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April 22, 2020 at 12:01 AM

Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals

Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals By: John Wojcik The Facebook groups, which have hundreds of thousands of members, are being used to organize “spontaneous” demonstrations. Read More » …

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April 21, 2020 at 11:43 PM

Stay-At-Home organizing: Voters hear candidates at "virtual house parties"

Stay-At-Home organizing: Voters hear candidates at “virtual house parties” By Tim Wheeler SEQUIM, Wash.—Confined to their homes by COVID-19, Olympic Peninsula voters were able to hear—and see—two candidates for the Sixth Congressional District of Wa…

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April 20, 2020 at 11:53 PM

Progressive lawmakers push people first in coronavirus relief

Progressive lawmakers push people first in coronavirus relief By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—With events moving quickly towards yet another economic stimulus bill hitting Capitol Hill, progressive lawmakers and groups have banded together and are lobb…

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April 18, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Ultra-rich benefit from big tax cut hidden in coronavirus stimulus law

Ultra-rich benefit from big tax cut hidden in coronavirus stimulus law By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Oink. That’s the sound the ultra-rich—especially real estate moguls—made as they slurp from the taxpayers’ trough, courtesy of a multi-billion dollar…

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April 18, 2020 at 12:02 AM

"More people will die": Uber and Lyft drivers demand companies protect workers

“More people will die”: Uber and Lyft drivers demand companies protect workers By Chauncey K. Robinson LOS ANGELES—As COVID-19 continues to claim more lives in the United States, app-based rideshare and delivery drivers organizing with Mobile Worker…

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April 17, 2020 at 9:20 PM

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak By: John Wojcik Refusing to issue a stay-at-home order after 700 infections at a Smithfield meat plant spread like wildfire into Sioux Falls, she says…

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April 16, 2020 at 8:38 PM

Pelosi: Trump inaction on pandemic produced "unnecessary deaths and economic disaster"

Pelosi: Trump inaction on pandemic produced “unnecessary deaths and economic disaster” By: Mark Gruenberg The future will be healthy and prosperous “only if we no longer tolerate lies and deceit." Read More » …

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April 15, 2020 at 6:13 PM

Obama, Sanders and Warren back Biden, while Trump allows banks to seize your stimulus check

Obama, Sanders and Warren back Biden: “Lives and democracy at stake” By: Mark Gruenberg They warn that Trump re-election would endanger lives and threaten democracy as it does irreparable harm to the livelihoods of…

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April 14, 2020 at 10:10 PM

CULTURE: Pandemic movies, drug scandals, American fascists, and more

Sickness and the cure: The great pandemic films, and the greatest By Michael Berkowitz With the onslaught of the coronavirus, viewers and reviewers have flocked to their screens to look back at popular pandemic films. The best of them, like Contagion, O…

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April 14, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Three New York City transit workers dying every day of coronavirus

Three New York City transit workers dying every day of coronavirus By Gary Bono NEW YORK – This city’s bus and subway workers are dying at a faster rate than their counterparts anywhere across the country. The shocking death rate among the employees…

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April 13, 2020 at 10:30 PM

FYI: The fight to protect the U.S. Postal Service during the pandemic

Unions back U.S. Postal Service’s $75B pandemic appeal, oppose right-wing privatization plans By: Mark Gruenberg Trump's right-wing backers want to privatize the agency and rip up USPS’s collective bargaining agree…

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April 13, 2020 at 9:06 PM

Trump, pushing for May 1 "re-opening," attacks Dr. Fauci

Trump, pushing for May 1 “re-opening,” attacks Dr. Fauci By John Wojcik President Donald Trump warned the nation’s governors this weekend that they had better “get their act together” and make arrangements for the testing and just about everything e…

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April 10, 2020 at 6:43 PM

Coronavirus threatens to spread 'like wildfire' through U.S. prisons

Coronavirus threatens to spread ‘like wildfire’ through U.S. prisons By John Bachtell “It’s fixin’ to be a mass grave site in these prisons,” said a terrified prisoner in an Alabama state prison. “Once (coronavirus) is in it will spread like wildfir…

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April 9, 2020 at 5:31 PM

The coronavirus impact on African Americans

Congressional Black Caucus tackles outsized coronavirus impact on African Americans By Mark Gruenberg CHICAGO—One of every seven Illinoisans is an African-American. One of every three Chicagoans is an African-American. And 72% of the deaths in the W…

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April 9, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Medicare for All – If not now, when?

Medicare for All – If not now, when? By John Wojcik What passes for a health care system in America is an incredibly expensive and complicated proposition that has never really worked. Many millions continue to be, as they always have been, uncovere…

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April 8, 2020 at 1:47 AM

Wisconsin election jeopardizes both democracy and life itself

Wisconsin election jeopardizes both democracy and life itself By John Bachtell Citing the coronavirus-induced public health crisis, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers issued an executive order to halt in-person voting for the April 7 state primary, postponin…

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April 7, 2020 at 1:18 AM

Sanders: Next relief bill must pay everyone $2,000 per month

Sanders: Next relief bill must pay everyone $2,000 per month By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Saying the coronavirus pandemic could produce a crash worse than the Great Depression, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., unveiled a comprehensive plan for the next…

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April 3, 2020 at 4:54 PM

They're putting our lives at risk to build stadiums and condos?

They’re putting our lives at risk to build stadiums and condos? By Roberta Wood It’s 6:00 a.m., still chilly, and hundreds of construction workers, coolers in hand, leave the safe confines of their cars to join a stream of carefully spaced humans on…

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April 2, 2020 at 11:00 PM

Trump regime's threat to suspend Constitution draws flak

Trump regime’s threat to suspend Constitution draws flak By: Mark Gruenberg “This disease will test our democracy. But it doesn’t have to undermine it.” Read More »   …

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April 2, 2020 at 9:38 PM

COVID-19 voter suppression: Trump admits GOP can't win if many vote

COVID-19 voter suppression: Trump admits GOP can’t win if many vote By Chauncey K. Robinson Can democracy be protected during a pandemic? Even under the best-case scenario now being presented by officials, the United States may lose up to 100,000 pe…

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April 2, 2020 at 12:30 AM

April 1-Rent's due: Struggling to pay when there are no jobs

April 1—Rent’s due: Struggling to pay when there are no jobs By: Jeffrey Collins For millions of Americans, Wednesday is the first time the landlord is knocking on the door since the coronavirus outbreak turned the…

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April 1, 2020 at 11:37 PM

Coronavirus pandemic compounds food emergency for millions

Coronavirus pandemic compounds food emergency for millions By John Bachtell Vehicles stretched for miles leading up to the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. The line was so long that many people left their cars and walked the distance to pick up a share …

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March 31, 2020 at 11:32 PM

Do they really want to kill us?

Do they really want to kill us? By: Eric A. Gordon If Thomas Malthus felt the answers to overpopulation were war and disease, we are not very far from embracing those solutions ourselves. Read More »   …

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March 31, 2020 at 10:17 PM

Evidence mounts that Trump is squashing federal response to coronavirus

Evidence mounts that Trump is squashing federal response to coronavirus By John Wojcik The figures as of this morning are horrific. More than 173,000 Americans are infected—well over twice the number infected in China, which has four times as many p…

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March 30, 2020 at 11:00 PM

Gig workers forced to strike over lack of coronavirus protection

Gig workers forced to strike over lack of coronavirus protection By Mark Gruenberg Upset by their companies’ refusal to protect them as they do vital jobs of delivering supplies during the coronavirus pandemic, gig economy workers, especially on the…

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March 30, 2020 at 10:08 PM

Trump reverses course as forecasts show 100,000 or more deaths

Trump reverses course as forecasts show 100,000 or more deaths By C.J. Atkins Welcome to crisis management via reality TV. President Donald Trump spent a good part of his Sunday bragging about the impressive viewership for his daily Coronavirus Task…

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March 27, 2020 at 9:35 PM

As coronavirus rages worldwide, U.S. now first in infections

As coronavirus rages worldwide, U.S. now first in infections By John Wojcik In denial, Donald Trump continues to insist that America go back to work at the very moment that the U.S. tops the world in the number of coronavirus infections. He is hot t…

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March 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Walmart, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and Craigslist cited for pandemic price gouging

Walmart, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, and Craigslist cited for pandemic price gouging By Mark Gruenberg HARRISBURG, Pa.—Why are we not surprised by this? Thirty-three state Attorneys General from both parties, led by Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro and inclu…

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March 26, 2020 at 10:45 PM

States largely fend for themselves in race against coronavirus pandemic

States largely fend for themselves in race against coronavirus pandemic By John Bachtell CHICAGO –Despite increasingly frantic pressure from Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and other governors, Trump refuses to use the Defense Production Act (PDA) t…

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March 26, 2020 at 12:34 AM

New York the 'canary in the coal mine' for U.S.

New York the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for U.S. By John Wojcik Doctors at New York hospitals are saying they fear that very soon they will have to make decisions about who lives and who dies because they do not have the equipment they need to treat …

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March 26, 2020 at 12:10 AM

For panicking capitalists, resuming profit flow trumps everything

For panicking capitalists, resuming profit flow trumps everything By: Roberta Wood Public health experts are united in advising Americans: “Keep your ass at home.” Trump’s panicky insistence on sabotaging that stra…

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March 25, 2020 at 10:01 AM

After tugging, Congress and Trump agree on $2 trillion stimulus bill

After tugging, Congress and Trump agree on $2 trillion stimulus bill By: Mark Gruenberg Democrats used their leverage two ways to force Trump to yield to their key demand. Read More »   …

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March 25, 2020 at 2:01 AM

LISTEN: Life halts across the country, but not for all workers

Listen: People's World reporter Al Neal discusses his interviews with "essential workers" Special to People's World Life halts across the country, but not for all workers. Listen to People's World reporter Al Neal discuss his interviews with "essent…

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March 25, 2020 at 1:38 AM

Trump on coronavirus: Time for Americans to get back to work

Trump on coronavirus: Time for Americans to get back to work By John Wojcik As the number of coronavirus cases skyrockets across the country, Donald Trump is saying the country should reopen the economy in weeks, not months. Without citing a shred o…

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March 24, 2020 at 3:02 AM

Dems block McConnell $2 trillion COVID-19 bill: 'Slush fund for hotels, not hospitals'

Dems block McConnell $2 trillion COVID-19 bill: ‘Slush fund for hotels, not hospitals’ By: Mark Gruenberg Besides providing more jobless benefits, Dems warn corporations they’re going to come down on firms that use…

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March 24, 2020 at 2:18 AM

World faces virus and new Great Depression, Trump cries "Poor me!"

World faces virus and new Great Depression, Trump cries “Poor me!” By C.J. Atkins The Trump Labor Department has ordered individual states not to reveal their unemployment numbers, but when the national total comes out later this week, it is expecte…

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March 21, 2020 at 2:00 AM

Senators use advance coronavirus knowledge to enrich selves; hospitals becoming desperate

Senators use advance coronavirus knowledge to enrich selves; hospitals becoming desperate By John Wojcik The American people’s confidence in the ability of their national leaders to steer the country through the coronavirus pandemic was shattered fu…

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March 21, 2020 at 1:06 AM

Coronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss

Coronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss By C.J. Atkins Wherever there is poor sanitation, disease and illness spread. That’s why those who work in the waste management industry are just as much an “essential service” r…

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March 19, 2020 at 11:30 PM

Trump response to pandemic a failing of unimaginable proportions

Trump response to pandemic a failing of unimaginable proportions By John Wojcik Donald Trump’s March 19 press conference on the coronavirus crisis sweeping the country provided the world with yet another display of his massive failure as a president…

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March 19, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Silent streets: Life halts, but not for all workers

Silent streets: Life halts, but not for all workers By Al Neal ST. LOUIS—The mood is uneasy. The streets are quiet and show their pain through the paint chipped curbs, cracked sidewalks, and boarded alleyway doors—there’s no foot traffic. Crowds no …

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March 18, 2020 at 9:09 PM

China "nationalized" coronavirus crisis; the West isn't doing enough

Wuhan resident: China “nationalized” coronavirus crisis; the West isn’t doing enough By C.J. Atkins For the second day in a row, there was only one new coronavirus case confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the original epicenter of the COVID-19 o…

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March 17, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Why do politicians push false bioweapon conspiracy theories on coronavirus?

Why do politicians push false bioweapon conspiracy theories on coronavirus? By Matt Field and John Krzyzaniak You’ve probably heard the rumor: The new coronavirus is a bioweapon. Some malicious country—perhaps the United States, maybe China, dependi…

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March 17, 2020 at 10:17 PM

Governors forced to fill void left by Trump coronavirus inaction

Governors forced to fill void left by Trump coronavirus inaction By John Wojcik As states left without a coordinated national plan to battle the coronavirus pandemic cobble together a patchwork of emergency measures, President Donald Trump said yest…

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March 17, 2020 at 12:07 AM

One-on-one debate sees Biden, Sanders emphasize differences on coronavirus

One-on-one debate sees Biden, Sanders emphasize differences on coronavirus By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—In their first one-on-one debate of the long presidential primary campaign, former Vice President Joseph Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., …

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March 13, 2020 at 7:13 PM

Coronavirus epidemic responses reveal differences in capitalist and socialist values

Coronavirus epidemic responses reveal differences in capitalist and socialist values By Ian Goodrum BEIJING—The world has a Public Enemy No. 1, and it’s the novel coronavirus. Capable of causing severe pneumonia among those it infects, the virus fir…

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March 13, 2020 at 6:44 PM

Support People's World - beacon of truth in era of lies

Support People's World - a beacon of truth in era of disinformation and lies Dear John,   We live in uncertain and frightening times. In addition to the global peril posed by the climate crisis, humanity faces an immediate Coronavirus pandemic and …

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March 13, 2020 at 12:07 AM

Why Bernie shouldn't quit yet

Why Bernie shouldn’t quit yet By C.J. Atkins Super Tuesday II was another round of victories for Joe Biden. Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, and Idaho were added to his column on March 10; as of this writing, only North Dakota went for Bernie Sander…

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March 13, 2020 at 12:01 AM

Coronavirus response: Lawmakers prefer helping workers but Trump pushes tax cuts

Coronavirus response: Lawmakers prefer helping workers but Trump pushes tax cuts By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—With the coronavirus threat to the U.S., including the U.S. economy, spreading, lawmakers and GOP President Donald Trump went in two very d…

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March 10, 2020 at 8:06 PM

Working Families Party picks Bernie over Biden after Warren exits race

Working Families Party picks Bernie over Biden after Warren exits race By Mark Gruenberg and John Wojcik With the candidate it backed, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, now out of the Democratic presidential race, the Working Families Party, a political force …

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March 6, 2020 at 9:35 PM

Scientists fault gov't and private industry response for U.S. coronavirus spread

Scientists fault gov’t and private industry response for U.S. coronavirus spread By Mark Gruenberg Two top scientists—the chief of occupational medicine at the University of Illinois and the Dean of the Baylor University’s School of Tropical Medicin…

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