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Native American Clinic Receives Body Bags Instead of COVID-19 Testing Kits
“Are we going to keep getting body bags or are we going to get what we actually need?”
Mitch McConnell Pours Dark Money Into Maine Sen. Susan Collins’s Reelection
McConnell-linked PAC launches a Maine ad buy designed to shield Sen. Susan Collins from COVID-19-related criticism.
Whistleblower Says He Was Pushed to Give Drug Contracts to Trump-Friendly Firms
Vaccine expert Rick Bright was ousted from his HHS position last month in what he called a “retaliatory demotion.”
Trump’s Anthem Has Always Been “Live and Let Die.” Now We See the Consequences.
“There’ll be more death,” Trump says. No kidding, Donny. I wonder why.
COVID-19 Task Force to Refocus on “Opening” the US Despite FEMA and HHS Doubts
FEMA and HHS officials predict “the numbers of deaths definitely will be high” if the country is “reopened.”
Mass Unemployment Amid the Pandemic Is an Indictment of Capitalism
Worker co-ops lack capitalism’s irrational fixation on profit, so they are not subject to boom-and-bust job cycles.
McConnell’s Pandemic Priority Is Appointing Conservative Judges
McConnell and Trump’s appointees threaten not only the COVID-19 recovery, but also federal programs for decades to come.
Pandemic and Oil Crisis Could Make Second Arab Spring Return With a Vengeance
Until the region sees grassroots-driven transformation, the Middle East and North Africa will remain in deep crisis.
Trump “Ragetweets” Over Conservative Group’s Political Ad Against Him
Trump's anger at the group's ad was evident, as he called those who created it “losers.”
The Fed Just Changed Its Own Rules to Bail Out the Fossil Fuel Industry
The Federal Reserve can now give emergency loans to a sector that’s been buried in debt since long before the pandemic.