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Hailed as 'Heroes' During Pandemic, Retail Workers Stripped of Hazard Pay While Companies Rake in Massive Profits

Alarmed by 'Rapidly Worsening' Pandemic, Top Health Experts Urge GSA Administrator to Immediately Begin Presidential Transition

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A view of the White House in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 2020 after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

"A seamless transition is necessary to ensure that the incoming administration is prepared to confront the Covid-19 pandemic from day one."

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'Absolutely Sickening': US Military Buys Location Data Harvested From Apps, Including One for Muslim Prayers

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Reporting by Motherboard on Monday sparked alarm over the U.S. military buying location data harvested from mobile phone applications. (Photo: Getty Images)

"The military industrial complex and the surveillance state have always had a...

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'It Should Belong to Humanity': Funded by Public, Promising Moderna Results Bolster Global Call for #PeoplesVaccine

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Moderna, a U.S. biotech firm, announced on November 16, 2020 that its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95% effective. (Photo illustration: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

"It's time for companies to live up to their human rights responsibilities and...

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about climate crisis and the wildfires on the West Coast at the Delaware Museum of Natural History on September 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Climate Groups Push Biden to Ensure Financial Appointees Are Committed to Actions That 'Match the Scale of the Crisis'

President Donald Trump waves after introducing his then-nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

'Finally': In Potential Nod to Biden Win, Federal Reserve Applies to Join Climate Network for Central Banks

People celebrate on Black Lives Matter plaza across from the White House in Washington, D.C. on November 7, 2020, after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election

'Biden Must Not Appoint a Single Corporate Lobbyist, Lawyer, or Executive' to Top Posts, Say Progressives. 'Not One.'

'Every Vote Must Be Counted': Democracy Defenders Face Off Against Trump Lies About Election Results

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 2020. He warned that the U.S. faces an "unprecedented and dangerous moment," as President Donald Trump questions the legitimacy of mail-in ballots and suggests he might not accepts the election results. (Photo: Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

"No, Mr. President," Sanders Says Before Election Day, "You're Not Standing Up for Working Families"

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) speaks during a news conference called "Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020," in the U.S. Capitol on February 11, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Merkley Unveils Pioneering Bills to Make Financial Institutions 'Stop Bankrolling Climate Catastrophe'

'Prosecute the Sackler Family': Critics Say DOJ Settlement Not Nearly Enough for Purdue Pharma's Deadly Role in Opioid Crisis

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks to an audience in 2018. (Photo: Anthony Quintano/Flickr/cc)

Facebook to Ban Political Ads After Polls Close on Nov. 3, 'Just in Time to Have No Impact Whatsoever'

Auto workers rally outside the GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio on March 6, 2019, the day the factory was shuttered. (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

'Promises Made, Workers Betrayed': Trump Gave $425 Billion in Federal Contracts to Corporations That Offshored 200,000 Jobs

President Donald Trump exits Marine One at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 2, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland.

"How Many People Will Die Because of This Tweet?" Trump, Leaving Hospital, Tells Nation: "Don't Be Afraid of Covid"

Agricultural laborers pick lemons inside the orchards of Samag Services, Inc., in Mesa, California on March 27, 2020. (Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

As Trump Gets 'Excellent Taxpayer-Funded Care,' Analysis Finds Frontline Workers Disproportionately Lack Health Insurance

President Donald Trump exits Marine One at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 2, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. The president announced that he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19 early Friday morning. (Photo: Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

Trump Taken to Walter Reed Amid Calls for Independent Medical Evaluation After Covid-19 Diagnosis

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The NRA Enemies List: AARP to YMCA to Britney Spears to Hallmark Cards

Wow. Recently surfaced is an NRA list of several hundred "anti-gun" organizations, celebrities and cor porations who have lent support to evil overlords who would steal our assault rifes and our liberty. Among them: The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Nurses Association, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, U.S. Catholic Conference, Tony Bennett, N Sync, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Time Warner. Man, the NRA world must be getting lonesome.

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Report: Fossil Fuel Industry Received Up To $15 Billion in COVID-19 Direct Relief

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Nation’s Leading Health Experts Urge GSA Administrator to Immediately Begin Presidential Transition

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Public Citizen Delivers Robust Transition Agenda Demands to President-Elect Joe Bidenp

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Moderna Vaccine Belongs to the People

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It’s Time To Re-Enter Reality And Formally Begin Biden’s Transition Process

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Disseminating Preliminary, Incomplete COVID-19 Vaccine Study Results by Press Release Represents Bad Science

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Robert Weissman

Trump's Election Delay Threat Is a Coup in the Making

Emily Peterson-Cassin

Why Trump's Social Media Executive Order Is Troubling, Bizarre, and Dangerous

Melinda St. Louis

We Asked a Simple Question. What We Received Was Shocking.

Robert Weissman

The Antidote to Trump's Corrupt G7 Deal? Impeachment and Conviction

Lisa Gilbert

Impeach Trump? Yes. But Don't Forget Complicity of McConnell and GOP

Craig Holman

A Category 6 'Big Money' Hurricane Is Coming. But With FEC Gutted, the First Responders Aren’t.

Robert Weissman

Beware Facebook's Libra: A Corporate Surveillance Leviathan With No Precedent Outside the Realm of Science Fiction

Madeline Page, Rachel Curley

As Climate Crisis Threatens, Does Ford Have Something to Hide About Its Stance on Emissions Regulations?

Robert Weissman

Will McConnell Buck the Voters on Pro-Democracy Efforts?

Robert Weissman

We Can't Afford to Keep Our Failing Healthcare System. But We Absolutely Can Afford Medicare for All