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Exposing 'Folly of Tying Health Coverage to Jobs,' New Study Estimates 7.3 Million More Uninsured in US by June

Medical workers take in patients at a special coronavirus intake area at Maimonides Medical Center on April 07, 2020 in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Hospitals in New York City, which has been especially hard hit by the coronavirus, are facing shortages of beds, ventilators and protective equipment for medical staff. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

'A Day That Will Live in Infamy': What It Looked Like When Wisconsin Forced In-Person Voting During a Pandemic

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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.

"People are being forced to risk their lives to place their vote or fulfill their right as an American to vote."

Oversight of $4.5 Trillion Corporate Bailout in 'Grave Jeopardy' as Trump Fires Independent Watchdog

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"A direct insult to the American taxpayers—of all political stripes—who want to...

Decades of Heavy Air Pollution Could Make Some Areas More Likely to See High Coronavirus Death Toll: Study

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We need to focus on fighting this pandemic now. When we get to the other side...

'Cruel, Reckless, and Deadly': Amnesty Warns of Looming Covid-19 Disaster for Detained Immigrants and Refugees in US

'We Can't Wait': Congress Urged to Open Medicare to Every Uninsured Laid-Off Worker

Private Equity Firms Told to 'Get to the Back of the Line' as Wealthy Investors Try to Profit Off Coronavirus Relief Funds

'We Must Act': Warren Proposes Billions to Fund 2020 Election Protections in Time of Coronavirus

Top Sanders Aide David Sirota Explains Why Billionaire Class Will Support "Coronavirus Care for All" But Never "Medicare for All"

Warning of 'Cramped and Unsanitary Conditions,' Advocates Urge US Governors to Release Inmates at Risk for COVID-19

'One of the Most Brazen Acts of Voter Suppression in Modern Times' as US Supreme Court Blocks Absentee Ballot Extension in Wisconsin

'Moronic But Consistent': Outrage Over Trump Admin Giving PPE to Private Companies, Not States

'May Very Well Prove Deadly': Sanders Condemns Wisconsin Supreme Court's Ruling That Elections Must Go Forward

Food Safety Groups Warn of Looming Zoonotic Pandemic, Blast USDA's New Slaughter Plant Regulation

'How Many More Nurses Have to Die?': Coalition of Nurses Unions Demand Life-Saving Supplies in Battle With Coronavirus

Citing 'Irreparable Harm,' Federal Judge Blocks Oklahoma Attempt to Ban Abortion During Pandemic

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Wisconsin Democrats Chose Public Health and Democracy, Republicans Chose Chaos

Alan Minsky

Stay in the Race Bernie Sanders. America Needs You Now More Than Ever.

Jeff Milchen

Dying to Vote in Wisconsin (And a Warning for November)

Isaiah J. Poole

Infrastructure and a Green Stimulus: Why We Must Organize Before Congress Acts

Karen Greenberg

While Rome Burns, Trump Gets What He’s Always Wanted

Michael Winship

Lost in the Mail in the Coronavirus Era

Josh Bivens, Celine McNicholas

What a 'Phase Four' Stimulus Package Must Provide

Dr. Sanjeev K. Sriram

Health Care Workers Need You to Be our Heroes. Here’s How.

Pete Tucker

To Stop Bernie Sanders, WaPo Willing to Risk Americans’ Lives

Leonardo Flores

The U.S. Should Fight COVID, Not Venezuela

Anthony Zenkus

The Inconvenient Truth of Rape

Karyn Strickler

A Birthday in the Time of Pandemic

Jenice Robinson

Returning to the Economic Status Quo After COVID-19 Crisis Should Not Be an Option

Nomi Prins

Wall Street Wins, Again: Bailouts in the Time of Coronavirus

Richard Eskow

Should Bernie Drop Out or Stay In? Wait, There’s Another Choice.

Juan Cole

Why America’s Anti-Science and Anti-Intellectual Attitudes Doom It to Coronavirus "Pearl Harbor"

Norman Solomon

The Pandemic Makes the Bernie 2020 Campaign More Vital Than Ever

James Zogby

The Political Toll of COVID-19

Leah Garcés

COVID-19 Illuminates Our Food System’s Failure to Protect the Most Vulnerable

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Saving People From Coronavirus Can Teach Us How to Do the Same for Climate Change

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Mr. Impeached President, What the Fuck Is Wrong With You?

So today this happened: A government watchdog report found deadly shortages of vital medical equipment, from PPE to thermometers, in 324 U.S. hospitals battling the coronavirus that's killed over 10,908 people; it also found poor federal guidance has led to "fear and distrust" among medical providers. Asked about his own report, Trump said it was "wrong," attacked and insulted reporters, and blamed George Bush. He also signed an executive order to support mining on the moon. Really.