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COVID-19
We Need a Universal Basic Income Now and After COVID-19
Such a policy would not only address suffering caused by COVID, but push back against the worst parts of capitalism.
Police Use of Tear Gas Could Make the Coronavirus Pandemic Worse
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways.
Companies Are Using Pandemic to Squeeze Money From Incarcerated People Like Me
Being incarcerated should not make people like me and our families targets for extortion by phone companies.
Employment Jumps 2.5 Million in May, as Unemployment Falls to 13.3 Percent
Seventy-three percent of the unemployed report being on temporary layoffs.
Law Enforcement Seizes Thousands of Masks Sent to Protect Protesters From COVID
The seizure of the masks sparked widespread outrage on social media.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Has Adopted a “Viva Death!” Approach to the Presidency
Trump’s guiding maxim is the one articulated by Franco’s general in 1936: “Down with intelligence! Viva death!”
Pandemic and Digital Divide Threaten Accurate Census Count of Native Populations
An inaccurate census count could wreak havoc on tribal nations and people for generations to come.
As Trump Wages War on DC Residents, It’s Clear He Must Resign Immediately
For the good of the country, for the good of the people, Donald Trump must resign.
Trump’s Military Response to Protests Highlights His Authoritarianism
This is a wake-up call for those who think Trump is merely embarrassing when compared to a Hitler or a Mussolini.
Black Workers Hit Harder and Earlier by COVID Unemployment, New Report Shows
More Black workers lost their jobs in February and March than their white counterparts, the economic report found.