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COVID-19
We Need Universal Mail-In Ballots for the 2020 Election
Voting by mail exclusively would preclude the need for poll workers during a pandemic.
“In a Week We Will Be Italy,” Says New York ER Doctor About COVID-19 in the US
New York City is seeing the same surge in COVID-19 cases that overwhelmed health care systems in China, Italy and Spain.
Sanders Fights for Worker Protections in $2 Trillion Stimulus Package
The Senate's unanimously approved historic emergency relief package includes a large corporate bailout fund.
Glenn Beck Tells Older Americans to Get Back to Work
Beck isn't the only prominent conservative to argue older Americans should risk their lives to save the economy.
The Senate Has Passed the Largest Corporate Bailout in US History
The package establishes a $4.5 trillion fund to bail out large corporations with little to no enforceable restrictions.
State Governments Step In as Trump Makes Lethal Mistakes in COVID-19 Response
If we somehow avoid a catastrophe on a truly epic scale, it will not be because of the Trump administration.
Anti-Abortion Groups Are Using the COVID-19 Outbreak to Stop Abortions
The groups suggested strategies the administration could use amid the COVID-19 crisis to cut off access to abortion.
Are We Prepared for a Climate Crisis in the Middle of a Pandemic?
Governments and communities must come up with a plan to deal with climate-related displacement amid a pandemic.
Nurses in New York Still Lack Masks and Ventilators as COVID-19 Spreads
Metropolitan New York has 60 percent of new U.S. cases, and hospitalizations are expected to peak in the next 40 days.
Madrid’s Ice Rink Turned Into Morgue as Spain Exceeds China in COVID-19 Deaths
So many people have died that Madrid’s municipal funeral home has stopped collecting bodies.