-Funding the World Health Organization: Unethical, Cruel, and Dangerous for the World
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by Ariel Gold
COVID-19 has shown just how deeply interconnected people are. Now is
precisely the time to be increasing global cooperation, not cutting
funding to the WHO.
Canceling Student Loan Debt Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It Makes Economic Sense
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by Remington A. Gregg
Forty-five million Americans hold a whopping $1.6 trillion in student
loan debt. Eight million of those individuals have defaulted on their
loans.
The GOP Has Become a Death Cult
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by Mike Lofgren
American conservatism – the so-called "culture of life" – worships
annihilation.
It’s the End of the World Economy as We Know It, Just Like the Great Recession
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by Dean Baker
The issue here is not the importance of the dollar, but rather the
reluctance of other major economic powers to directly challenge U.S.
policy.
Living in Dystopia
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by John Feffer
"The future has arrived, it's just not evenly distributed yet."
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Marc Lamont Hill, Ahed Tamimi, Mariame Kaba and Others Lead Virtual Rally to Free All Prisoners from Rikers Island to Palestine
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People’s Action Applauds Rep. Omar’s Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act
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Trump’s Plan to Reopen the Economy Will Expand the Public Health and Economic Catastrophe
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Common Cause Urges Congress to Prioritize Key Democracy Issues in Next COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Bill
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Medically Vulnerable Immigrants in “Notorious” Mississippi ICE Facility File Emergency Petition for Release
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