All News Articles for 2020-03-16
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Applauding Release of Prisoners in Ohio Due to Coronavirus Threat, ACLU Calls on Officials Nationwide to Do the Same "In normal circumstances, ICE has proven time and again that it is unable to protect the health and safety of detained people. These are not normal circumstances." Read more |
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'Coronavirus Collapse': Dow Drops Record-Smashing 3,000 Points as Outbreak Panics Markets "The market is at the mercy of the virus." Read more |
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With Nation Focused on Coronavirus, Rights Groups Warn Senate Against Handing Trump 'Terrifying' Spy Powers "It's unthinkable to extend these spying powers to the same agencies that have so often sidestepped safeguards and ignored Americans' fundamental privacy rights." Read more |
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Calls Grow to Delay In-Person Primary Voting and Move to Mail-In Ballots as Coronavirus Sweeps Across US "We should delay these elections until people's legitimate fears are allayed." Read more |
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Trump to Governors: 'Try Getting It Yourselves' If You Need Life-Saving Equipment to Fight Coronavirus "This is what happens when federal government is hollowed out over decades." Read more |
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Pelosi's Coronavirus Compromise Has Left Even Tom Cotton Saying This Bill 'Doesn't Go Far Enough and Fast Enough' "They're obviously cynical phonies but this is what happens when the most powerful Democrat in the country is a conservative deficit scold who constantly nickel and dimes emergency relief bills during a mass crisis." Read more |
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'Every Chance That We Could Be Italy,' Warns US Surgeon General of Coronavirus Spread as Trump Downplays Threat "Do we want to go the direction of South Korea and really be aggressive and lower our mortality rates? Or do we want to go the direction of Italy?" Read more |
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New Polling Shows Widespread US Public Support for Paid Sick Leave, Medicare for All to Fight Coronavirus "Humane policies are popular policies." Read more |
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Advocates Argue 'Unprecedented Crisis' of Coronavirus Pandemic Proves Need for National Ban on Water Shutoffs "It is of the utmost importance for residents across this country to have running water to wash their hands to protect their health, the health of their families, and the health of their communities." Read more |
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'A Kind of Triumph of Spirit': Locked Down Italians Singing From Balconies Inspire Hope Across World "This is why so many people through many centuries fall in love with Italy." Read more |
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Norway University Calls On Students to Return Home From Countries With 'Poorly Developed Health Systems'—Such as the US "Norway is correct... the U.S. is a poorly developed country." Read more |
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'Basic Human Decency' Wins as Judge Blocks 'Cruel to Its Core' Trump Effort to Strip Food Assistance From 700,000 People Amid COVID-19 Crisis Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. stressed the importance of such programs in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more |
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Biden Adviser Compares Sanders at Debate to the 'Kind of Protester Who Often Shows Up at Campaign Events' "Let this sink in. Understand that all of us in the Sanders campaign are seen as nothing but trespassers on their party property and they absolutely cannot wait to call the cops." Read more |
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'They Are Saving Our Lives': Demand Grows for Grocery Store Employees, Other Frontline Workers to Receive Hazard Pay Amid Coronavirus Outbreak "Crewmembers are terrified, knowing their job is putting them on the frontlines of a global pandemic." Read more |
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Public Health Experts: Single-Payer Systems Coping With Coronavirus More Effectively Than For-Profit Model "Having a healthcare system that's a public strategic asset rather than a business run for profit allows for a degree of coordination and optimal use of resources." Read more |
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'Depraved': Trump Reportedly Offered German Firm 'Large Sum' for Exclusive Rights to Coronavirus Vaccine "Trump wanted not only to control any new vaccine but also to make sure that it would only be available on a for-profit basis." Read more |