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News & Views | 4/20/20
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Decade After BP Deepwater Horizon, Green Groups Demand: End Fossil Fuels 'Once and for All'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Ten years after the nation's worst oil disaster, the impacts remain, but
the Trump adminstration moves to expand dangerous drilling.
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'Incrementalism Is Not Helpful in This Moment': Ocasio-Cortez Rejects Settling for Crumbs in Next Covid-19 Stimulus
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I'm not here for a $5 bill. And I will not insult my community with
one."
As Oil Prices Fall Below $0 Per Barrel, Climate Advocates Urge Against Fossil Fuel Industry Bailout
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to prop up oil prices in recent
weeks, economists were stunned Monday to see the price of U.S. crude oil
collapse to below zero for the first time on record—falling
to negative-$37 and forcing oil producers to pay buyers to take the
product off their hands.
Though 'Children Need Peace Now More Than Ever,' US and Russia Block UN Efforts to Impose Global Ceasefire
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
While human rights groups and a number of U.S. allies have expressed
support for the U.N.'s call for a global ceasefire during the
coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. and Russia are reportedly standing in the
way of an international agreement.
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'A Snapshot of a System In Breakdown': States Forced to Smuggle PPE Under the Nose of the Feds
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The federal covid response has entered a new phase of political
sadism."
'Congress Must Cover Paychecks of Every US Worker,' Says Sanders as Laid-Off Americans Struggle to Obtain Benefits
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Our job now is to join the rest of the industrialized world and pass
the Paycheck Security Act."
'Heroes': Healthcare Workers Stand in Street to Block Right-Wing Protest Against Colorado Stay-at-Home Order
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"When they're telling us not to contribute to what they're seeing in the
hospital every day, listen."
Katie Porter Pushed to Help Oversee Covid-19 Bailout Fund, But Pelosi Picks Friend With Corporate Ties for the Job Instead
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The House Speaker's selection of Rep. Donna Shalala for the oversight
role "makes a mockery" of the congressional committee, said one critic.
'Minority Report Union-Busting' Tactics at Whole Foods Decried Following Reporting on Company's Labor Activism Heat Map
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The company, which is owned by Amazon, uses factors like race, turnover,
and "loyalty" to determine each store's score.
As Mnuchin Claims Business Relief Deal 'Very Close,' Progressives Demand More of Democratic Leaders
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on CNN's "State of the
Union" Sunday that a deal with congressional leadership to provide more
relief to small businesses impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
could be finalized as early as the end of the day, some progressives
highlighted what's been left out of the emerging aid package and urged
Democratic lawmakers to keep fighting to expand it.
'Absurdity and Cruelty' of US Healthcare System, Says Sanders, 'Should Now Be Apparent to All'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders took to the
opinion section of the New York Times on Sunday to make the case that in
the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and an economic meltdown, "it's
imperative that we re-examine some of the foundations of American
society, understand why they are failing us, and fight for a fairer and
more just nation."
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Cobra Is Not Enough! Congress Must Expand Medicare Coverage to Everyone for Duration of Coronavirus Crisis
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by Labor Campaign for Single-Payer Health Care
Big problems demand big solutions: Congress Must Expand Medicare
Coverage to Everyone in America for the Duration of the Crisis.
Strange Attractors: On Being Addicted to Trump and His Press Conferences
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by Rebecca Gordon
(Un)Reality TV, 2020-Style.
Why are Americans So Servile to a Clown President?
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by Heather Mallick
Titles are very important to Americans. So is paperwork.
Our Response to the Coronavirus Demonstrates How Far America Has Careened Off Track
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by Stephen Kinzer
We can't make the masks we need, but we pour billions into an
unnecessary military build-up.
Time for Fauci to Quit?
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by Gwynne Dyer
If Fauci hangs in there and stresses the inevitability of a second wave
of deaths closer to election time if the lockdowns end prematurely, he
might just manage to steer Trump away from this cliff.
How YOU Can Dump Trump
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by Harvey Wasserman
Neither the human race, nor American democracy, nor the US economy will
survive more of this. Our further existence as a species depends on you.
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Demand Progress Urges Votes Against Any Stimulus Bill That Does Not Protect Working People
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350.org Responds to Oil Prices Falling Below Zero for the First Time in the US
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