All Views Articles for 2020-05-03

Sunday, May 3, 2020
Worshippers wearing face masks have their temperature taken as they attend a prayer ceremony entitled 'overcoming and healing the COVID-19 coronavirus', while marking Buhha's birthday at the Jogye buddhist temple in Seoul on April 30, 2020. Jeffrey D. Sachs
What Asian Nations Know About Squashing Covid
We can save ourselves and our economy, if we look to and learn from the achievements of other nations.
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Wall Street sign Ellen Brown
Crushing the States, Saving the Banks: The Fed’s Generous New Rules
The new terms could be harnessed for local governments to own and operate their own banks.
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A close up of President Donald J. Trump's notes shows where Corona was crossed out "Corona" and replaced with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during a briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Les Leopold
Beware of Trump’s China Box
Our best path out of the Trump China box is to put him in a box he can’t get out of.
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Sign reads: Human needs before corporate greed Russell Weaver
True Resilience Involves Pushing Forward From COVID-19, Not Just Bouncing Back
Do we really want to just “bounce back?”
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Agricultural workers work in Salinas, California. Karen Hansen-Kuhn
Uprooting the Farm Crisis in Times of COVID-19
When we finally turn toward recovery from the COVID-19 crisis we must thoroughly re-examine the policies that left us so vulnerable not only to the disease but also to the cascade of problems in our economy, including the food and farm system.
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Activists hold signs calling for a Green New Deal Ryan Bellinson
Coronavirus Class Politics: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste
The crisis can lead to a more fair and just society.
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Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin speaks while President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Joshua Cho
Corporate Looting as ‘Rescue Plan,’ Robber Barons as ‘Saviors’
It’s quite telling who counts as “the economy” and what measures are considered “necessary” or “adequate.”
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