Andrea Germanos, staff writer
One organizer explained that the goal is to "push back with large numbers against the right-wing groups that want to risk our lives by reopening the economy."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We can't wait for more half-measures—we're taking matters into our own hands to get the information we deserve to know."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
With the Senate set to return to Washington, D.C. next week and uncertainty over when the House will also reconvene, calls continued to mount Wednesday for Congress to provide significant relief to the U.S. Postal Service, the popular federal agency that is struggling financially in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Absolutely the fuck not."
Wendy Jacobson
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks to the media during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol on April 27, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. The press conference was held to brief the media about the current situation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Georgia as the state reopens restaurants for dine-in customers. (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Plants that don't treat animals well often don't treat workers well."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The United Nations labor agency warned Wednesday that "1.6 billion workers in the informal economy—that is nearly half of the global workforce—stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed" by the worldwide economic crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Immigrant rights advocates on Tuesday condemned President Donald Trump for suggesting that his administration could enact retribution against sanctuary cities by holding up coronavirus relief funding for certain states.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"I feel like either I'm going to lose my business and everything I worked for, or I'm going to get sick."
Pierre Tristam
There was no hesitation in sending them to their death so others could live: the American cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, in Normandy. (Photo: © FlaglerLive)
Alan MacLeod
Unfortunately, for journalists stuck in a corporate media system that promotes deference to authority and finds equivalency even when there is none, the president’s dangerous ramblings need to be treated as legitimate and worthy of discussion, even in apparently adversarial media. (Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
Dora Taylor
Naomi Klein refers to this as "disaster capitalism," and it can happen far more easily now in Seattle and in other parts of the country, when schools are closed and no one is watching. (Photo: United Federation of Teachers/ Facebook)
Julia Conley, staff writer
A new study on the crisis of uninsurance within the medical field prompted the advocacy group Physicians for a National Health Program to intensify its call Wednesday for Medicare for All, demanding that the healthcare workers be afforded high-quality medical care.
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a pair of letters Wednesday, more than 100 economists urged Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to increase relief for workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic by making "substantial improvements" to the federal short-time compensation program and passing Rep. Pramila Jayapal's Paycheck Guarantee Act.
Robert Reich
A Grubhub delivery person makes bicycle deliveries on the empty streets of Washington DC. (Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A country that puts people in this situation is not a country upholding its responsibility to its citizens."
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