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Harlem Hospital Nurses Demand Better Protection Amid Pandemic
At Harlem Hospital Center, health care workers are expected to use one mask for five 12-hour shifts.
White House Weighs Tax Cuts for Wealthy as Workers and Small Businesses Struggle
Meanwhile, most people have yet to receive the guaranteed $1,200 cash payments and expanded unemployment benefits.
Wall Street Wins Again With Bailouts in the Time of Coronavirus
Once this crisis has been “managed,” we’ll be set up for a larger one in an even more disparate world.
$1,200 Only Goes So Far. It’s Time to Abolish Debt.
The stimulus checks are not enough to save lives or the economy; the future demands forgiveness of past debts.
The Billionaires Putting Their Wealth Above Public Health Amid the Pandemic
The country’s most rich and powerful are hoarding their wealth at the expense of everyone else.
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Is Trying to Destroy Airline Workers’ Job Protections
The bipartisan agreement for workers-first relief in the CARES Act could go off the rails.
Coronavirus Hits March Employment Numbers Hard — 701,000 Jobs Lost
Most sectors took a big hit in employment. Most concerning is a loss of 42,500 jobs in health care.
Trump Admin Says Millions May Have to Wait 5 Months for $1,200 Relief Check
Millions of vulnerable people could fall through the cracks.
Trump’s Big Bailout Is a Recipe for Fraud and Scandal
There will be those who are unjustly rewarded and others who should have been rescued.
Stock Sales by GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler Trigger Allegations of Insider Trading
A report reveals Loeffler unloaded millions of dollars in stocks from industries hit hard by the fallout from COVID-19.