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News & Views | 5/4/20

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The president's isolationism on Covid-19 could come with disastrous consequences.

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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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Trump and McConnell are prioritizing their morally bankrupt agenda instead of addressing the impact of this public health crisis."



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."



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.


US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at UN Headquarters in New York, September 24, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (

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."



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.  


President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News virtual town hall event on May 3, 2020.

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."



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."



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."



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."


People wait in line as SF-Marin Food Bank hands out 1,600 food bags at a pop-up pantry at Bayview Opera House in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, April 20, 2020. Work furloughs and layoffs created by coronavirus shelter-in-place orders are driving thousands to seek food assistance.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"No more waiting for 'next time.' Next time is now."

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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.


Mary Ann Vecchio kneels over the body of the student Jeffrey Miller, who was killed by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar demonstration at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. (Photo: John Paul Filo/Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.)

by Michael Winship
Today’s pandemic alters our tradition of protest and dissent.


As of May 1, there were 7,145 cases of COVID-19 in the US military, with more falling sick every day. (Photo: Military Times/DoD)

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.



by Sergio Duarte , Ira Helfand
As with viruses, containment of atomic weapons may be good, but eradication is best.


Nurses counter protest at the Re-Open Illinois Protest outside of Thompson Center in Chicago during protest restrictions instituted by the governor to curtail the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 on May 01, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Although some restrictions were eased today, the state is currently on a "stay at home" order mandated until May 30. (Photo: Jim Vondruska/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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.


A man wearing a mask checks his phone in Times Square in New York on March 22, 2020.(Photo: Kena Betancur / AFP - Getty Images)

by Mandy Smithberger
Hasn't the military-industrial complex taken enough of our money?

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