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April 1, 2020

First responders from IU Health Bloomington hospital pick up a person describing COVID-19 symptoms in Bloomington, Indiana, March 23, 2020.

News Analysis Environment & Health

The US’s Wave of Hospital Closures Left Us Ill-Equipped for COVID-19

Since 1975, as the population grew by 115 million, the number of hospital beds shrank from 1.5 million to 925,000.

by Margaret Flowers, Truthout

April 1, 2020

Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans march against xenophobia and discrimination in San Jose, Costa Rica, on August 25, 2018.

News Immigration

The US Decries Political Persecution of Nicaraguans But Won’t Grant Them Asylum

As the U.S. denies asylum seekers from Nicaragua, the COVID-19 pandemic only complicates the process.

by Isabela Dias, Truthout

April 1, 2020

Migrants from the Moria camp sew handmade protective face masks at the premises of the NGO “Team Humanity” on March 25, 2020, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Op-Ed Economy & Labor

As Fashion Lines Are Praised for Making Face Masks, Don’t Ignore Garment Workers

Workers making the masks likely won’t be social distancing at work and may lack access to bathrooms with soap and water.

by Minh-Ha T. Pham, Truthout

April 1, 2020

A pumpjack with fire in the foreground

News Economy & Labor

Could COVID-19 Spell the End of the Fracking Industry as We Know It?

New Mexico is just one state whose fracking boom appears poised to fall off an economic cliff amid the pandemic.

by Dahr Jamail, Truthout

First responders from IU Health Bloomington hospital pick up a person describing COVID-19 symptoms in Bloomington, Indiana, March 23, 2020. — The US’s Wave of Hospital Closures Left Us Ill-Equipped for COVID-19

Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans march against xenophobia and discrimination in San Jose, Costa Rica, on August 25, 2018. — The US Decries Political Persecution of Nicaraguans But Won’t Grant Them Asylum

Migrants from the Moria camp sew handmade protective face masks at the premises of the NGO "Team Humanity" on March 25, 2020, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19. — As Fashion Lines Are Praised for Making Face Masks, Don’t Ignore Garment Workers

A pumpjack with fire in the foreground — Could COVID-19 Spell the End of the Fracking Industry as We Know It?

Featured

the tiny figure of a child at a distance waves her arms in the middle of a leaf-carpeted trail surrounded by tall evergreen trees

“Please Take This, Because I Love You and I Might Die”: A COVID Tale

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

A woman stands at a voting booth

Undemocratic Elections Have Citizens Reinventing Self-Governance Worldwide

by: Michael Meurer,; Truthout

An illustration of a lone woman seated uncomfortably atop a raft made of a single, large face mask, which is floating through a flooded city at sunset

Coronavirus Shows Us What Our Future Could Look Like During Climate Crisis

by: Sharon Zhang,; Truthout

Attorney General William Barr leaves the U.S. Capitol after meeting with members of the Senate Republican caucus, February 25, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

DOJ Seeks to Exploit Coronavirus Emergency to Detain People Indefinitely

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

Politics & Elections

President Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2020.

Trump Is Using the COVID-19 Pandemic to Wage a Partisan Civil War

by: Sophia Tesfaye,; Salon

Neoliberal Austerity and Private Health Care Has Worsened US Pandemic

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Donald Trump

Limiting US COVID-19 Deaths to 100,000 Is Trump’s Idea of Doing a “Good Job”

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee chairman, speaks during the Blue NC Celebration Dinner held at the Hilton Charlotte University Place on February 29, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tom Perez Put Corporate Lobbyists in Charge of the DNC’s Budget

by: David Moore,; Sludge

Exclusives

Donald Trump's hands on a podium

Trump and His Allies Have Decided to Preserve Capitalism at Any Cost

Do not listen to the president.

by: William Rivers Pitt,; Truthout

Election worker Erick Moss sorts vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington, on March 10, 2020.

We Need Universal Mail-In Ballots for the 2020 Election

Voting by mail exclusively would preclude the need for poll workers during a pandemic.

by: Bob Fitrakis &; Harvey Wasserman,; Truthout

A view from the top of Mauna Kea.

Mauna Kea Isn’t Just About a Telescope, It’s About Who Will Decide the Future

Native Hawaiian Mauna Protectors want to make sure their view of the world is understood and respected.

by: Winona LaDuke,; Truthout

Environment & Health

First responders from IU Health Bloomington hospital pick up a person describing COVID-19 symptoms in Bloomington, Indiana, March 23, 2020.

The US’s Wave of Hospital Closures Left Us Ill-Equipped for COVID-19

by: Margaret Flowers,; Truthout

A woman looks at bills in her hand in shock

Insurance Companies Could Hike Premiums by 40 Percent Amid Pandemic

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Nurses adjust protective masks inside a testing tent at St. Barnabas Hospital on March 20, 2020, in New York City.

New York Nurses Are Living a Heartbreaking Nightmare

by: Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez,; Labor Notes

A woman holds her head and looks at bills

Why COVID-19 Could Trigger a Surprise Billing Crisis

by: Soleil Shah &; Suhas Gondi,; Undark

Economy & Labor

(L-R) Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Vice President Mike Pence and Rep. Kevin Brady applaud President Trump during a bill signing ceremony for H.R. 748, the CARES Act, in the Oval Office of the White House on March 27, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

After Securing Corporate Bailout, Trump and GOP Largely Oppose New Stimulus

by: Jake Johnson,; Common Dreams

Migrants from the Moria camp sew handmade protective face masks at the premises of the NGO "Team Humanity" on March 25, 2020, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19.

As Fashion Lines Are Praised for Making Face Masks, Don’t Ignore Garment Workers

by: Minh-Ha T. Pham,; Truthout

A pumpjack with fire in the foreground

Could COVID-19 Spell the End of the Fracking Industry as We Know It?

by: Dahr Jamail,; Truthout

Donald Trump hands out pens to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after signing the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2 trillion rescue package to provide economic relief amid the coronavirus outbreak, at the Oval Office of the White House on March 27, 2020.

Trump Announces Plan to Refuse Congressional Oversight of Corporate Bailout

by: Andrea Germanos,; Common Dreams

Immigration

Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans march against xenophobia and discrimination in San Jose, Costa Rica, on August 25, 2018.

The US Decries Political Persecution of Nicaraguans But Won’t Grant Them Asylum

by: Isabela Dias,; Truthout

COVID-19 Will Spread Like Wildfire in Migrant Jails If Detainees Aren’t Released

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Immigration defense attorneys are worried about another outbreak like the mumps outbreak in Immigration and Customs Enforcement jails last year.

Trump’s Deportation Machine Is Still Churning Despite Coronavirus Outbreak

by: Mike Ludwig,; Truthout

Every morning and every night, Doña Amalia prays for her two grandchildren. “It’s as if they were dead,” she said. “We knew nothing. Nothing.”

No One Knows How Many Immigrant Kids Have Disappeared in US Custody

by: Aura Bogado,; Reveal

Racial Justice

A view from the top of Mauna Kea.

Mauna Kea Isn’t Just About a Telescope, It’s About Who Will Decide the Future

by: Winona LaDuke,; Truthout

President Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

If You Hear Someone Say “Chinese Virus,” Don’t Let It Slide

by: Jack Herrera,; Truthout

Trump Continues Calling the Coronavirus “Chinese” Despite Reports of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Trump Calls the Coronavirus “Chinese” Despite Reports of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

A child plays on a trampoline on September 10, 2019, in Kivalina, Alaska. Kivalina is situated at the very end of an eight-mile barrier reef located between a lagoon and the Chukchi Sea. The village is 83 miles above the Arctic circle.

The 2020 Census Must Not Make the Mistake Again of Undercounting Native People

by: Kirsten Carlson,; The Conversation

LGBTQ Rights

A woman holds a sign during a protest with red, white and blue barbed wire and the text "NOT FORGOTTEN" written across the bottom

ICE Is Torturing LGBTQ Immigrants by Putting Them in Solitary

by: Benji Hart,; Truthout

South Dakota May Criminalize Lifesaving Health Care for Trans Youth

by: Amy Goodman,; Democracy Now!

Vice President Pence delivers remarks at a church service at Holy City Church of God in Christ.

White House Broadcasts Blatantly Homophobic Sermon Attended by Mike Pence

by: Igor Derysh,; Salon

A woman holds a sign reading "TRANS POWER" during an protest

Florida Won’t Cover Transgender Health Care. Two Trans Women Are Suing.

by: Casey Quinlan,; Rewire.News

Prisons & Policing

Prison guard holds keys in prison hallway

Incarcerated Anti-Fascists Report Targeted Beatings by Guards

by: Ella Fassler,; Truthout

Critics argue that life without parole is not only inhumane, but also unnecessary.

Beyond the Death Penalty, Activists Are Fighting to End Death by Incarceration

by: Jean Trounstine,; DigBoston

An inmate leans out the bars of his cell at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, October 11, 2005.

If Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons, People Should Be Freed

by: Victoria Law,; Truthout

Prisoner with facemask behind barbed wire

Our Government Has Failed Us in This Crisis. How Do We Protect Our Communities?

by: Kelly Hayes,; Truthout

War & Peace

A person walks by a red wall wearing a face mask

It’s Time to Rethink US Militarism in the Midst of COVID-19

by: William J. Astore,; TomDispatch

A ground crew guides a U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle at an air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016.

US Drone Assassinations Continue Despite German Effort to Restrict Them

by: Patrick Maynard,; Truthout

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media

Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe But Failed

by: Marjorie Cohn,; Truthout

A man stands by the ruins of what was once his home

“War on Terror” Rhetoric Is Being Used to Justify the Killing of Syrians

by: Shiyam Galyon,; Truthout

Series

Covering Climate Now

Truthout is proud to join with more than 200 other news outlets for Covering Climate Now, a project geared toward deepening media coverage of the climate crisis.

Voting Wrongs

Voting Wrongs

We expose the injustices that deny the vote to millions — and cover the fight for true enfranchisement.

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Climate Disruption Dispatches

Each month, we chronicle the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

How Then Shall We Live?

How Then Shall We Live?

Finding our way and peace of heart amidst global collapse.

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Human Rights and Global Wrongs

Marjorie Cohn analyzes human rights and executive branch lawbreaking.

The Public Intellectual

The Public Intellectual

Progressive academics address important social issues.

Education & Youth

Students and their parents move their belongings from their dormitories at San Diego State University in San Diego, California, on March 18, 2020.

The Stimulus Fails Student Borrowers. Congress Must Cancel Their Debt.

by: Alexis Goldstein,; Truthout

An exterior view of public school P.S. 175 Henry H Garnet in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States on March 14, 2020, in New York City.

Coronavirus Is Poised to Inflame Inequality in Schools

by: Tara García Mathewson,; The Hechinger Report

Towson University students remove their belongings from the dorms as the school shuts down days before the start of the scheduled spring break on March 11, 2020, in Towson, Maryland.

Higher Education Is Woefully Unprepared to Help Poor Students Amid Coronavirus

by: Liz Willen,; The Hechinger Report

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at the National Parent-Teacher Association's 2018 Legislative Conference March 13, 2018, in Arlington, Virginia.

In Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke of DeVos, Senate Overturns Anti-Student Rule

by: David Halperin,; Republic Report

Culture & Media

President Trump leads a meeting with travel and tourism industry executives to discuss economic response to the coronavirus outbreak in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 17, 2020, in Washington, D.C.

Trump Thinks He Can Use COVID-19 to Win Reelection. The Media May Help Him.

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

Dr. Venture fills in on a photo editing shift.

We’ve Worked From Home for 18 Years. Here Are Our Secrets.

by: Truthout Staff,; Truthout

President Trump greets talk show host Sean Hannity at a Make America Great Again rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on November 5, 2018.

Fox News Is Spreading Trump’s Coronavirus Lies Faster Than the Disease Itself

by: Heather Digby Parton,; Salon

A screenshot from ''The Big Lie", a 1951 anti-communist propaganda movie by the U.S. Army.

Antipathy Towards Socialism Has Roots in State and Corporate Cold War Propaganda

by: Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy,; The Conversation