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Giant and Safeway grocery store workers protest in front of a Safeway Store for fair union contract negotiations on February 19, 2020 in Washington, DC.

Who is “essential” to our COVID-19 world

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com

A military spouse’s perspective on fighting this pandemic

Donald Trump (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

"Lock her up" is Trump's "Heil Hitler"

Lucian K. Truscott IV

It’s not just a chant at Trump's rallies or lame wordplay in his tweets. It’s his call to fascist rule

Cash raining down on the masses (Getty Images/Salon)

The bailout is working — for the rich

Jesse Eisinger - ProPublica

The economy is in free fall but Wall Street is thriving, and stocks of big private equity firms are soaring.

Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Former Pence physician calls him out

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

"Leadership has to come from the top and we have to lead by example."

Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Getty Images/Salon)

Bad news for Biden

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams

Trump could lose popular vote but win White House — again

Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education, speaks at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies in Washington (Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

ACLU sues DeVos over new assault rules

Roger Sollenberger

Suit against DOE claims new Title IX rules could mean far fewer campus reports of sexual harassment and assault

Donald Trump (Salon/Getty Images/AP Photo)

Trump donor gets $27M bailout: report

Roger Sollenberger

Because the $27 million was a grant — and not a loan — it does not have to be repaid

(Getty/Jim Watson)

White House ousts Pentagon official

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Jennifer Santos has been played an important role in the Pentagon’s efforts in COVID-19 response

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

DeVos diverts relief to private schools

Roger Sollenberger

DeVos assigns relief funds earmarked by Congress for low-income students to wealthy private and religious schools

A woman wearing a mask and gloves shops at grocery store amid the coronavirus pandemic (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Kroger gives a bonus in lieu of hero pay

Ashlie D. Stevens

After plans to discontinue hero pay on May 17 were criticized, the grocery chain announced the $130 million bonus

(Getty/Joe Raedle)

Southwest CEO: Airplanes low COVID risk

Victoria Knight - KFF Health News

Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said that he believed it was safe for Americans to fly during the coronavirus epidemic

Donald Trump; Jared Kushner (Getty/Chip Somodevilla/Michael Reynolds/Salon)

“All roads lead through Jared"

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

The son-in-law of Trump has taken on an even more prominent advisory role at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in recent days

President Donald Trump driving a golf cart (Getty Images)

Gov't signs $179,000 golf cart contract

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

Trump's Bedminster golf course is currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is expected to open soon

Little Richard, photographed in 1972 (Getty/Tim Graham)

Little Richard’s influence lives on

Rebecca Sheehan - The Conversation

Artists who owe enormous debts to Little Richard's influence include Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones and The Beatles

Nick (Christophe Tek), Peter (Nicholas Hoult) and Catherine (Elle Fanning) of the series "The Great" (Ollie Upton/Hulu)

All hail Hulu's cheeky show "The Great"

Melanie McFarland

Hulu's new period piece from Tony McNamara is an absolute delight and in our anti-intellectual age, a comfort

Medical workers load a patient from Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center into an ambulance while wearing masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) in Andover, New Jersey. After an anonymous tip to police, 17 people were found dead at the long-term care facility, including two nurses, where at least 76 patients and 41 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Our deadly prejudice against the elderly

Lynn Casteel Harper

The alarming death rate of U.S. nursing home residents due to the novel coronavirus is not a sad inevitability

Two women playing a video game on a tv screen (Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions)

10 chill video games for relaxation

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen

There's something for everyone and every budget, from puzzles & pizza prep to scuba diving & literally being bread

Police officers stop a man who used the subway without a protection mask (ANDREI PUNGOVSCHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Men think masks make them less manly

Matthew Rozsa

Men are more likely to die of COVID-19 — yet in greater numbers than women, they refuse to man up and mask up

President Donald Trump opens a box containing an Abbott Labs testing kit during a coronavirus briefing at the White House in March. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FDA: White House using unreliable test

Igor Derysh

Trump claims that this test is "more accurate" than others. The FDA warns it "may return false-negative results"

President Donald Trump points to a reporter to ask a question as he speaks about the coronavirus, as White House adviser Jared Kushner listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kushner prioritized stock market: report

Igor Derysh

Kushner also allegedly argued "too many ventilators" would impact the stock market and thus shouldn't be ordered

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, May 11, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"Obamagate": Hillary's emails, reloaded

Amanda Marcotte

Trump wants to make "Obamagate" the new "Clinton emails": A baseless pseudo-scandal the media sets ablaze

Donald Trump; Mar-A-Lago (Getty/Gary Gershoff/Shutterstock)

Taxpayers pay $970K to Trump Org: report

Igor Derysh

The new spending data only scratches the surface as the Trump administration continues to conceal full accounting

Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Pence called out by former physician

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

“Leadership comes from the top — that’s my motto," Dr. Jennifer Pena says. "You have to lead by example"

(Getty/Salon)

Amazon to end $2 per hour hazard pay

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams

"It just shows how very little regard Amazon has for its overworked employees"

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