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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.
![Even Under U.S. Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy and More](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/SEG2-CubanDoctors-400x300.jpg)
Even Under US Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy
Cuba has also deployed doctors to Venezuela, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Suriname and Grenada.
![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.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0324-jared-kushner-covid-19-400x300.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0324-dan-patrick-coronavirus-400x300.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0324-donald-trump-covid-19-400x300.jpg)
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.
![A worker stocks up on groceries at a local supermarket on March 20, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0324-grocery-store-400x300.jpg)
States Should Designate Grocery Workers as “Essential Personnel” Without Delay
Grocery workers are working for us at considerable personal risk; we need to act now to protect them.
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If We Run Out of Masks, We’re Going to Run Out of Nurses, Says Emergency Doctor
Doctors are facing a desperate lack of supplies, and tests continue to lag.
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COVID-19 Will Spread Like Wildfire in Migrant Jails If Detainees Aren’t Released
Obama's former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director is calling for the release of thousands from detention.
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Florida Receives Emergency Medical Supplies Even as Other States Struggle
A chaotic distribution plan is buckling under a big problem: Nobody has enough.
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Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. We Need a Massive Movement in Response.
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.