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COVID-19
![A cardboard cutout of President Trump stands amid people protesting the stay-at-home orders outside the state capitol building in Sacramento, California, on May 1, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0515-trump-protest-400x300.jpg)
“Wartime President” Trump Thinks His Culture War With Democrats Will Save Him
With a reheated culture war and vague threats against Democrats, Trump thinks he can bluff his way to victory.
![President Trump speaks as he tours an Owens & Minor, Inc., medical supplies distribution center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on May 14, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0515-trump-medical-j-400x300.jpg)
Trump Says Doctors and Nurses “Running Into Death” Is “Beautiful Thing to See”
Thousands of health care workers have contracted COVID-19, and many are facing severe PPE shortages.
![Rahman Brooks and other striking sanitation workers gather around a car at a picket line in New Orleans. The strikers are demanding higher wages and better working conditions from a private contractor and city officials.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0515-sanitation-worker-strike-400x300.jpg)
Essential Sanitary Workers Strike for Hazard Pay and PPE in New Orleans
The work stoppage entered its second week on Wednesday, highlighting the pitfalls of privatizing public services.
![Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi conducts a news conference in the Capitols Rayburn Room on May 7, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0515-nancy-pelosi-j-400x300.jpg)
Democrats’ Relief Bill Would Let Lobbying Giants Access Small Business Aid
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America could qualify for the aid money.
![Sen. Richard Burr attends a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0514-richard-burr-400x300.jpg)
Did Senate Intel Chair Burr Use Confidential COVID Briefings to Unload Stocks?
Sen. Richard Burr stepped down as chair as the FBI began an inquiry into possible insider trading in the Senate.
![Gov. Tony Evers addresses the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry Regiment, during a sendoff ceremony on July 14, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0514-tony-evers-400x300.jpg)
Wisconsin Is “Wild West” After Supreme Court Ruling Against Shelter-in-Place
Most Wisconsinites agreed with the governor's actions when it came to social distancing, recent polling found.
![Members of the New York Army National Guard join with others in filling cars with take-away meals to be delivered to the elderly and those that can not leave their housing due to the coronavirus at a community center in Brooklyn on April 14, 2020, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0514-national-guards-covid-400x300.jpg)
Amid Pandemic, Everyone Should Be Deemed “Essential” — and Protected as Such
Why is the military still being funded at astronomical levels, while other agencies are gutted?
![When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Cope, Relieve Suffering?](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG2-PalliativeCare-Covid-4-400x300.jpg)
When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Relieve Suffering?
A tremendous emotional toll is imposed when loved ones are forced to battle COVID alone in hospitals or at home.
![Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis as Millions Feel Alone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG1-Depression-Covid-1-400x300.jpg)
Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis
Millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety.
![Deanna Sison walks through the temporarily shuttered Victory Hall and Parlor bar where her Little Skillet restaurant is based in San Francisco, California, on April 28, 2020. Sison is struggling to keep her restaurants after federal funds made available to assist small business owners during the coronavirus pandemic quickly dried up.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0514-restaurant-covid-400x300.jpg)
Trump Admin Says New Bailout Will Help 35 Million Americans. It Probably Won’t.
Experts from across the political spectrum fear the program won’t reach enough businesses or save enough jobs.