by Robert Reich
It doesn't matter that this is a global pandemic. Abusing his power for personal gain is Trumps MO.

by Julia Conley, staff writer
Advocates for gun control and safe public health protocols expressed shock Thursday as footage of armed protesters entering the Michigan state Capitol building and demanding to be let into the legislative chamber went viral.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Wall Street donors are pressuring Joe Biden not to pick Elizabeth Warren for VP. That's as good a reason as any to do it."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The Federal Reserve came under fire Thursday for expanding its emergency Main Street Lending Program in a way that, as the watchdog group Public Citizen warned, "could allow failing, highly indebted oil and gas companies to borrow money at low rates."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"McConnell cares more about ushering his unqualified 38-year-old crony onto one of the country's highest courts than about ensuring Americans' health in the middle of a pandemic."

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"While a diet shift isn't a silver bullet, it could play an important role in curbing climate change."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The public expects members of Congress and the White House to show appreciation for the importance of USPS and to ensure that essential postal services continue."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
New research from the Economic Policy Institute reveals that the number of Americans who are losing their employer-based health insurance is growing rapidly, as more than 30 million people are laid off or furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As Covid-19 cases began to increase, senators and representatives from both parties traded securities—many related to the pandemic itself."

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Journalist Glenn Greenwald said the reaction to Hayes reporting on a news story which reflects poorly on the former vice president "shows what MSNBC has cultivated."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
Calls grew for a bailout for working people on Thursday after the U.S. Labor Department reported that more than 30 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits in the past six weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the U.S., forcing millions of businesses to close. 

by Tori Bateman
As the leading military spender, the U.S. has an important leadership role to play in transitioning the world away from military spending and towards spending public funds on things that actually build more resilient communities.

by Norman Solomon
Right now, Biden is idling in the cockpit of a political aircraft with one wing.

by Richard Eskow
The novel coronavirus is new, but greed is an ancient disease.

by Alison Rose Levy
In place of highlighting the Green New Deal as the Mother Lode option, the film offers no options to the climate deadlock.

by Robert C. Koehler
Because few countries are investing in different—more complex—forms of social safety, the prison system is growing globally to a serious level of insanity.

by Heidi Shierholz
The relief and recovery packages passed so far are not big enough to deal with the scale of this crisis, and more aid is crucial.