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Trump Is Using the COVID-19 Pandemic to Wage a Partisan Civil War
Trump is ignoring blue-state Democrats who need supplies while making promises to GOP governors in swing states.
As Fashion Lines Are Praised for Making Face Masks, Don’t Ignore Garment Workers
Many workers making the masks face a risk of infection at work and some lack access to bathrooms with soap and water.
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.
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.
We Must Cancel Rent Nationwide and Demand Safe Housing for All
Demanding housing during this crisis involves taking on the capitalist state.
Limiting US COVID-19 Deaths to 100,000 Is Trump’s Idea of Doing a “Good Job”
Trump repeatedly downplayed the threat of a pandemic over the last month.
It’s Time to Rethink US Militarism in the Midst of COVID-19
This should be a time for a genuinely new approach, one fit for a world of rising disruption and disaster.
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.
Insurance Companies Could Hike Premiums by 40 Percent Amid Pandemic
The U.S. health care system is ill-equipped to provide necessary care for all.
“Please Take This, Because I Love You and I Might Die”: A COVID Tale
Emblems of life and love are being hurriedly handed from one generation down to the next.