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'A Misbegotten, Warped Freedom Obsession Is Killing Us': Video of Trumpian Anti-Mask Jerks Goes Viral
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
On social media Friday, author Anand Giridharadas shared what he called
an "end-of-empire" video featuring a number of people refusing to wear
face masks in public places, coughing on others, and claiming their
"freedom" is being trampled by public health guidance.
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Cuomo Order That Sent Estimated 4,300 Covid-19 Patients to Nursing Homes Denounced as 'Single Dumbest Decision Anyone Could Make'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It was a death sentence."
'Yet Another Dogwhistle to White Nationalists": Jewish Advocacy Group Denounces 'Good Bloodline' Remark by Trump
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A New York-based Jewish advocacy group is among those calling out
President Donald Trump for praising the "good bloodlines" of American
industrialist and infamous anti-Semite Henry Ford during a Thursday
night speech at a Ford Motor Company plant in Michigan.
Lancet Study on Hydroxychloroquine Shows Trump 'As Usual, Is Dangerously Wrong' on Covid-19 Guidance
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If there was ever hope for this drug, this is the death of it."
Fridays for Future Europe Calls for Transforming Agricultural Policy to Tackle the Climate Crisis
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As the world recognized the International Day for Biological Diversity
on Friday, the youth-led Fridays for Future movement sent an open letter
to European Union leaders demanding a transformation of the economic and
political coalition's agricultural policies to tackle the intertwined
biodiversity and climate crises.
GOP 'Plot to Gut Social Security Behind Closed Doors' Gains Steam in Senate Covid-19 Talks
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With seniors most at risk from Covid-19, we need to be increasing
Social Security's modest benefits, not creating secret commissions to
cut them."
Michigan Flood, Says Group, Shows US Unprepared for 'Nightmarish' Threat of Nuclear Disaster Combined With Pandemic
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The prospect of a nuclear disaster prompting a mass evacuation during a
viral pandemic reinforces the need for an energy policy focused on safe,
clean and affordable renewable energy."
Bernie Sanders Says It Is 'Nauseating' to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as 'Heroes' While Refusing to Pay Them More
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I personally get really sick and tired of turning on the TV and seeing
these companies run these ads, 'Thank you heroes and heroines, but of
course we're not going to pay you any more money.'"
As Warnings Mount of So-Called 'Second Wave' of Covid-19, Trump Says He Won't 'Close the Country' Again
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by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We are witnessing the complete breakdown of the United States
government."
Oil Companies Can Set Their Own Rates for Royalties From Drilling on Public Lands Thanks to Trump: Report
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Oil and gas corporations already pay pennies compared to what they make
in profits from plundering public lands—land that belongs to the
American people—and now they'll pay even less."
'This Is No Joke': Michigan AG Calls Trump 'A Petulant Child' for Refusing to Wear Mask During Ford Visit
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I think the message he sent is the same message since he first took
office in 2017, which is, 'I don't care about you.'"
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Why We Should Commandeer Hotels to House the Homeless
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by Jules Boykoff
Homelessness is a humanitarian crisis in plain sight and a bleak
indictment of capitalism. Now the capitalists have a chance—a duty,
really—to step up in the clutch.
5 Reasons We Must Act Now to End Oil and Gas Production
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by Kelly Trout
The world needs a recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic that dispatches
with the old subservience to the fossil fuel industry and instead puts
health first, provides relief directly to people, centers workers and
communities not corporate executives, builds solidarity across borders,
and—crucially—...
Covid-19 Profiteers Are Making a Killing
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by Amber Colón Núñez
Here are some of the most outrageous capitalist responses to the
pandemic.
This Year’s Forest Fire Season Could Be Even Deadlier
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by Luciana Tellez-Chavez
Countries are using the coronavirus crisis to lift environmental
regulations, even as COVID-19 leaves populations more vulnerable to
health impacts from fires.
A Tale of Two Pandemics
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by Robert Reich
We are all weathering the same storm, but we are not all in the same
boat.
International Proposals for Warrantless Location Surveillance To Fight COVID-19
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by Katitza Rodriguez, Svea Windwehr
Location surveillance comes with a host of risks to citizens' privacy,
freedom of expression and data protection rights.
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ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Deny Bureau of Prisons Request to Block Order That Will Save Lives
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ACLU and Partners Challenge Michigan Absentee Ballot Deadline
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Statement on Trump’s Henry Ford Comments
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U.S. Unprepared for Nuclear Accident During Pandemic
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Global Zero Condemns Trump's Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty
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