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Experts Say Trump Is Exploiting Coronavirus Crisis to Attack Social Security
Economists say Trump's proposal to cut the payroll tax is “a Trojan Horse attack” on Social Security.
Biden Receives More Funding From the Legal Industry and DOJ Staff Than Trump
Lawyers and law firms have contributed over $6.6 million to Joe Biden.
Native Communities Brace for More Cases of Coronavirus
Tribal nations are now protecting communities from the outbreak by imposing travel restrictions.
Crashing Oil Prices Undermine Trump’s Aim to Drill Toward “Energy Dominance”
Relying on an unstable shale industry may have left the U.S. economy more vulnerable during times of crisis.
“Even a Fox News Audience Agrees”: Sanders Rebuts Claims His Views Are “Extreme”
At a Fox News town hall, Sanders argued that health care and a living wage for all appeal broadly to the electorate.
Biden Refuses to Commit to Signing Medicare for All Bill as President
Establishment Democrats continue to claim that a Medicare for All proposal would never make it through Congress.
Trump’s Businesses Are Profiting From His Reelection Campaign
How Trump’s campaign took over the GOP while funneling money to the president’s family business.
More Health Care Workers Are Self-Quarantining as Coronavirus Spreads
Hospitals should be stockpiling equipment, figuring out how to add beds and planning for staffing shortages.
Plunging Stock Market Ignites Fears of Meltdown as Coronavirus Spreads
Some fear a financial meltdown on the scale of the 2008 crisis as the recorded U.S. coronavirus cases surpasses 500.
Organizers Inspired by Sanders Are Changing the Landscape in the Rural South
Many of the new organizers in the South’s rural communities weren’t politically engaged until the 2016 election.