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My 92-Year-Old Mother’s COVID Experience Shows How Rotten Our Health System Is
Democracy Now! co-host Juan González describes how he struggled to get his own 92-year-old mother tested.
Hundreds of Workers in Meat and Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
A plant responsible for 5 percent of U.S. pork production was shut down after over 350 workers tested positive.
“You’re a Fake” — Trump Attacks Reporter for Questioning His Propaganda Video
A White House reporter questioned why details were omitted from a propaganda video Trump showcased on Monday.
Stamp Purchases, Congressional Action Urged as Trump Threatens Postal Service
There is no vote-by-mail if there is no postal service.
Trump’s EPA Is Unleashing the Pollution That Makes Us Vulnerable to COVID-19
The suspension of air pollution regulations threatens to further harm communities struggling to cope with the pandemic.
Minimum-Wage Workers Are Dying to Keep Everyone Else Alive. They Deserve More.
Low-wage workers are standing between our society and calamity. They deserve health care and a living wage now.
Trump Ignored COVID-19 Warnings Until It Was Too Late
A new exposé in The New York Times shows what Trump knew about COVID-19 and when he knew it.
Thousands Still Have No Water in Detroit, a COVID-19 Hot Spot
The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19.
Trump Shared a Tweet Urging Fauci’s Firing. Will Fauci Be Axed as a Scapegoat?
The tweet wrongly suggested Fauci said all of the same things the president was saying at the end of February.
Trump Will Risk Lives If He Reopens Economy at the End of the Month
Trump chose to do nothing for weeks -- now we're in a crisis with thousands of deaths and no end in sight.