All Views Articles for 2020-04-13

Monday, April 13, 2020
Trump said that he never saw these reports and memos. I believe Trump on this. He is an absentee president, other than for his rallies, reality TV "briefings," and golf games. (Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images) Jeffrey D. Sachs
Why the US Has the World's Highest Number of Covid-19 Deaths
Unlike China, which turned to its public health experts, Trump turned to Vice President Mike Pence and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Thousands of Americans are dying unnecessarily as a result and we are still far from any coherent national plan.
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There is some hope of bipartisan potential for Jayapal’s plan. (Photo: Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sarah Anderson
Jayapal Proposes Layoff Prevention Plan as the Fed Expands Corporate Aid With No Employment Strings
We could avoid a return to Great Depression-era unemployment rates if we follow European models and tie business assistance to preserving jobs.
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Central to the program should be a tax that limits the further accumulation—that is, hoarding—of wealth by the billionaire class. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Bob Lord, Chuck Collins
Taxes Paid By Billionaires Decreased 79 Percent Since 1980, as Percentage of Their Wealth
As we emerge from this pandemic, substantial tax increases are inevitable. Central to the program should be a tax that limits the hoarding of wealth by the billionaire class.
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The pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of our current system of worker protections. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Celine McNicholas
Congress Should Immediately Pass Legislation Protecting Workers' Safety During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Enough is enough. Workers are risking their lives every day to provide the services we have deemed to be essential.
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Trump and the GOP Don't Care About Your Grandchildren
In the grand cost/benefit analysis, one more fatally ill low wage worker of color doesn't count. Zero. That’s a price that Trump and his capitalist buddies are willing to pay.
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"We are paying far too high a price for his impulse to cater to his self-interest and not the public interest," writes Green. "Trump must get out, whether by the 25th amendment, resignation, or defeat." (Image: Public Citizen/CD/CC BY 3.0) Mark Green
This Fake President Must Resign
Even if he wanted to, Donald Trump simply lacks the tools to do the job.
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This millennium has wired us into a pervasive system of individuated connection, making it a perfect precursor to the requisite high-tech sequestration at hand. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) Randall Amster
Apocalypse On-Demand
Is this societal demise, or technological ascent?
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Nationalism will only make a global pandemic worse. We are all in this together, and our foreign policies should reflect that. (Photo: via EuroYankee) Khury Petersen-Smith
How Wars, Sanctions, and Militarism Made the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
As we take steps to control the virus, these devastating U.S. foreign policies need to be immediately reversed.
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No one knows just how bad things could get, how many people will succumb to Covid-19, or what heights the jobless rate will reach, but of this much we can be certain: the virus’s wave hasn’t crested yet and may not for weeks, or even months. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Rajan Menon
Living on a Pandemic Planet: The Ultimate Stress Test
The American world that Covid-19 reveals.
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Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and heads up the Trump administration’s Covid-19 task force. (Photo: CNN) Juan Cole
If Trump Fires Dr. Fauci and Installs a Barr-Like Toady, Whatever Will Become of Us?
Trump is perfectly capable of installing some suck-up crony as head of the coronavirus task force, someone who would be all right with declaring the pandemic over.
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