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Koch-Backed Donor Network Wants to Blame COVID Deaths on Public Health Measures
A billionaire-backed fund is promoting a deregulation agenda critical of prevailing public health recommendations.
Reckless Governors Are Lobbing a Hand Grenade Into Biden’s COVID Plan
We must push back against our state leaders as they abandon life-saving protections against COVID-19.
No, It Is Not Time to Resume Normal Life, According to Public Health Experts
Resuming life "as normal" would create the conditions that spawn new variants and allow them to spread.
As Some States Reopen, People in Prison Continue to Face Harmful Lockdowns
States are beginning to reopen, but many incarcerated people remain confined to their cells for up to 23 hours a day.
White House Document Shows 18 States in Coronavirus “Red Zone”
Unpublicized recommendations say states should return to stringent control measures.
Trump Says COVID Is “Going to Sort of Just Disappear” as New US Cases Top 50k
The U.S. reported 52,982 new COVID-19 cases, the largest single-day total since the pandemic began.
Global Health Experts Alarmed at Signs US Has “Given Up” Fight Against COVID-19
Infectious disease specialists around the world are describing the U.S.'s handling of the pandemic as inexcusable.
We Need a Green New Deal to Confront the Economic Crash and Climate Crisis
Our post-pandemic world needs not recovery but rebuilding with a vision of racial, environmental and climate justice.
US Passes 2 Million COVID Cases Amid Reopening, Raising Fears of Second Wave
States are easing stay-at-home orders and reopening their economies as more than a dozen see surges in new infections.
“Stick to Sports” Has Gone by the Wayside on Right-Leaning Sports Talk Radio
Sports talk radio, long a bastion of right-wing opinions, has pushed the “reopen” argument with scant notice.