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COVID-19
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.