Miles Kampf-Lassin
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and already the richest person in the world, saw his fortune inflate by $24 billion in the first three months of the year, a surge the report’s authors say is “unprecedented in the history of modern markets.” (Photo: Getty Images)
John Cavanagh
President Donald Trump announced in a tweet on April 14 that he was “halting funding” for the World Health Organization.
Christopher Cook
Crises tend to expose pre-existing societal malfunctions, and the Covid-19 pandemic has provided a bleak view into our political and economic soul.
Julia Conley, staff writer
In what the advocacy group Demand Justice called a "Friday news dump," U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said he would not direct a federal court to conduct an inquiry into the retirement of Judge Thomas Griffith from second-highest court in the country.
Mary Fitzgerald, Cori Crider
AI firm Palantir is apparently assisting the NHS in tracking hospital resources and in providing a “single source of truth” about the epidemic, in order to stem its spread. Founded by Silicon Valley billionaire and close Trump ally Peter Thiel, the data-mining firm is best known for supporting the CIA’s counterinsurgency and intelligence operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo: The DEMO Conference/Flickr/cc)
Julia Conley, staff writer
International diplomats were stunned and frustrated Friday night after the U.S. again blocked a United Nations resolution to call for a global ceasefire during the coronavirus pandemic.
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