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COVID-19
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.
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.
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.
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 US Sanctions, Cuba Sends Doctor Brigade to Italy
Cuba has also deployed doctors to Venezuela, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Suriname and Grenada.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.