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Coronavirus Relief Funds Are About to Run Out for the Child Care Industry
As child care centers close en masse, Congress has been unwilling to provide the resources to stave off the crisis.
Fauci Says Trump’s Focus on COVID Deaths Is “False Narrative to Take Comfort In”
Long-term impacts of the disease are unknown, and many asymptomatic patients are showing signs of some lung damage.
ICE Threatens to Deport International Students If Schools Move Classes Online
International students account for as much as a third of the undergraduate student body at many U.S. universities.
Trump Health Secretary Says Health Care Workers Don’t Get Infected With COVID
According to the CDC, more than 94,000 health care workers have contracted COVID-19 and at least 500 have died.
Trump Threatens to Cut Funding for Schools If They Don’t Reopen in the Fall
Trump suggested other countries' schools were reopening, ignoring the fact that U.S. infection rates are much higher.
Trump Gives Official Notice of Withdrawal From the World Health Organization
If Trump remains president in 2021, an exit by the U.S. from the WHO will go through as planned.
Hunger Strikers at COVID-Infected ICE Jail Were Pepper-Sprayed in Retaliation
Detained immigrant activist Anthony Alexandre reports dire conditions and a lack of medical care at the for-profit jail.
As COVID Ravages the US, Trump’s Campaign Insists It’s “Totally Harmless”
Though deaths from COVID-19 are around 130,000 and growing, Trump will push the narrative that it's a minor worry.
Sanders Calls on “Do-Nothing” Senate to Pass Sweeping COVID Stimulus Legislation
Sanders urged the Senate to approve relief that includes $2,000 monthly checks, rent cancellation and expanded Medicare.
Trump’s Racist Mt. Rushmore Celebration Violated Indigenous Sovereignty
Indigenous scholar and activist Nick Estes discusses the significance of the the Black Hills for Indigenous people.