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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.
Nurses on Front Lines of Coronavirus Pandemic Demand Medicare for All
Nurses are holding a national day of action today to demand better protections for health care workers and the public.
Coronavirus Will Spread Faster Because We Lack Universal Health Care
Under the U.S.’s for-profit health system, the epidemic is not being treated like the public emergency it is.
Native Communities Brace for More Cases of Coronavirus
Tribal nations are now protecting communities from the outbreak by imposing travel restrictions.
Activists Call for Health Measures to Prevent Coronavirus at Immigrant Jails
The Trump administration’s immigration policies may put detainees at particular risk.
Prisons Worldwide Face Coronavirus Crisis From Overcrowding, Lack of Sanitation
New York will also be forcing its prisoners to produce hand sanitizer for the state for an average of 65 cents an hour.
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.
It’s Not Just Pence. Evangelicals Are Leading US Coronavirus Response.
CDC Director Robert Redfield and other important public health officials are Pence-approved evangelical Christians.
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.
Trump Bears Full Responsibility for Botched Response to Coronavirus in US
Because of Trump’s vanity and ineptitude, people will die, and many more will get sick.