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Amazon Warehouse Workers Walk Off Job to Demand Safer Conditions During Pandemic
Workers in Staten Island walked off the job again to protest unsafe working conditions as online orders soar.
AOC Says Sanders’s Plans Highlight the Progressive Future We Need Amid COVID-19
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discusses plans for the 2020 election, and the need for single-payer and living wages.
The COVID-19 Outbreak Has Enabled Trump to Advance His Right-Wing Agenda
The pandemic has helped green-light plans and projects that encountered opposition before the crisis.
Pharma-Funded Group Promoting Malaria Drug to Trump Is Tied to Top Trump Donor
The Job Creators Network has been pushing Trump to approve the use of hydroxychloroquine for treating COVID-19.
Supreme Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin as COVID-19 Spreads
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warns that the right-wing majority's ruling will result in massive disenfranchisement.
People Are Fleeing to Appalachia to Escape COVID-19. That Needs to Stop.
Wealthy urbanites escaping COVID-19 are overstressing already poor communities, and likely bringing the virus with them.
Who Cares for Care Workers During the Pandemic?
This pandemic exposes the urgent need for a major transformation in how we think about and support care workers.
African Americans Have Contracted and Died of COVID-19 at an Alarming Rate
Some states' unwillingness to publicly track the virus by race could obscure this crucial underlying reality.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism
Decades of neoliberal policies have deeply eroded the notions of public good, social contracts and solidarity.
Trump’s Former Lawyer Had Million-Dollar Contract With Hydroxychloroquine Maker
Is there a financial reason why the president may be pushing an unproven drug for coronavirus treatment?