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 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 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
"A country that puts people in this situation is not a country upholding its responsibility to its citizens."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Cutting payroll taxes does nothing to help seniors or the millions of people who just lost their jobs. It does, however, defund Social Security and Medicare—which is why Trump is obsessed with the idea."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Trump administration has, once again, shown complete disregard for the well-being of working families and failed to implement any requirements that would benefit workers."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined forces on Tuesday to propose a bill that would ban mergers and acquisitions while the U.S. is facing the coronavirus pandemic.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The decision was made by the New York Board of Elections, one of whom described holding the primary as a frivolous "beauty contest" for the Vermont lawmaker's supporters.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A new analysis on Monday showing that the world's military spending surpassed $1.9 trillion last year, once again led by the United States under President Donald Trump, provoked demands that governments across the globe prioritize peace and the health of people as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the planet.

by Julia Conley, staff writer
Human activity led to the conditions which allowed the new coronavirus to spread from wildlife to people, a group of biodiversity experts wrote Monday, and humans alone can change the world's economic systems to prevent even deadlier pandemics from causing further destruction.