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COVID-19

Traders wear masks in the new york stock exchange
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

To Confront Coronavirus, We Need an Emergency Wealth Tax

A one-time 3 percent wealth tax on the world’s richest 10 percent could raise $9 trillion toward economic recovery.
by
John R. Talbott,
Truthout
March 25, 2020
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A medical staff member holds a newborn after a caesarean section at a gynaecology and obstetrics isolation ward for expectant mothers infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus in Xiehe hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province, March 7, 2020.
News Analysis
Environment & Health

Pregnant? Here’s What to Expect While Giving Birth Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The experience you expected is likely to be very different from the one you’ll actually get.
by
Nina Martin,
ProPublica
March 25, 2020
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The Department of Veterans Affairs serves as a backup health care system in a national health emergency.
News
Environment & Health

Vets Say We Need a Strong VA to Combat Coronavirus and Win Medicare for All

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) serves as a backup health care system in a national health emergency.
by
Candice Bernd,
Truthout
March 25, 2020
Truthout
Donald Trump looks downward
Op-Ed
Economy & Labor

The COVID-19 Crisis Won’t Be Over by Easter, and $2 Trillion Is Not Enough

Trump’s claim that this will end by Easter cannot rationally exist in the same universe as the $2 trillion aid package.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
March 25, 2020
Truthout
President Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House on March 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
News Analysis
Racial Justice

If You Hear Someone Say “Chinese Virus,” Don’t Let It Slide

To distract from his own administration’s failures, Trump has turned to some of the U.S.’s oldest nativist tropes.
by
Jack Herrera,
Truthout
March 24, 2020
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Will Rikers Island Free More Prisoners as 60+ Test Positive for COVID-19?
Interview
Environment & Health

Will Rikers Island Free More People After Over 60 Test Positive for COVID-19?

Calls are growing in the New York City epicenter of the pandemic to release people from Rikers Island.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
March 24, 2020
Truthout
Even Under U.S. Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy and More
Interview
Environment & Health

Even Under US Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy

Cuba has also deployed doctors to Venezuela, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Suriname and Grenada.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
March 24, 2020
Truthout
White House adviser Jared Kushner attends a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters on March 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
News
Environment & Health

Trump Will Not Require Manufacturers to Make Vital Medical Equipment

Kushner has thrown out the established government plan on pandemics in favor of the directives of corporate executives.
by
Igor Derysh,
Salon
March 24, 2020
Truthout
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks at the Republican Party of Texas State Convention at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, May 12, 2016, in Dallas.
News
Environment & Health

Texas Lt. Governor Says Seniors Should Risk Dying of COVID-19 to Protect Economy

Texas lawmakers and other observers reacted with alarm to Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick’s remarks on Fox News.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
March 24, 2020
Truthout
President Trump gestures next to Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx and Vice President Pence during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, at the White House, March 23, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Op-Ed
Environment & Health

Trump Will Feed You to COVID-19 to Keep the Money Happy

If Trump blows off the COVID-19 warnings, we the people must refuse to listen.
by
William Rivers Pitt,
Truthout
March 24, 2020
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