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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The canceled federal conference on climate change and health problem is back on but apparently minus the federal government. Former Vice President Al Gore, the University of Washington, the Harvard Global Health Institute and the American Public Health Association are resurrecting a climate change and health conference set for next month that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had planned then canceled in December. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) (AP)

Chaos at the CDC

Caroline Chen, Marshall Allen, Lexi Churchill - ProPublica

Documents reveal how the CDC underestimated the threat of the coronavirus even as it gained a foothold in the U.S.

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. speaks during an Associated Press interview in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. It's a rare and momentous decision, one by one, seated at desks centuries old, senators will stand and cast their votes for a Supreme Court nominee. It's a difficult political call in the modern era, especially for the 10 Democrats facing tough re-election next year in states that President Donald Trump won.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Joe Manchin nails Mitch McConnell

David Edwards - Raw Story

Sen. Joe Manchin erupts into shouting match with McConnell over Senate Republicans' coronavirus bailouts

Donald Trump (AP Photo/Getty Images/Salon)

Retired doctors, nurses don scrubs again

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News

"Nurses are used to giving of themselves. If there’s not enough people, you just do it," one retired nurse said

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Bernie 2020: How it all went wrong

Anis Shivani - Common Dreams

For a moment, Bernie 2.0 seemed like a campaign of destiny. But its "political revolution" was fundamentally flawed

Former first lady Michelle Obama speaks at a rally to encourage voter registration Sept. 23, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)

Michelle Obama: The other woman?

Alton Frye - The Globalist

If anyone can change the former first lady's mind, a bended-knee visit by Joe Biden should do the trick

Sheltering in Place with Classic Albums (Getty Images/Salon)

Cue the Marvin Gaye: "What's Going On"

Kenneth Womack

We're sheltering in place with these classic albums — solid music for uncertain times

President Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Scientists: Trump bungled this badly

Matthew Rozsa

"Trump's reaction was ... if not the worst in the world ... among the worst in the world. It was dangerous."

(Getty/Joe Raedle)

Construction workers are screwed

Hamilton Nolan - In These Times

It is hard to know whether those construction workers who are still working should be considered lucky

(Getty/Olivier Douliery)

Trump undercuts coronavirus oversight

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Trump says he has the power to block provision of stimulus that informs Congress where the corporate bailouts go

President Donald Trump (Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

We'll never see Trump cry

Lucian K. Truscott IV

For Trump, there's only one victim: himself. He fears political defeat more than the deaths of millions

Donald Trump; Rush Limbaugh (AP/Evan Vucci/Chris Carlson)

Limbaugh questions Trump's task force

Alex Henderson - Alternet

Limbaugh questions Trump's coronavirus team: "How do we know they're even health experts?"

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How will we know when it's safe?

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch

Public health experts have a plan for ending this crisis. Trump doesn't — and he must be measured by that standard

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Lupus patients face drug shortages

Sara Talpos - Undark

Limited evidence that a common lupus drug might combat COVID-19 is driving up demand. Lupus patients are worried.

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Trump authorizes recall of military

Leo Shane III - Military Times

Trump authorizes recall of ready reserve troops

Truthdig's homepage hiatus message, March 26, 2020 (Truthdig)

Is this the end of Truthdig?

Nicole Karlis

The progressive publication's owners appear to be committing the kinds of injustices it sought to uncover

President Donald Trump listens to a question during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"I want them to be appreciative"

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Trump ordered Mike Pence not to call governors who don’t ingratiate themselves

An online shopper searches different sites, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, from Miami. Unfortunately, there’s no time like the holidays for fraud. Online shopping is convenient and popular, for shoppers and scammers alike. Experts suggest restricting your purchases to reputable vendors, and be wary of lookalike websites, where the name of a well-known brand is slightly off. Also, don’t click on emails and links from unfamiliar senders, and make payments only on secure sites indicated by a lock symbol or “https” in the web address. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (AP)

Here come the coronavirus cons

Alexandra Tempus - FairWarning

Americans will need to brace themselves for "disaster fraud"

In this photo provided by the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, taken March 11, 2015 in the intensive care unit at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, physical therapist Katie Kellner helps patient Terry Culler do some exercises and briefly stand despite being hooked to a ventilator. There's increasing evidence that mild exercise may have its place even for the sickest ICU patients, and new animal research suggests it may target both muscles and lungs. (AP Photo/Warren Cameron Dennis III, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center) (AP)

How CPAPs spread the coronavirus

Markian Hawryluk - KFF Health News

Doctors suggest those who use the devices at home should take precautions to prevent infecting others

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Trump invokes the Defense Production Act

Igor Derysh

"General Motors MUST immediately open their stupidly abandoned Lordstown plant in Ohio," the president tweeted

Home School Daily Schedule (Getty Images/Salon)

Home schooling now? Lose those schedules

Patricia Zaballos

I see parents trying to replicate school at home. I've been there — and my kids taught me how to let them learn

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Paper demands GOP's Richard Burr resign

Alex Henderson - Alternet

"At the moment we needed him most, Richard Burr was thinking mostly about himself"

White House senior advisor Jared Kushner (L) attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump several CEOs of major Banks discussing the coronavirus covid-19 response during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Kushner criticized for pandemic response

Sky Palma - Raw Story

“As the pandemic fills New York City’s morgues, the president has decided to bring in the very best and smartest"

From the March 9, 2020, edition of Fox Business' Trish Regan Primetime (Fox News)

Fox Business fires Trish Regan: report

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

“I’m looking forward to this next chapter in my career," Regan said in a statement

Mamoudou Athie and Courtney B. Vance in "Uncorked" (Netflix)

Netflix's "Uncorked" is sweet and earthy

Ashlie D. Stevens

"Insecure" EP Prentice Penny writes and directs this film about a 3rd-generation BBQ-er with sommelier dreams

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