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COVID-19
Health Care Workers on Front Lines of COVID-19 Outbreak Lack Key Protections
The lack of protections could create shortages of caregivers and undermine efforts to control the coronavirus.
Medicare for All Would Transform the Labor Market for the Better
Policymakers can implement universal health care in a way that prevents long-term job losses while creating “good” jobs.
Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads
We are in the grip of a social panic where people are channeling their fears into racist and anti-immigrant attacks.
US Lags on Coronavirus Testing and Medical Experts Warn “No One Is Immune”
The Trump administration has failed to account for what may be thousands of infections.
Amid Coronavirus, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People
The rule would impose more strict work requirements on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.
Trump Is Treating Coronavirus Like a PR Problem, Not a Health Crisis
Unfortunately for the president, COVID-19 is proving stubbornly resistant to alternative facts.
We Need a President Who Cares If We Live or Die. Instead We Have Trump.
In the absence of presidential leadership, we must be our own leaders and take care of our communities as best we can.
Coronavirus Will Spread Faster Because We Lack Universal Health Care
Under the U.S.’s for-profit health system, the epidemic is not being treated like the public emergency it is.
Trump Bears Full Responsibility for Botched Response to Coronavirus in US
Because of Trump’s vanity and ineptitude, people will die, and many more will get sick.
Coronavirus and Ebola Show We Can’t Leave Vaccine Development to Big Pharma
The Ebola vaccine saga is a classic example of how big pharma is motivated by profit, not the public good.