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'Ticking Time Bombs': Democrats and Advocates Demand Release of At-Risk Inmates Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

An inmate is escorted to a rehabilitation exercise at a Bay Area hospital Feb. 23, 2011.

NIH Director Says 'Drastic' Measures Like California Lockdown Are Needed to Stop Coronavirus Spread

Julia Conley, staff writer

"If we did everything right today...what we might be able to do is change what's going to happen three or four weeks from now. That's our challenge."

'How About Zero-Interest Loans?': Calls to Primary Schumer After Dem Leader Proposes Low-Interest Loans for Coronavirus Recovery

Julia Conley, staff writer

As Republicans float proposals for direct cash payments to Americans, the...

Treating Coronavirus Like Active Shooter, NYC Mayor Warns of 'Shelter in Place Order' for Entire City

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

New York City's Grand Central terminal is quiet on a business day due to the coronavirus pandemic on March 16, 2020.

The mayor's comments come as Gov. Cuomo says peak of infectious outbreak could...

Offering Model to Nation Battling Outbreak, New York AG Suspends All Medical and Student Debt Collection

'Absolutely Chilling': Reports From Frontlines of Coronavirus Outbreak Reveal Roadblocks to Testing, Lack of Safety Protocols

Judge Rejects Trump's "Lame Effort" at Dismissal of E. Jean Carroll's Defamation Case

In Wake of Hanukkah Attack, Sanders Calls on US to Stand Together to 'Defeat Bigotry, Violence, and Anti-Semitism'

'This Isn't the End,' Vow Climate Campaigners After New York Court Sides With Exxon in Fraud Trial

'We Were Proven Right,' Says AOC After Amazon Expands in New York Without Taking Billions in Public Cash

Asking Supreme Court to Shield His Tax Returns, Trump Claims He Is 'Absolutely Immune' From Criminal Investigation

Progressives Excoriate Schumer for Mourning as 'Card-Carrying Islamophobe' GOP Rep. Peter King Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election

Environmentalists Slam 'Climate Criminal' Rex Tillerson for Spreading More Lies During Testimony in Exxon Trial

'This Is Big Oil's Big Tobacco Moment': Trial Over ExxonMobil's Climate Crimes Begins in New York

It's Not the End of the Fight, Say Justice Advocates, as New York City Passes Plan to Close Notorious Rikers, Open New Jails

Calling Trump's Claim That He Is Above the Law 'Repugnant,' Federal Judge Orders Release of President's Tax Returns

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Yes, It Could Happen Here: When Nazis Came to New York

With Trump's latest crime against "the other" - immigrants may have to choose between food and green card - a timely new book considers the threat of a "21st-century master of divisive rhetoric" whose toxic mix of fear, lies, and scapegoating uncannily echos an earlier monster. If you think that's a stretch, see "A Night At the Garden," documenting the 1939 night when 20,000 New Yorkers came to cheer Nazis on - chilling proof "most humans have dark passions inside us, waiting to be stirred up."