Julia Conley, staff writer
While millions of Americans are facing job loss, the loss of their employer-sponsored health coverage, and difficulty affording necessities over the coming months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump's real estate empire is seeking relief from paying back loans.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"None of us know how long this pandemic will last, and no American should have to choose between protecting their health and exercising their right to vote."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In an op-ed published Thursday by TIME, Poor People's Campaign co-chairs Rev. Drs. William Barber and Liz Theoharis outlined the "evil" elements of the $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus legislation that President Donald Trump signed last week and demanded a federal COVID-19 relief effort that centers the needs of the nation's most vulnerable.
Christopher D. Cook
Remember hearing at the debates that we can’t afford health care or saving the planet? (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rick Claypool
Lloyd Blankfein, Former CEO of Goldman Sachs, Net worth: $1.3 billion. (Photo by Michael Cohen/Getty Images for The New York Times)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The DNC is delaying a convention that was set to take place in Wisconsin in July. But the Democratic governor and Republican legislature there won't move—or cancel the in-person portion of—a primary that's happening there next Tuesday."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Trump administration is robbing workers of the paid sick days and paid leave Congress passed into law for them. That is unconscionable."
Derrick Z. Jackson
Social distancing also has created other ironies for the working poor and communities disproportionately breathing in the particulates of pollution. (Photo: Derrick Jackson)
Julia Conley, staff writer
As 6.6 million Americans filed jobless claims last week due to the coronavirus pandemic bringing many industries to a halt, historically long lines at food banks across the country offered another grim illustration of the financial realities faced by working people in the United States.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the cruelty of tying health insurance coverage to employment."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The COVID-19 pandemic lays bare the cruelty of tying health insurance coverage to employment."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As the number of COVID-19 cases climbed toward a million worldwide on Thursday, over 100 human rights groups issued a joint statement warning that governments' response to the coronavirus pandemic "must not be used as a cover to usher in a new era of greatly expanded systems of invasive digital surveillance."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Voters are watching in real time as Bernie Sanders' platform—Medicare for All, a federal housing guarantee, paid leave for everyone, and much else—is looking more and more like a common-sense solution to huge problems."
Robert Reich
We need to reform the public assistance program so that more families in need are eligible. (Photo: badsci/flickr/cc)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Your boss is the richest person on Earth, and he just became $3.4 billion richer last month dumping stock in anticipation of this pandemic. How much does he pay you to pretend he can't afford to give his workers PPE and a sane paid sick leave policy?"
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Julia Conley, staff writer
With power plants, public transportation, and businesses shut down as governments call for widespread social distancing practices to slow the spread of the coronavirus, climate scientists are recording a drastic drop in planet-heating fossil fuel emissions.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"How about we #KeepItInTheGround?"
Dorothee Benz
Americans can rightly demand an explanation for the vast gulf between the ideas espoused by free-market advocates and the failure of the market to provide essential social goods, most pressingly right now, healthcare. (Photo: Dave Center/flickr/cc)
