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All News Articles for 2020-04-17

Friday, April 17, 2020
	As Coronavirus Numbers Across State Continue to Rise, Florida Gov. DeSantis Allows Some Beaches to Reopen "Why aren't any elected officials speaking out against this?" Read more
	Thousands Join Virtual Rally to Demand World Without Prisons as Coronavirus Spreads in Detention Centers "In the midst of a global pandemic, prisons are Petri dishes and all sentences are death sentences." Read more
	In Letter to Mnuchin, Harris and 13 Other Senators Demand Stimulus Cash Be Exempt From Debt Collections "Americans are in dire need of money to pay their rent and put food on the table—this is absurd." Read more
	Lula Warns 'Reckless' Pandemic Response by Bolsonaro Leading Brazil 'to the Slaughterhouse' The former Brazilian president joined a growing global chorus criticizing how the country's current leader has handled the public health crisis. Read more
	#GetUsPPE: Advocates Place 1,000 Signs on Capitol Lawn to Demand Safety Equipment for Frontline Workers "The United States is the richest country in the history of humanity. There's absolutely no reason why our frontline healthcare workers shouldn't have access to PPE." Read more
	Ilhan Omar Bill Would Cancel All Rent and Mortgage Payments for Duration of Covid-19 Crisis "In 2008, we bailed out Wall Street. This time, it's time to bail out the American people who are suffering." Read more
	'Stop Tweeting. People Are Dying': Trump Condemned for Twitter Rampage Encouraging Right-Wing Protests "I lack words to describe how stupid and dangerous this is." Read more
	'The US Knew': Report Says American Intel on Threat of Coronavirus Was Shared With Israel and NATO in November, Dismissed by Trump " The smoking gun has arrived." Read more
	Emerging Climate-Fueled Megadrought in Western US Rivals Any Over Past 1,200 Years: Study "We now have enough observations of current drought and tree-ring records of past drought to say that we're on the same trajectory as the worst prehistoric droughts." Read more
	UN Issues Call to Protect Children From 'Potentially Catastrophic' Economic and Social Effects of Pandemic "Now is the time to step up international solidarity for children and humanity." Read more
	As Food Banks Face Shortages and Fresh Produce Rots, Pandemic Spurs Calls for Sustainable Supply Chain "To truly be resilient, our system must shift to one that relies on small and medium producers and independent, responsible operations." Read more
	'A Right of the People': Leader of Postal Workers Union Demands USPS Funding in Next Stimulus Bill "We now need Congress to tell Mnuchin, 'There will be no incentive package that you want without the Post Office in it.'" Read more
	As Pandemic Rages, Trump CFPB Plows Ahead With Rules 'Empowering Predatory Lenders to Rip Off Vulnerable Consumers' "CFPB is continuing a deregulatory, anti-transparency, anti-accountability, anti-consumer protection rulemaking agenda, even in the face of Covid-19." Read more
	'Disturbing': New Trump Plan to Reopen Economy Contains No National Covid-19 Testing Strategy "There is no plan for testing. Nothing, nada, zilch." Read more