Organizer: Domestic Workers Make All Work Possible, But the Coronavirus Relief Bill Discounts Them & "Nobody Wants to Do This": Georgia Reopens Nonessential Businesses Despite Public Health Warnings & More
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New $484B Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, US Postal Service, Election Protection ([link removed])
As the House passes a new $484 Billion coronavirus relief bill, Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the sole Democrat to vote no, saying it falls far short, ... Read More → ([link removed])
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Organizer: Domestic Workers Make All Work Possible, But the Coronavirus Relief Bill Discounts Them ([link removed])
To talk more about how the coronavirus relief bills have affected essential workers, we speak with an organizer in Queens, New York, the epicenter of the epicenter of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"Nobody Wants to Do This": Georgia Reopens Nonessential Businesses Despite Public Health Warnings ([link removed])
We go to Georgia, which is reopening nonessential businesses today — hair and nail salons, tattoo parlors and massage therapists — despite a rising number of ... Read More → ([link removed])
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"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege ([link removed])
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli ... Read More → ([link removed])


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U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 50,000, as Pandemic Leaves 26 Million Unemployed ([link removed])

House Approves $484 Billion in Additional Coronavirus Relief Funding ([link removed])

House Members Wear Masks During Historic Vote as COVID-19 Impacts Lawmakers’ Families ([link removed])

Trump Suggests Injecting COVID-19 Patients with Disinfectant, Leaving Doctors Aghast ([link removed])

“Trump Lies People Die”: Protesters Dump Body Bags in Front of Trump D.C. Hotel ([link removed])

New York Governor Says 1 in 5 NYC Residents Have Coronavirus Antibodies in Blood ([link removed])

As Georgia Reopens Businesses, Hospitals Brace for New Wave of Coronavirus Deaths ([link removed])

Gov. Newsom Keeps Lockdown in Place as California Suffers Deadliest Day of Pandemic ([link removed])

Preliminary Findings Show No Benefits of Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 ([link removed])

Researchers Estimate 28,000 Were Infected with Coronavirus in U.S. Cities by March 1 ([link removed])

Health and Human Services Spokesperson Deletes Racist Tweets About Chinese People ([link removed])

Ecuador’s Coronavirus Death Toll May Be 15 Times Higher Than Reported ([link removed])

Brazil Coronavirus Deaths Top 400 in a Day; Peru’s Hospitals at Breaking Point ([link removed])

Mexican Medical Workers Face Harassment, Attacks over COVID-19 Fears ([link removed])

El Salvador Pandemic Response a “Death Sentence” for Poor Communities ([link removed])

Two Transgender Women Found Murdered in Puerto Rico ([link removed])


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Juan González: "Make No Mistake: This Country Is Edging Closer to Neo-Fascist Authoritarianism" ([link removed])


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"Gangster in the White House": Noam Chomsky on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism ([link removed])

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