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Your Week in Review
US Blocks UN Global Ceasefire Resolution, Objecting to Indirect Reference to World Health Organization
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
International diplomats were stunned and frustrated Friday night after
the U.S. again blocked a United Nations resolution to call for a global
ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic.
'Most Cataclysmic' Jobs Report of Our Lifetime Shows US Unemployment Soaring to Level Not Seen Since Great Depression
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Just a day after announcing that about 33.5 million Americans have filed
jobless claims since mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic has caused
lockdowns worldwide, the U.S. Department of Labor on Friday revealed the
nation's official unemployment rate hit 14.7% last month—its highest
level since the Great Depression.
'My God,' Says US Senator After William Barr Deploys 'History Is Written by the Winners' Trope
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by Jon Queally, staff writer
"The head of the American justice system now saying publicly that there
is no good or bad except what the strongest want," said another critic.
"The definition of autocracy."
In Leaked Audio, Texas Governor Admits Reopening Economy Will Lead to 'Increase and Spread' of Covid-19
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Abbott does not care about the lives of Texans... Our governor is
morally bankrupt."
'Trump Death Clock' Unveiled to Spur Accountability for President's Fatal Covid-19 Failures
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This suffering cannot be forgotten," says project's creator.
'This Funding Should Be Non-Negotiable': CPC Co-Chair Pocan Joins Progressives to Demand Congress Allocate $4 Billion for Election Assistance
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Failing to act now would put our democracy and the 2020 election at
risk."
In Another Record 'We Should Not Be Breaking,' Daily Average of CO2 Levels Hits High of 418.12 ppm
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Climate scientists and campaigners reiterated their demands for urgent
global action to dramatically reduce planet-heating emissions in
response to a new record-breaking reading on Sunday of the concentration
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
'Outrageous, Callous, and Cruel': Seniors Rip Trump for Holding Covid-19 Relief Hostage to Push Social Security Cuts
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump's actions are a war on seniors. He is insisting on threatening
Social Security on which most seniors rely for their food, medicine, and
other basic necessities."
A Life of Heat 'Near Unlivable' for More Than 3 Billion People in Just Decades, Climate Report Warns
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
In the next 50 years, more than three billion people—one third of the
world's population—could live in regions with climate conditions that
are considered unlivable, according to a new study.
'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.
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