All Views Articles for 2020-03-28

Saturday, March 28, 2020
Medial workers hold a COVID-19 test Les Leopold
Is Wall Street Killing Grandma?
As we scramble to locate hospital beds and life-saving equipment during this pandemic, remember that we are fighting two diseases.
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Earth, as seen from space Imani Countess and William Minter
Can Coronavirus Be a Catalyst for Thinking Globally?
In an age of pandemics and climate crisis, countries’ health, environmental, and development policies are globally important.
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Eight-year-old Indi Pineau, a 3rd grader in Jeffco Public Schools, works on doing her first day of online learning in her room at her family's home on March 17, 2020 in Lakewood, Colorado. Sue Sturgis
COVID-19 Crisis Reveals Broadband Inequity
A new index from the Institute for Southern Studies gives the numbers behind the connectivity inequality.
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A U.S. Justice Department images displays charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other Venezuelan officials on March 26, 2020. Leonardo Flores
Trump’s Narcoterrorism Indictment of Maduro Already Backfires
The indictments are another brick in the foundation for a pretext for either a direct U.S. military invasion or a proxy war.
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President Donald Trump (L) lifts the hand of a person in an Easter Bunny costume on the Truman Balcony during the 140th annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 2, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Christopher Brauchli
Donald Trump Meets the Easter Bunny
The president has amazingly declared that the people in the United States will be able to resume all their normal activities after Easter, thanks to him.
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The coronavirus outbreak must be defeated in a way that moves us forward. (Image: CDC) Ralph Nader
Coronavirus Makes Clear: The Time for Serious Civic Reforms Is Now!
Out of this crisis can come efficient historic changes for justice
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General view of a hospital where health officers, wearing masks and special protective suits, take care of a patient infected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a hospital in Tehran, Iran on March 02, 2020. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Richard Eskow
How Many Nedas? Iran Sanctions Are Biological Warfare Against Civilians
This is not an economic policy. It is the collective punishment of civilians. It is an act of biological warfare against children, the elderly, and people of all ages.
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Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 19, 2020, at Wall Street in New York City. Wall Street stocks fell again early Thursday as central banks unveiled new stimulus measures and U.S. jobless claims showed an initial hit from the slowdown generated by the coronavirus outbreak. (Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images) Christian Parenti, Dante Dallavalle
Our Economy Is a Sick Beast: The Corporate Debt Crisis Explained
This time, any industry bailouts must place corporate investment under public control.
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Americans lack a national health care system, the country’s pockmarked with healthcare deserts, and millions of what Truman called “normally self-supporting” people are just one layoff or one virulent virus away from disaster—as we’re now seeing. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Laura Flanders
Covid-19: Our Health Crisis Is Born of Bigotry
Instead of erasing our weak parts, we’ve raced them, blaming vulnerability on the vulnerable and hoping the bridges wouldn’t break where we are.
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