News | Politics & Elections Trump Plans to Adjourn Congress to Push Through Political Appointments The president threatened to use a little-known and untried constitutional provision to push through his appointments. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 16, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights India’s Prime Minister Is Using Pandemic to Repress Dissent, Says Arundhati Roy Officials in India say six major cities are coronavirus hot spots, including the capital city, New Delhi. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! April 16, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health Zoologist Debunks Trump’s COVID-19 Origin Theory, Calling It “Pure Baloney” President Trump is trying to deflect attention from his handling of the pandemic by waging war on public health experts. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! April 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Fox News Defends Its COVID Lies, Saying First Amendment Protects “False” Speech Fox News says it cannot be held liable because the Constitution protects “false” and “outrageous” claims. By Igor Derysh , Salon April 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Is Now $24 Billion Richer Amid Pandemic While millions of people across the U.S. have lost their incomes due to COVID-19, Amazon stock surged 5.3 percent. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams April 16, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump’s Lies Are Killing His Supporters as COVID Starts to Sweep Rural America How many people who jammed the churches because the president said it was safe will be dead by June? By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout April 16, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health A COVID-19 Vaccine Will Not Be Enough — We Need a Plan to Distribute It To be effective, the vaccine must be accessible and affordable to people of all socioeconomic stripes worldwide. By Hina Tai , Truthout April 16, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Where I’m Incarcerated, People With COVID-19 Are Warehoused in a Gym A private company located hundreds of miles away is making medical decisions for COVID-19 patients in my prison. By Lacino Hamilton , Truthout April 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Education & Youth Due to COVID-19, We Had First March Since 2002 Without a School Shooting Despite the absence of school shootings in March, gun sales in the month were the second highest on record. By Eoin Higgins , CommonDreams April 16, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health 37,000 More Americans May Die Because Trump Did Not Take COVID-19 Seriously Trump's inaction in early March may have cost the lives of tens of thousands of Americans, say epidemiologists. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 15, 2020 Truthout