Julia Conley, staff writer
New analysis by the Congressional Budget Office offered what one observer called an "incredibly sobering" projection for unemployment levels for the coming two years as the U.S. recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Amazon is one of the world's wealthiest companies and its profits are surging as a result of this crisis. It is repugnant that the company's workforce feel their safety is not being taken seriously."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withhold all future Covid-19 relief funding from the U.S. Postal Service unless the federal agency dramatically raises its shipping prices—a demand that critics say is ludicrous given the economic calamity the American people and the post office are now facing.
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Morris Pearl
Wearing a scarf over her mouth and nose, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is surrounded by security and staff as she arrives for her weekly news conference during the novel coronavirus pandemic at the U.S. Capitol April 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If these are truly legislative priorities for members of Congress, as they should be, they need to start fighting for them."
Julia Conley, staff writer
A day after President Donald Trump publicly speculated about the efficacy of injecting disinfectants into the lungs of a coronavirus patient and exposing people to large amounts of ultraviolet rays to treat the virus, the progressive advocacy group MoveOn called on Trump's cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Anyone who does this will not die from #COVID19 because they will have already poisoned themselves to death."
Christian Christensen
A right-wing protester in Minnesota holds a sign which reads "Be like Sweden" while another called the coronavirus pandemic a "fake crisis" during an anti-lockdown demonstration in Minnesota last week. (Photo: AP)
Jeffrey C. Isaac
AOC symbolizes integrity, the courage of her political convictions, and the kind of passionate egalitarianism that the Democratic party must nourish if it is to have a future. (Photo: Senate Democrats/flickr/cc)
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Health is a human right. Medical knowledge is a public good. No one should be left behind."
Laura Flanders
Want to pay the WHO to fight pandemics and poverty around the world for a decade? One man called Jeff could do it today and still be worth $114.5 billion as he was at the end of last year. (Photo by Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It's despicable to risk irreversible harm to spectacular wild places by propping up uranium companies that can't compete in global markets."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"If Summers were to land a top job in the Biden administration it would signal a clear shift to the right."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The largest ever assessment of long-term insect abundance found that there has been a nearly 25% decrease of land-dwelling bugs like ants, butterflies, and grasshoppers over the past 30 years—a revelation that inspired fresh demands for urgent international action to tackle the decades-long, human-caused "bugpocalypse."
Tara Lohan
The U.S. Coast Guard conducts a controlled burn of oil spilled from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform, which exploded on April 20, 2010 and spilled 168 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. (Photo: Justin E. Stumberg / U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"I was finally able to sit on hold almost four hours. Then I got disconnected," said one Arizona man attempting to apply for benefits.
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We are so grateful for the unapologetic moral clarity and political courage," said Sunrise Movement, questioning when House Democrats will "use their leverage to fight for us."
Gurmukteshwar Singh
Hospitals have been strained for resources, including skilled personnel, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Getty)
Kyla Bennett
PFAS do not break down in the environment and bioaccumulate in the food chain. They are associated with birth defects and developmental damage to infants, the liver, kidneys and immune system, as well as cancer risk. (Photo: Getty)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This administration is committed to fulfilling the decades-long pursuit by some to sacrifice our public Postal Service at the altar of private profit."
