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Common Dreams staff
"Cool to know adults are in charge of stuff."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Stop the Money Pipeline, a coalition that aims to end Wall Street's funding of climate destruction, is calling on Congress to hold the line against the financial industry—and give it no special deregulatory treatment—as the federal government responds to the economic fallout from the coronavirus.
Michael Halpern
What EPA is saying here is that it wants political control over what research is used in any of the agency’s work. Don’t let them get away with this without a fight. (Photo: EPA)
Julia Conley, staff writer
An annual report on happiness levels in countries around the world points to a major factor which for the eighth year in a row has made Nordic countries among the happiest in the world.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This is not life as usual."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
More than two dozen U.S. organizations came together Friday to pressure the Trump administration to recognize the coronavirus pandemic as a "shared threat" and temporarily ease economic sanctions on Iran, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease with nearly 20,000 COVID-19 cases and over 1,400 deaths.
Josephine Lee
Trump criminalizes and blames immigrants for this crisis, the government seeks to get away with excluding undocumented immigrants from any sort of governmental relief, while allowing employers to continue to super-exploit them. (Photo: Josephine Lee)
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Trump is in front of the cameras every day, reassuring people, putting on the appearance of 'leadership,'" said one Democratic critic. "Where is Biden? Why isn't he dominating the airwaves?"
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The risk of going too small on stimulus is large and scary, while the risk of going too big is almost nonexistent," said Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute.
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Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As the number of global COVID-19 cases soared past 254,000 and the death toll topped 10,000 on Friday, concerns persisted—particularly in the United States—about healthcare costs related to the ongoing outbreak, limited testing and protective medical supplies, and how corporations may try to cash in on the public health crisis.
Julia Conley, staff writer
One of the top public health officials in the U.S. suggested that California Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to order a lockdown of his entire state starting Thursday evening could put California ahead of the curve in stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
Tom Gallagher
If successful, Biden would be the third Senator who voted for George Bush's Iraq War to win the Democratic presidential nomination, following the unsuccessful candidacies of John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The Trump administration would apparently rather you not hear those numbers."
Miles Mogulescu
With an impending shortage of tens of thousands of life-saving ventilators, testing kits, protective equipment for health care workers, and other critical medical supplies, putting the Defense Production Act into effect would enable the Federal government to order American companies to convert to mass producing and distributing this equipment on an emergency basis. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This action reveals in stark terms just how determined the administration is to roll back the rights and benefits of federal employees."
John Feffer
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. There was supposed to have been greater uniformity in response. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Sending checks to individual Americans may have its role, but it is a secondary role to sending money directly to governors and mayors without another day's delay. (Photo: John Williams/flickr/cc)
