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.

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.

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."

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Abbott does not care about the lives of Texans... Our governor is morally bankrupt."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This suffering cannot be forgotten," says project's creator.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Failing to act now would put our democracy and the 2020 election at risk."

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.

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."

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.

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.