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Future of COVID Briefings Unclear as Trump Pushes for a Different Focus
The focus of future briefings, if they continue to happen, may be on the economy rather than the threat of coronavirus.
Amazon Algorithm Is Manipulating Suppliers Into Favoring It Over Other Retailers
Amazon is strengthening its competitive position in ways that could outlast the pandemic, raising antitrust concerns.
USDA Under Fire for Allowing Millions of Pounds of Produce to Rot
This comes as food insecurity surges across the U.S.
COVID Deaths in US Will Soon Surpass Number of Americans Killed in Vietnam War
Before the weekend, known U.S. COVID deaths will surpass 58,000 -- the number of Americans who died in the Vietnam War.
Trump Lavished Himself With Praise for COVID Response 600 Times as 55,000 Died
While the president thinks he's done a good job handling the pandemic, a majority of registered voters say otherwise.
US Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Are 15 Percent Higher Than We Thought
An unprecedented analysis from Pennsylvania uncovers flaws in the national data.
Local-Level Fossil Fuel Fights Face Violent Retaliation From Industry
If fossil fuel companies can’t sway governments to crush resistance, they go to the courts, the media or the clergy.
COVID-19 Must Radicalize Doctors: We Cannot Remain on the Political Periphery
The current health crisis makes it clear that to truly adhere to the Hippocratic oath, doctors must also be activists.
Koch-Funded Think Tanks Are Lobbying to Send Workers to Their Deaths
Conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation, FreedomWorks and ALEC have long supported policies that harm workers.
Reopening the Economy Now Will Send Us Deeper Into Hell
The threats ahead are mass immiseration and hunger on a scale unseen since 1933.