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'We Cannot Test. We Cannot Test': As Coronavirus Cases in US Spike 40% in One Day, Medical Workers Plea for Key Supplies "Testing is central because that leads to early detection, it minimizes further spread, and it quickly treats those found with the virus." Read more |
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GOP Senators Erupt in Laughter After Suggestion to Call Corporate Bailouts "Freedom Payments" in Closed-Door Meeting With Mnuchin "I wonder how many 'freedom payments' this senator has gotten for his campaign from the corporations they are about to bail out?" Read more |
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Here Are the 51 Republican Senators Who Just Voted Against Expanding Paid Sick Leave to All Workers "If one of these Republicans (or two!) is your senator, call their office right now and tell them you saw their vote and you won't forget." Read more |
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Economists Demand Trump Immediately Lift Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela Sanctions That Are 'Feeding the Coronavirus Epidemic' "This policy is unconscionable and flagrantly against international law. It is imperative that the U.S. lift these immoral and illegal sanctions." Read more |
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'Bolsonaro Out!' From Balconies and Windows, Millions Demand Ouster of Brazilian President Over Handling of Coronavirus "Brazil can't take it anymore," declares a petition demanding Bolsonaro's impeachment. Read more |
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After Over 40 Years of Campaigning, New Zealand Parliament 'At Last' Votes to Decriminalize Abortion Care "From now on abortions will be rightly treated as a health issue." Read more |
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Refusal by Pelosi to Consider Universal Cash Payments in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic 'Maddening,' Say Progressives "This is a total failure of Democratic Party leadership." Read more |
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Big 3 Automakers Shut Down as Coronavirus Outbreak Grinds US Industry to a Halt "Today's action is the prudent thing to do." Read more |
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Global Green New Deal Supporters Urge World Leaders to Learn From Coronavirus to Tackle Climate Crisis "This is a moment when we can implement measures to help boost the economy, create jobs, and build climate resilience." Read more |
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Bashing Probe of US War Crimes, Pompeo Threatens Family of ICC Staff With Consequences "If there remained any doubt that the Trump administration's hostility towards the court is fundamentally punitive and callous in nature, these doubts have now been dispelled." Read more |
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'Literally Weaponizing Coronavirus': Despite One of World's Worst Outbreaks of Deadly Virus, US Hits Iran With 'Brutal' New Sanctions " As Iranians are ravaged by the coronavirus, the U.S. is complicit in their death. This is a crime against humanity." Read more |
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Racist President Trump Refuses to Accept How Racist It Is to Keep Calling COVID-19 the 'Chinese Virus' "This pattern of conflating race with a specific disease is a constant thread in American history." Read more |
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Internal Govt. Document Warns of 18-Month Emergency, 'Significant Shortages' as Trump Boasts of 'Fantastic' Response The report also foresees a "straining" of the national healthcare system due to increased hospitalizations. Read more |
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As Trump Limits Guest Workers From Mexico Amid Coronavirus, Farmers Warn of Labor and Food Shortages "There won't be anyone to harvest the crops... It will be devastating to growers and ultimately to the supply chain and consumers." Read more |
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'How About Zero-Interest Loans?': Calls to Primary Schumer After Dem Leader Proposes Low-Interest Loans for Coronavirus Recovery As Republicans float proposals for direct cash payments to Americans, the Democratic leader was implored to "read the room." Read more |
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Italians Found Way to 3-D Print Key Ventilator Piece for $1 to Help Battle Coronavirus—So the Company With the Patent Is Threatening to Sue "There were people whose lives were in danger, and we acted. Period." Read more |
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Progressive Lawmakers Demand Nationwide Moratorium on 'Cruel and Dangerous' Evictions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic "Evicting families puts their health at risk, imposes trauma on and disrupts the education of their children, and exacerbates the risk of outbreak in their communities," said Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and other lawmakers. Read more |
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'No Sugar Coating It': Sanders to Converse With Supporters and 'Assess' Campaign Following Latest Primary Losses "While our campaign has won the battle of ideas, we are losing the battle over electability to Joe Biden." Read more |
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As Airline Giants Beg for Taxpayer Bailout, Progressives Demand Stock Buyback Ban and Strong Worker Protections "We're not doing no-strings-attached bailouts that enrich shareholders or pay CEO bonuses. Period." Read more |
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'Willfully Choosing Not to Listen to Scientists': DNC Chair Tom Perez Under Fire for Urging States to Hold Primaries Despite Coronavirus Crisis "That Tom Perez is encouraging this, and threatening states who postpone in-person voting, is criminal." Read more |
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'Critical Victory for the Progressive Movement': Marie Newman Ousts Right-Wing Democrat Dan Lipinski "This isn't just a loss for one incumbent. It's a defeat for machine politics and big corporate donors who want to stop our movement for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and reproductive rights." Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Proposal for $2 Trillion Coronavirus Emergency Plan Includes $2,000 Direct Monthly Payments to Every American As Democratic primary turns surreal amid infectious outbreak, Sanders lays out "Coronavirus Crisis Principles" for people-centered response and a national mobilization on "a scale not seen since the New Deal and World War II." Read more |
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With PAID Leave Act, Democrats Aim to Close Loopholes in Coronavirus Bill That Left Out Millions of Workers "This is good for workers, businesses, and critically, it will help slow the spread of the coronavirus." Read more |
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Treating Coronavirus Like Active Shooter, NYC Mayor Warns of 'Shelter in Place Order' for Entire City The mayor's comments come as Gov. Cuomo says peak of infectious outbreak could still be 45 days away. Read more |
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Offering Model to Nation Battling Outbreak, New York AG Suspends All Medical and Student Debt Collection "In this time of crisis, my office will not add undue stress or saddle New Yorkers with unnecessary financial burden." Read more |
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Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Global Digital Mobilization to Mark 50th Anniversary of Earth Day "Whether it be coronavirus or our global climate crisis, we cannot shut down. Instead, we must shift our energies and efforts to new ways to mobilize the world to action." Read more |
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'The Send-People-Money Bids Are Ramping Up': As Trump Signals Direct Cash Payments, Progressives Say Check Size and Who Qualifies Matters " Good," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "Now we must suspend student loan payments." Read more |
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'Just the Beginning': Nearly 1 in 5 Americans Say They or Someone in Their Household Already Lost Hours or Jobs From Coronavirus "There is no *good* coronavirus plan unless it includes compensation for these 18% of workers. Full stop." Read more |
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As Coronavirus Death Toll Continues to Rise in Iran, Global Calls Mount for US to Lift 'Immoral' Sanctions "Actively denying an entire country medicine and humanitarian goods and continuing to pummel their economy in midst of global pandemic is the height of 'malign behavior' in my book." Read more |
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Labor Leader Sara Nelson Demands Stimulus Package That Bails Out Airline Industry Workers—Not Shareholders and CEOs The Trump administration is discussing a stimulus package with the Senate today which includes $50 billion for the airline industry, following demands from an industry trade group. Read more |
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With Many Lawmakers Out of Town, Democratic House Quietly Weakens Paid Leave Provisions in Coronavirus Relief Bill "This is not getting enough attention." Read more |
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'Appallingly Irresponsible': Though Ohio Shuts Down Primary Election Over Coronavirus, Other States Go Forward "Officials who promised that they had extremely serious plans to make voting in person in the middle of a pandemic safe were not telling the truth." Read more |
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'We Know This Script': Naomi Klein Warns of 'Coronavirus Capitalism' in New Video Detailing Battle Before Us "We know what Trump's plan is: a pandemic shock doctrine... But the end of this story hasn't been written yet." Read more |
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'Cannot Go On Like This': Ordered to Work Despite Coronavirus Outbreak, Spanish Autoworkers Shut Down Mercedes Factory The employees demanded that "the health of workers be prioritized over production in the face of the coronavirus health crisis." Read more |
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'Terrifying' New Research Warns 2.2 Million Could Die From Coronavirus in US Without Drastic Action "Only now is the White House coming out of denial and heading straight into saying it could not have been foreseen." Read more |
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'Despicable': Insurance Industry Front Group Ramps Up Propaganda Against Medicare for All Amid Coronavirus Pandemic "The healthcare industry will fight any threat to its profits with force and gobs of cash, even in the midst of a global pandemic. They cannot be bargained with. And they must be defeated." Read more |
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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 |
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Debating Bernie on Medicare for All and Coronavirus, Biden Declares: 'I Don't Want to Get This Into a Back and Forth in Terms of Our Politics' "This coronavirus pandemic exposes the incredible weakness and dysfunctionality of our current health care system," said Sanders. "We need Medicare for All." Read more |
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'Apocalyptic': Trump's Xenophobic Travel Ban Causes Chaos at U.S. Airports "This is the result of having Jared Kushner and Steven Miller direct actions and responses in a national crisis" Read more |
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Bernie Sanders Livestreams Fireside Chat BURLINGTON, Vt. – In the tradition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats, Sen. Bernie Sanders will host a livestream from his home in Burlington on Saturday, March 14th at 7:30 PM ET. He will discuss his vision for the country and take questions from supporters. Watch video here: Read more |
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Paid Sick Leave Loopholes: 'There’s a Giant Hole in Pelosi’s Coronavirus Bill' "In fact, the bill guarantees sick leave only to about 20 percent of workers." Read more |
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At 'Shock Doctrine Press Conference,' Trump Bails Out Oil Industry, Not US Families, as Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies "Trump has once again put the interests of oil and gas executives ahead of the interests of people and communities." Read more |
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As Coronavirus Grips US, Critics Remember Susan Collins' Insistence Pandemic Flu Funding Be Cut From 2009 Stimulus Package "Senator Collins went out of her way to stop funds from going to pandemic preparedness, and now Mainers are concerned because of Collins' history of opposing funding for situations exactly like this." Read more |
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'No, I Don't Take Responsibility At All,' Says Trump, About Coronavirus Testing Lag There you have it. Read more |
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As US Faces Nationwide Social Distancing, Coronavirus Threat Renews Demand for Universal Broadband Access "Schools are closing and classes are migrating online. But not every student has internet at home." Read more |
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'Grotesque Level of Greed': Owned by World's Richest Man Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Wants Workers to Pay for Colleagues' Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic "Absolute bullshit. With the amount Jeff Bezos makes in one day, he could shut stores down and pay employees to stay safe." Read more |
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House Democrats Propose Sending Checks of Up to $6,000 to Help Ease Workers' Pain During Coronavirus Pandemic "As more folks are staying in and taking necessary steps to avoid spread of the coronavirus, more Americans will struggle to cover basic needs like rent, groceries, and medicines." Read more |
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After Chelsea Manning Released From Jail, Supporters Fundraise to Pay Off Her $256,000 in Legal Fines "No one should get tortured and fined hundreds of thousands of dollars, without even getting charged with a crime, for standing up for their rights." Read more |
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'Coronavirus Isn't Stopping Us!': Youth Activists Adapt to Global Pandemic With Digital #ClimateStrikeOnline "In the face of a crisis we act according to science and fact." Read more |
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Sanders Says Coronavirus 'A Red Flag for Current Dysfunctional and Wasteful Healthcare System' "We are only as safe as the least insured person in America." Read more |
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Matt Gaetz—GOP Lawmaker Who Opposed Paid Sick Leave and Mocked Coronavirus Warnings—Now Under Quarantine Using Paid Sick Leave As a member of Congress, Gaetz earns $174,000 per year regardless of whether he comes to work—while millions of Americans must choose between working while ill or forgoing their paychecks. Read more |
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Trump Failure to Declare Coronavirus National Emergency 'Beyond Reckless and Irresponsible': Expert "This is an active and deliberate choice that the president is making." Read more |
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'Clear and Present Danger' to Public Health: Leading Progressive Group Demands Trump Resign Over Coronavirus Failure "In a time when protecting the nation's public health demands clear, truthful, and compassionate leadership, Trump has offered exactly the opposite." Read more |
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Conflicting Reports About Brazil President Bolsonaro Intensify Alarm Over Trump's Possible Exposure to Coronavirus "If Trump really hasn't been tested since this, it's extreme medial recklessness and political irresponsibility. If he has, then it's a scandalous that we don't know the results." Read more |
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Endangering Public, Trump Lies Mount as Coronavirus Spreads Across United States "It turns out it has serious consequences when in the middle of a serious public health emergency the president just lies about it over and over and over again." Read more |
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Cruelty 'Off the Charts' as Trump Blocks States From Expanding Medicaid in Response to Coronavirus "Not even a global pandemic will stop dead-eyed right-wing extremists from trying to eviscerate the social safety net." Read more |
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'Unconscionable': Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Trump Moves to Take Food Stamps From Over a Million People "Really it's a cruel rule, taking food out of the mouths of hungry individuals." Read more |
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As Coronavirus Pandemic Sweeps the Globe, Trump Authorizes New Bombing Campaign in the Middle East "This moment is the last three decades of U.S. foreign policy in miniature: spare nothing for war and military dominance and find little to spare for true threats like climate change and pandemic disease." Read more |
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'Finally': Judge Orders Chelsea Manning's Immediate Release After a Year in Jail and Suicide Attempt Given that Manning still faces a $256,000 fine for refusing to testify about WikiLeaks to a grand jury, said one reporter, "she will now struggle with destitution and poverty, but at least she will no longer be in a jail cell." Read more |
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'The Public Has a Right to Know': ACLU Sues DHS to Expose Secretive Use of Facial Recognition Technology "This unregulated surveillance technology threatens to fundamentally alter our free society and is in urgent need of democratic oversight." Read more |
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As GOP Rejects Economic Relief for Working People, Fed's $1.5 Trillion Stock Market Injection Would Cover 'Almost All Student Loan Debt in the US' " We need to care for working people as much as we care for the stock market." Read more |
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Youth Coalition Demands 'Serious Discussion' of Key Progressive Issues at Democratic Presidential Debate " In the last few democratic debates, there has been little to no discussion on the defining issues that face our generation like immigration, climate change, gun control, and mass incarceration." Read more |
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'I Did the Math': Katie Porter Gets Trump CDC Head to Commit to Making Coronavirus Testing Free "We live in a world where 33% of Americans put off medical treatment last year, and we have $1,133 expense just for testing for the coronavirus." Read more |
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Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Uninsured Congressional Candidate to Suspend Door-Knocking Efforts " Coronavirus makes clear what so many working Americans already know: our healthcare system is broken." Read more |
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'Now Is the Time for Solidarity': Bernie Sanders Addresses Health and Economic Crisis Facing US as Coronavirus Spreads "Now is the time to come together with love and compassion for all, including the most vulnerable people in our society." Read more |
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'Not the Time for Half-Measures': Progressives Demand Far-Reaching Economic and Public Health Assistance as Coronavirus Spreads "Unless people are free to stay home, we're flirting with disaster." Read more |
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New Report Takes Aim at Five Banking Institutions Backing Amazon Rainforest Exploitation "Five of the world's most powerful financial institutions are actively contributing to climate change by providing debt and equity financing for crude oil extraction projects in the Amazon." Read more |
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Warmonger Tom Cotton Openly Threatens China, Claims Beijing 'Inflicted' Coronavirus on the World "Tom Cotton is still using this as a way to build support for a war against China." Read more |
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Abortions 'Virtually Halted' in Missouri as Licensing Fight Continues for Last Clinic Providing Procedure "No one should be forced out of their home state just to access healthcare. What's happening in Missouri, and in other states down to one abortion provider, is unacceptable." Read more |
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'Absolute Chaos': Trump Travel Ban, Announced Without Notice, Throws Europe Into Panic "The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent, and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action." Read more |
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US Reportedly Bombs Iran-Backed Militias Just as House Passes Resolution to Prevent Unauthorized War "Yet again, U.S. and Iranian-backed forces appear to be exchanging fire in Iraq, despite the American people's desires to avoid yet another war of choice in the Middle East." Read more |
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Chelsea Manning Recovering After Attempting Suicide While Jailed in 'Coercive Measure Amounting to Torture' Manning's legal team said her actions "evidence the strength of her convictions, as well as the profound harm she continues to suffer as a result of her 'civil' confinement." Read more |
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152 House Democrats Join GOP to Reauthorize 'Abusive Government Surveillance Powers' "Nothing says bipartisanship like extending provisions of the PATRIOT Act." Read more |
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Insurance Industry Corrects Trump: Actually, We're Only Waiving Copays for Coronavirus Testing, Not Treatment "Heaven forbid they miss a chance to bankrupt sick people." Read more |
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'Unconscionable': Senate Republicans Block Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill as Experts Declare Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic "Every last one of them should lose their jobs." Read more |
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Denouncing Trump's Wealthy-Favoring Plan, Progressive Groups Demand Lawmakers Draft Just Economic Coronavirus Response Instead of payroll tax cuts, groups call for measures including boosted investment in safety net programs and guaranteed paid sick leave. Read more |
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Outcry After Supreme Court Stay Reinstates 'Depraved' Trump Administration Remain in Mexico Policy "Claiming one emergency after another, the government has recently sought stays in an unprecedented number of cases." Read more |
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Editorial Staff and Key Contributors at Progressive Media Outlet Truthdig Announce Work Stoppage "Truthdig has long provided an essential voice for the progressive movement. Together, we're calling on it to live up to its own values." Read more |
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Senate Committee Takes Up EARN IT Act Decried by Rights Advocates as 'Sneak Attack on Encryption' "That such a law is even being considered by Congress," says whistleblower Edward Snowden, "is a national disgrace." Read more |
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'Trying to Cover His Tracks'? Trump Reportedly Ordered Coronavirus Talks Classified "Classifying deliberations makes it harder for health experts in government without security clearances to be in key meetings. This is a disaster." Read more |
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'We Have Rung the Alarm Bell Loud and Clear': WHO Officially Declares Coronavirus a Global Pandemic Without naming specific countries, the World Health Organization's director general slammed the "alarming levels of inaction" from some governments in the face of the coronavirus outbreak. Read more |
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As Italy's Hospitals Overwhelmed by Coronavirus, Top Health Official Says 'Worst Is Yet Come' for US "We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now." Read more |
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Greta Thunberg Urges Strikers to 'Unite Behind Science' and Join #DigitalStrike for 'Best Interest of Our Common Society' "Keep your numbers low but your spirits high and let's take one week at the time." Read more |
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Bernie Not Going Anywhere Until He Has Chance to Ask Biden Some Vital Questions—And Get Some Serious Answers—on Key Issues "We have won the ideological debate, but we are losing the debate over electability," Sanders said Wednesday. Read more |
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Convicted Rapist Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison "He is going to jail—but no amount of jail time will repair the lives he ruined." Read more |