News Analysis | Environment & Health Why Veterans Are Particularly Vulnerable to the Coronavirus Pandemic Veterans are among the most hard-hit, with heightened health and economic threats from the pandemic. By Jamie Rowen , TheConversation May 25, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Dubious State Testing Numbers May Be Screwing Up National CDC Reports Some states have been combining viral and antibody testing data, leading to messy or useless national statistics. By Roger Sollenberger , Salon May 25, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Politics & Elections Republicans Accelerate Voter Suppression Efforts During Pandemic A recent Supreme Court decision signals the GOP can do whatever it wants to make voting more difficult. By Janine Jackson , FAIR May 25, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Praising Emissions Reductions Due to Coronavirus Plays Into Right-Wing Strategy The right wants to equate any climate action with suffering, a loss of "freedom" or an attack on "liberty." By Sharon Zhang , Truthout May 25, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections GOP Wants Cuts to Social Security and Medicare in Next COVID Stimulus Package Progressive advocates warn that Sen. Mitt Romney's TRUST Act would cut benefits behind closed doors during the pandemic. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams May 24, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Tenants in Properties Linked to Jared Kushner Fear Lift of Eviction Ban Residents of housing complexes owned by Trump's son-in-law struggled with aggressive evictions long before the pandemic. By Alec MacGillis , ProPublica May 24, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Economy & Labor Your Employers Are Behind the Rush to Reopen The bosses and politicians are forcing us to choose between two bad options: Either work unsafely or lose unemployment. By Chris Brooks , LaborNotes May 24, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice What New York City’s Cholera Epidemics Can Teach Us in the Age of COVID-19 Like COVID now, the city’s response to cholera in the 1800s was driven by the class and race of those who fell ill. By Ayendy Bonifacio , Truthout May 24, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections The US Has a Long History of Weaponizing Aid to Other Countries There is a covert U.S. strategy in which humanitarian aid is weaponized not by withholding it, but by providing it. By Ted Snider , Truthout May 24, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Homelessness Could Rise 45 Percent in One Year Due to Unemployment Crisis A new study estimates that about 250,000 people could be left homeless as a result of layoffs in the wake of COVID-19. By Igor Derysh , Salon May 23, 2020 Truthout