Julia Conley, staff writer
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be joined by labor rights advocates and progressive economists Wednesday night for a livestream on the future of the U.S. economy after the coronavirus pandemic.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"There is absolutely no excuse left for Congress to exclude basic human needs from the next coronavirus stimulus package, or in general," said Food & Water Action's Rianna Eckel.
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
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Olivia Alperstein
Empty drug store shelves in Phoenix, Arizona shortly after quarantine measures were announced. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Christopher D. Cook
Whoever wins the presidency, the millions of people who voted and worked for Bernie Sanders will need to plow their energies and talents into creating serious political pressure to win gains for climate action, health care access, people power, workers’ rights, corporate accountability, and much more. (Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Julia Conley, staff writer
The Guatemalan health minister said an estimated 75% of the people on one deportation flight from the U.S. later tested positive for the virus.
Cynthia Kaufman
It isn't that I wish COVID-19 received a less urgent and comprehensive response. It is that I wish those other crises were treated with the intensity of purpose they also deserve. (Photo: Ronen Tivony/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Aminata Touré
A scientific staff member works in a secure laboratory, researching the coronavirus, at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar on February 3, 2020. (Photo:Seyllou / AFP / Getty images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As calls for a People's Bailout in response to the coronavirus pandemic continue to grow across the United States, a new analysis warns that the country's Big Oil companies "stand to reap yet another billion dollar bailout" thanks to the Federal Reserve's plans to buy up to $750 billion in corporate debt.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"These selfish and out-of-touch fringe groups are throwing a temper tantrum at the expense of public safety and health."
Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores
Littoral combat ship USS Detroit off the coast of Venezuela. (Photo: US Navy/DoD)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"More than 9,000 U.S. healthcare workers have been infected with Covid-19 and 27 have died. The biggest workplace catastrophe ever to hit the nation's healthcare workers."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Eight Republican governors still have not issued statewide stay-at-home orders as deaths in the U.S. top 26,000.
Lexi McMenamin
Sanders’s “Not Me, Us” message has already taken root, both in movement spaces and electorally. (Photo: Getty Images)
Robbie Goldstein
"In 2008, the banks were too big to fail, so we moved quickly to bail them out," writes Dr. Goldstein. "Now, in the face of the largest public health crisis we’ve seen in a century, the American hospital system is too important to fail." (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Amplifying fresh critiques of wealthy inequality that have mounted throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos—the world's richest man—has added nearly $24 billion to his already massive fortune in 2020 as virus-related lockdowns across the globe caused by the have forced people to stay inside and fueled increased e-commerce demand.
Bilal Hussain
Residents line up outside a medicine shop in Indian-administered Kashmir. (Photo: Bilal Hussain)
Ruth Conniff
An election official checks in a resident at a drive-up polling place set up outside of Roosevelt Elementary School on April 7, 2020 in Racine, Wisconsin. The polling place was set up to offer drive-up voting where residents voted from their vehicles but it offered one outdoor voting booth for residents who walked to the polling place. The extreme measures were put in place to make the process safer for residents and election officials as the state continues its shelter-in-place... Читать дальше...
Robert Reich
This is not leadership. This is the exact opposite of leadership. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"All the plans we have for a safe and legitimate general election in November depend heavily upon the ability to expand vote-by-mail. Yet those plans would be completely upended if the United States Postal Service collapses."
