Tag: Coronavirus
The pandemic is an opportunity for major change—we need to get...
Our opponents try to maximize their profits through shake-ups like this one, pouring time and energy into learning how to use their opportunity. We can also increase our learning curve as rapidly as possible.
Elizabeth Warren urges Treasury and Fed to protect workers and taxpayers...
“You can and must do better for American workers, taxpayers, and the economy.”
“Pure baloney”: Zoologist debunks Trump’s COVID-19 origin theory, explains animal-human transmission
“The idea that this virus escaped from a lab is just pure baloney. These pandemic viruses that emerge originate in wildlife.”
The decade of transformation: Being in balance with nature
The climate crisis requires us to flatten the curve of our greenhouse gas emissions and toxic, polluting society.
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities...
In our own pandemic – with some of the most well-off now clamoring for the economy to re-open, despite the ongoing spread of the disease – these issues are strikingly relevant.
Trump’s failed coronavirus response
At every point, Trump has used this crisis to compliment himself. This is not leadership. This is the exact opposite of leadership.
Cuba under media attack for sending doctors, not bombs, to help...
The Cuban approach stands in marked contrast to the modus operandi of the global superpower and Cuba’s primary antagonist, the United States.
‘Terrified to go to work’: Hundreds of workers in meat &...
Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado.
A complete abomination’: Mega-rich hedge funds swoop down to grab COVID-19...
"Without oversight, this is what's happening with the $2 trillion coronavirus bailout: hedge fund managers are claiming relief funds as 'small businesses.'"
Drugs touted by Trump for COVID-19 increase heart risks, studies find
"In a better world, if we weren't so panicked about this virus, we would wait and see if this drug had some value other than the President declaring that it has some value."
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Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...
If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule
No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.
Apathy in the American Medical Association
It is well past time that they break their silence.