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COVID-19
Small Towns Have Been Left to Fend for Themselves as COVID-19 Depletes Budgets
It’s flood season and local leaders have no idea how to help residents through natural disasters.
In the Era of COVID-19, Collective Grief Is Rebellion
Kelly Hayes talks with author and organizer Cindy Milstein about reclaiming collective grief and resisting fascism.
As Trump Golfed and Downplayed COVID, US Death Count Pushed Past 100,000
Americans make up 30 percent of world COVID Deaths, a number likely to rise by July Fourth, according to some models.
Lake of Ozarks Partygoers Who Ignored Social Distancing Told to Self-Isolate
Missouri's relatively low infection rate is in jeopardy after the weekend party drew crowds from around the state.
Brazil’s Reckless COVID Response Threatens Indigenous Survival
Brazil has seen more than 800 deaths in 24 hours and nearly 400,000 confirmed cases.
COVID Isn’t a “Peacemaker.” Expect the Pentagon to Modify Warfare — Not End It.
After the pandemic, talk of “ending” this country’s forever wars may merely be an exercise in semantics.
Trump Surprises GOP With Threat to Pull RNC Convention Out of North Carolina
The RNC is moving “full steam ahead” with the convention as an in-person event.
Feds Made It Harder to Free Prisoners Amid COVID, Even as Barr Promised Releases
A secret Bureau of Prisons policy has kept all but 1.8 percent of federal prisoners behind bars, where the virus rages.
Trump Ridicules Biden’s Use of a Face Mask as US COVID Infections Near 2 Million
Health authorities around the world have strongly urged the use of face masks to stop the spread of COVID-19.
Trump Adviser Says “Human Capital Stock” Should Get Back to Work
To them, we are only meat for the machine, nothing more than an entirely expendable commodity.