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Trump Admin Says Millions May Have to Wait 5 Months for $1,200 Relief Check
Millions of vulnerable people could fall through the cracks.
Right-Wing Austerity Set New Orleans Up to Be a Coronavirus Disaster Zone
Louisiana law bans cities like New Orleans from raising the minimum wage and requiring paid sick leave for workers.
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.
Pandemic Highlights India’s Class Divide as 1.3 Billion Lock Down
More than 80 percent of India’s workforce is informal, with most living off daily wages often less than $2 or $3 a day.
Trump Backs Pharma Company’s Exclusive Patent on Possible COVID-19 Treatment
Trump has responded to the pandemic by rewarding pharmaceutical corporations like Gilead Sciences.
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.
Trump to Hold In-Person Meeting With Big Oil CEOs to Discuss COVID-19 Relief
It looks like the administration is planning, in plain sight, to push a massive bailout for the fossil fuel industry.
Medical Staffing Company Slashed Benefits for Doctors, Nurses Fighting COVID-19
Citing lost revenue, one company has cut salaries and benefits for providers. Others will likely follow.
Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
Obama ordered more ventilators, but corporate profit motives derailed the effort, leaving us unprepared for COVID-19.
Tenants Organize Strikes, Demand Rent Relief as COVID-19 and Unemployment Surge
Despite eviction moratoriums and relief on mortgage payments in hard-hit states, no rent freeze has been ordered.