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News & Views | 5/14/20

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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It just shows how very little regard Amazon has for its overworked employees."

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) talks with reporters following the weekly Senate Republican Policy Committee luncheon in the U.S. Capitol Nov. 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The vast majority of Democrats and Republicans in the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate were lambasted by rights groups Thursday for an 80-16 vote to reauthorize sweeping government surveillance powers until December 2023 without key amendments to improve privacy protections.


Then-Vice President Joe Biden listens to former President Barack Obama during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Feb. 2, 2015.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Really getting 'reliving the exact same nightmare all over again' vibes lately."


"It is especially terrifying for workers to lose their health insurance as a result of, and during, an ongoing pandemic," wrote EPI. (Photo: @GeoDavenport/Twitter)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
In just two weeks, the number of Americans estimated to have lost their health insurance as a result of the coronavirus pandemic grew by nearly four million, according to the Economic Policy Institute.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Senate must improve this legislation if we are to adequately address the two most urgent needs facing working families right now: healthcare and economic security."


As seen through fencing, migrants—including a young child—stand while being detained by Department of Homeland Security police after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, on June 27, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This ban was never about the pandemic, and it was never about public health."


Residents carrying their belongings and wearing face masks arrive at a school compound serving as temporary shelter in Sorsogon town, Bicol region, south of Manila on May 14, 2020, as Typhoon Vongfong approaches.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The worldwide outbreak of a deadly virus is now dovetailing with another grave global threat: increasingly hazardous extreme weather due to the climate crisis.


Larissa Vuitika, biologist, works during the virus inactivation process on March 24, 2020 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Diplomatic platitudes are not enough—we need legal guarantees, and we need them now."



by Julia Conley, staff writer
Government watchdog Public Citizen on Thursday raised alarm over the Trump administration's reported appointment of a former pharmaceutical executive to the White House's task force aimed at swiftly developing a Covid-19 vaccine. 



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This isn't complicated. Dr. Fauci is a highly decorated scientist and doctor, a respected medical expert who spent his life leading American efforts to fight infectious diseases. Trump is a compulsive liar who suggested we could fight Covid-19 by injecting people with bleach."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We are in the wild west," said Democratic Gov. Tony Evers following the court's ruling.

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Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden speak during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas on September 12, 2019. (Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

by Winnie Wong
What we need now is a new vision for America to repair the damage done to our nation, and transform this country into a more equal and compassionate democracy.


Many of the jobs that have been lost in this recession are low-wage service, retail sales, and office jobs.

by Heidi Shierholz
Congress must act.


Democratic presidential hopeful Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders raises his fist as he addresses the Democratic Party's 61st Annual McIntyre-Shaheen 100 Club dinner at SNHU arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, on February 8, 2020. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

by Norman Solomon
It is vital that grassroots activists in upcoming primary states take the initiative and get out the vote for Bernie.


While the administration claims that sanctions are targeting those in power, the sanctions really impact the ordinary people, especially women, children, minorities, refugees, the disabled and the sick. (Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA via Shutterstock)

by Medea Benjamin, Sussan Tahmasebi
"The Iranian women’s movement is more isolated today than it has ever been in all my years of activism."


Those of us who have been marching, protesting and advocating for gender equality for years have already (pre-pandemic) been seeking a faster track to gender equality. If we do it right, the pandemic can be a turning point, an opportunity to truly move the dial. (Photo: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

by Jess Tomlin, Jessica Houssian
We don’t buy it.


Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., arrives at the Capitol for a vote on a coronavirus bill amendment on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

by Alan Minsky
Only a progressive New Deal-like response can address the people's needs.

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