Kenny Stancil
Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders makes a point as he and former US vice president Joe Biden take part in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, DC on March 15, 2020. (Photo illustration: Original photo by Mandel Ngan/ AFP via Getty Images)
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Ed Bolen
Some lawmakers are calling for any upcoming stimulus package to suspend the three-month rule until the economy improves. (Photo: Screenshot)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
After organizers announced Wednesday that a United Nations climate summit scheduled for November will be postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, green groups, scientists, and political leaders worldwide reiterated the necessity of urgent global action to address the planetary emergency.
Heidi Shierholz
The chart shows that 9.9 million initial unemployment insurance claims have been made over the last two-week period, creating a graphic described as "difficult to stomach" by economic analysts. (Source: The Block/FRED)
Michael T. Klare
The only way to avert such a catastrophe and assure ourselves that Earth will not become an avenger planet is to heed Mother Nature’s warning and cease the further desecration of essential ecosystems. (Photo: Kevin Gill/flickr/cc)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A portrait of disaster. Unemployment insurance claims for the last two weeks are mind-blowing."
Juan Cole
Although Trump has resisted the entreaties of far right uber-hawks in his administration to bomb Iran on several occasions, he may be weakening on that score. (Photo: Wiktor Szymanowicz / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Robert C. Koehler
A Georgian soldiers wearing protective masks stop a car at a checkpoint in Tbilisi on April 1, 2020 amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a global tally showed April 1, 2020, in what the head of the United Nations has described as humanity's worst crisis since World War II. (Photo by Vano Shlamov/ AFP via Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"They're still requiring SSI recipients and veterans receiving pensions to file a tax return before receiving their coronavirus stimulus payments."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Right now money is needed for people's health, direct relief, and making sure we have a resilient future—not bolstering the fossil fuel industry."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"What kind of maniac risks such a war in the middle of a global pandemic? Answer: President Donald Trump, aided and abetted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser Robert O'Brien."
Christine Ahn, Kevin Martin
A health worker takes the temperature of a woman amid concerns over the COVID-19 coronavirus at an entrance of the Pyongchon District People's Hospital in Pyongyang on April 1, 2020. (Photo: Kim Won Jin / AFP via Getty Images)
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Julia Conley, staff writer
While countries in Europe and Asia spent the first several weeks of the year preparing their healthcare systems and populations for the coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration spent that same time sending dozens of medical shipments overseas.
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Jon Queally, staff writer
"It is absolutely imperative that the millions of Americans who are eligible for unemployment benefits receive every dollar to which they are entitled as quickly as possible."
