Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"The magnitude of suffering this is about to cause is so immense."
Julia Conley, staff writer
With Republicans in Congress intent on drastically reducing aid for unemployed Americans and altering the Paycheck Protection Act in the next coronavirus relief bill, workers across the country are losing hope that they will ever be able to return to their jobs, according to new polling.
Jon Queally, staff writer
The effort by the president to thwart the counting by excluding undocumented immigrants, said New York AG Letitia James, is "another election-year tactic to fire up his base by dehumanizing immigrants and using them as scapegoats for his failures as a leader."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
MoveOn says voters are "fed up" with GOP senators from the battleground states of Arizona, Maine, and North Carolina "carrying water for him as he trundles toward authoritarianism."
Tom Gallagher
What will the vaccine cost the individual and who will get it? Well, as we know, the dense and the bought believe these things are matters to be settled between individuals and their pharmaceutical companies.(Photo: Floris Van Cauwelaert/flickr/cc)
Sarah Jaffe
The smoldering wreckage of a former Chase Bank in La Mesa, California, May 31, 2020. (Photo: CC)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We need more safe, healthy, good paying jobs—not more corporate polluter giveaways."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"With outbreaks raging in the U.S., this can spell disaster."
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Demanding "unprecedented social and economic measures" to cope with "unprecedented times," the United Nations Development Program called for a temporary basic income for 2.7 billion people living at or below the poverty line in more than 130 countries.
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Julie Hollar
While there is much that’s uncertain about the search for a vaccine, these antibody studies are not cause for despair. (Photo: Screenshot)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Iranian officials accused the U.S. military of "endangering innocent civilian passengers"—some of whom were injured.
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Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"This turns journalists into an arm of the government. We are not here to do surveillance for police."
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Watching moms, reporters, medics, and peaceful protesters get tear gassed and beaten by federal agents on a regular basis," said one critic, "isn't the imagery I'd choose as a cornerstone of my campaign."
Josh Bivens
The economic shock of COVID-19 was enormous, but the large expansions to the UI system included in the CARES Act of March were incredibly effective in blunting the effect of this shock. (Photo: John Sommers II/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Republicans move mountains for corporations and special interests, but when it comes to helping workers their message is clear: you're on your own."
Zoe McLaren
In New Mexico, it is relatively easy to get a test, so more people are getting tested. (Photo: AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
Julia Conley, staff writer
Citing the pandemic that he has downplayed for months, President Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly announced that it is "not the right time" to hold the Republican National Convention in August as planned—moments before he repeated his demand that public schools reopen.
