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![COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG2-COVID-African-Americans-400x300.jpg)
COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First and Exposed Structural Racism
A report found that 70 of the first 100 people to die of COVID-19 in Chicago were Black.
![Standoff in South Dakota: Cheyenne River Sioux Refuse Governor’s Demand to Remove COVID Checkpoints](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG1-Frazier-Checkpoint-Split-400x300.jpg)
Cheyenne River Sioux Refuse Governor’s Demand to Remove COVID Checkpoints
The Cheyenne River Sioux and Oglala Sioux tribes say the checkpoints are the best way to protect their communities.
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Trump Death Clock Creator Says Reckless Mishandling of COVID Must Be Quantified
Filmmaker, author and activist Eugene Jarecki keeps track of lives lost due to Trump's inaction.
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Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking “Trump = Plague” in New York
The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours.
![Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black America](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG3-Covid-RacialDisparities-Medium-400x300.jpg)
One Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black People
A social organization's Mardi Gras aftermath shows the deadly disparate impact of the pandemic on its Black members.
![“A Lynch Mob”: After Months of Inaction, 2 White Men Are Charged with Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in GA](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG2-Arbery-Killers-Split-400x300.jpg)
After Months of Inaction, 2 White Men Are Charged With Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
The arrests came two days after video of the attack in February was shared with the public, sparking widespread outrage.
![Profiting from the Pandemic: Will Pharmaceutical Giants Use Patents to Limit Access to COVID Drugs?](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/SEG2-Patents-2-400x300.jpg)
Will Pharmaceutical Giants Use Patents to Limit Access to COVID Drugs?
Pharmaceutical giant Gilead is poised to make massive profits from patented COVID-19 drugs.
![An activist writes messages on her vehicle as she participates in a May Day protest during the coronavirus pandemic, May 1, 2020, Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/05/2020_0507-may-day-protest-flag-400x300.jpg)
Henry A. Giroux: It Is Impossible to Be Radical Without Being Optimistic
Henry A. Giroux examines the COVID-19 crisis as part of a more comprehensive crisis of politics and morality.
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US Mercenaries Captured in Venezuela After Failed Coup Attempt
Two Americans have been arrested in Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro claims the U.S. was behind the plot.
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Reporter Laurie Garrett Warns COVID-19 Pandemic May Last 36 Months or More
Garrett predicted the pandemic. In an extended interview, she discusses what’s next.