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Amid Coronavirus, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People
The rule would impose more strict work requirements on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
Following House Approval, US Has a Chance to Ban the Cruel Shark Fin Trade
Sharks are killed 30 percent faster than they can reproduce, including for the inhumane fin trade.
Activists Are Reclaiming Jails as Community-Operated Social Service Facilities
Grassroots organizers in Atlanta, Georgia, are showing other cities how to approach transformative justice.
Trump Is Treating Coronavirus Like a PR Problem, Not a Health Crisis
Unfortunately for the president, COVID-19 is proving stubbornly resistant to alternative facts.
We Need a President Who Cares If We Live or Die. Instead We Have Trump.
In the absence of presidential leadership, we must be our own leaders and take care of our communities as best we can.
Inequality in a Globalized World Makes Pandemics and Financial Crises Inevitable
The coronavirus has shown us that unforeseen factors can crush the market and, by extension, the economy and workers.
As Climate Crisis Fuels Earlier Rains, Southern Cities Face Inland Flooding
In the South, increased inland flooding is exacerbating inequality.
Trump Calls COVID-19 “Foreign Virus” as US Fails to Curtail Its Spread
After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Trump addressed the nation on Wednesday night.
Lack of Paid Sick Leave Prevents Workers From Complying With CDC Advice
Republican senators recently blocked legislation requiring employers to grant paid leave in response to the outbreak.
Sanders Isn’t Backing Out Before Sunday Debate — and He Has Questions for Biden
Bernie Sanders intends to stay in the race at least through this Sunday's one-on-one debate with front-runner Joe Biden.