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Neoliberal Austerity and Private Health Care Has Worsened US Pandemic
Gasping for air, gasping for care. What does global health justice look like?
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.
Undemocratic Elections Have Citizens Reinventing Self-Governance Worldwide
Citizens are creating innovative models of self-governance to counter the failures of representative democracy.
Tom Perez Put Corporate Lobbyists in Charge of the DNC’s Budget
Headed into a historically expensive election, there remains no independent oversight of the DNC chair’s expenditures.
Trump and His Allies Have Decided to Preserve Capitalism at Any Cost
Do not listen to the president.
DOJ Seeks to Exploit Coronavirus Emergency to Detain People Indefinitely
The Trump administration’s invocation of emergency powers could lead to egregious violations of constitutional rights.
State Governments Step In as Trump Makes Lethal Mistakes in COVID-19 Response
If we somehow avoid a catastrophe on a truly epic scale, it will not be because of the Trump administration.
Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. We Need a Massive Movement in Response.
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.
Shelter in Place and Plan an Uprising
The worst thing we could do is sit back and let this moment be something that simply happens to us.
We Can’t Let COVID-19 Drive Us Into Authoritarianism
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, will we collapse into authoritarianism or learn the lessons of this moment?