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News & Views | 5/4/20
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As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"It is a pity the U.S. is not a part of it. When you are in a crisis,
you manage it and you do it jointly with others."
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'Dangerous and Irresponsible': 40 Rights Groups Demand McConnell Stop Ramming Through Lifetime Judges During Covid-19 Crisis
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Trump and McConnell are prioritizing their morally bankrupt agenda
instead of addressing the impact of this public health crisis."
To Counter Trump Inaction, Sanders-Khanna Bill Would Unleash $75 Billion for Emergency Manufacture of PPE, Covid-19 Testing
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"It's been three months, but somehow the Trump administration continues
to drag its feet in ramping up the production of critical testing and
protective equipment that our health care providers are begging for."
'Kind of Like Large Scale Negligent Homicide': As Trump Urges Reopenings, CDC Report Warns of Surge in Covid-19 Deaths
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Internal CDC document projects U.S. coronavirus deaths could reach 3,000
per day by June 1—nearly double the current daily death toll.
Warnings of 'Pro-Corporate Agenda' on Eve of Post-Brexit US and UK Trade Talks
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Our approach to trade policy needs to be fundamentally overhauled to
benefit working families, not just the executives and large
shareholders of multinational corporations."
Citing 'Vein of Toxicity' and Firing of Whistleblowers, Amazon VP Resigns in Disgust
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
Now-former Amazon engineer Tim Bray won praise from labor rights
advocates on Monday after resigning from his high-ranking position over
the company's treatment of whistleblowers during the Covid-19 pandemic,
publishing a "scathing" letter on his personal blog.
'Results May Be Catastrophic': Concerns Grow as Trump Shuns Global Cooperation on Covid-19 Treatment
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Trump's refusal to participate in a coordinated global effort to
respond to COVID19 is the 21st century equivalent of the U.S. not
joining the League of Nations."
'Time for the Agency to Come Clean': FCC Ordered to Release Detailed Data From Fake Net Neutrality Comments
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Journalists wanted to get to the bottom of this mess. The FCC told them
go away. But a court just told the FCC to stop hiding from the press."
Trump Says He Won't Approve Covid-19 Package Without Tax Cut That Offers Zero Relief for 30 Million Newly Unemployed
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"'Payroll tax cut' is code for 'gut Social Security and Medicare's
dedicated funding, then demand benefit cuts.' Democrats must stand
strong and continue blocking Trump's terrible idea."
'A Travesty': Trump Restricting Covid-19 Relief Funds From Hospitals Serving Nation's Poorest
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump is using hospital bailout fund money to disproportionately help
high revenue hospitals, and leave safety-net systems in the lurch."
Progressives Boost Call for 'Peoples Agenda' With Eyes Towards Next Relief Package
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"No more waiting for 'next time.' Next time is now."
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Journalists: Democracy’s Frontline Workers
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by Tim Karr
Without relief to keep reporters on the job, each local-news closure
will cut into our democracy in ways that may prove fatal.
Fifty Years Later, the Gunfire at Kent State Still Echoes Through America
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by Michael Winship
Today's pandemic alters our tradition of protest and dissent.
Trump Must Choose Between a Global Ceasefire and America's Long Lost Wars
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by Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Trump has so far spurned this chance to make good on his promise to
bring U.S. troops home, even as his lost wars and ill-defined global
military occupation expose thousands of troops to the Covid-19 virus.
The Novel Coronavirus and Nuclear Weapons
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by Sergio Duarte , Ira Helfand
As with viruses, containment of atomic weapons may be good, but
eradication is best.
We Must Redefine "Frontline" by Providing PPE for All Workers
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by Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram
Please join us so that every single frontline worker who needs masks and
other PPE to protect themselves, their families, and the communities
they serve—gets that crucial equipment.
Beware the Pentagon's Pandemic Profiteers
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by Mandy Smithberger
Hasn't the military-industrial complex taken enough of our money?
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Nurses Urge Speaker Pelosi to Reconvene U.S. House of Representatives Remotely under New Rules
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National Rights Groups Call for Pause in Judicial Confirmations Process
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Privacy Must Not Be 'Another Casualty' of the Virus in the UK
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Gilead Should Price Remdesivir at $1 Per Day
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With Trade Talks Starting, U.S. and UK Unions and Public Interest Groups Demand a Deal that Puts People and the Planet First in Letter to Trade Ministers
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