Tag: Coronavirus
Trump’s ‘law and order’ campaign is a distraction
Here are 6 ways Donald Trump has failed to attack the coronavirus, but instead has attacked Americans.
97,000 US kids test positive for COVID-19 on the brink of...
While children make up a small fraction of the number of positive coronavirus cases in the U.S., their portion is growing.
Exclusive: White House privately warns 11 cities must take “aggressive” action...
New red flags about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak come after Trump focused on upsides in televised briefing.
Hospitals are suddenly short of young doctors—because of Trump’s visa ban
Doctors treating coronavirus patients were supposed to be allowed into the U.S. But hundreds of young doctors have their visas put on hold indefinitely.
Fair tax solutions for cities facing COVID-19 budget crises
Local elected officials should explore options for generating new revenue in ways that help reduce the inequalities that have worsened the effects of the crisis.
US breaks world record with more than 55,000 new coronavirus cases...
The rise in cases has led states and counties to impose new restrictions.
Trump administration buys up nearly all the world’s supply of coronavirus...
Remdesivir was the first drug to be approved by U.S. licensing authorities to treat the new coronavirus.
Great mask furor: Monkey trials redux. Faith alone vs. science and...
How much disease and death is enough to force this nation to learn from failure, reject T.V. magic shows and return to sane science?
Trump at Tulsa as 21st century Typhoid Mary, as Fauci warns...
Oklahoma public health officials are afraid that the enormous rally will spread the disease.
A hospital’s secret coronavirus policy separated Native American mothers from their...
Pregnant Native American women were singled out for COVID-19 testing based on their race and ZIP code, clinicians say. While awaiting results, some mothers were separated from their newborns, depriving them of the immediate contact doctors recommend.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.