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A medical worker of Yao ethnic medicine performs acupuncture on the neck of a COVID-19 patient in a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The Chinese health authority has encouraged the usage of traditional Chinese medicine on patients after the outbreak. (Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

What Chinese doctors know about COVID-19

Wang Zhou, MD

Frontline doctors assembled a comprehensive guide of what they observed about COVID-19 in Wuhan

Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who is a candidate to run the Democratic National Committee, before speaking during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Branden Camp) (AP)

Democrats’ next big 2020 worry

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute

Top Democratic Party officials are scrambling to figure out how to handle voting by crowds at their next big event

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'The public has a right to know"

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams

"This unregulated surveillance technology threatens to fundamentally alter our free society"

President Bush signs the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 in the Oval Office after the House passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. | US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the widening coronavirus crisis on March 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak/Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Late capitalism primed us for pandemic

Bob Hennelly

A decimated welfare state and a government that serves only the rich created the perfect conditions for coronavirus

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump (AP Photo/Salon)

Biden v. Bernie still means something

Sophia Tesfaye

Bernie knows he probably can't win — but in Sunday's debate he can toughen Biden for the epic battle ahead

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COVID-19 upsetting blood supply chain

Anna Nagurney - The Conversation

The coronavirus could cause shortages in the nation’s blood supply

US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26, 2020. - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his administration's response to the novel coronavirus, lashing the media for spreading panic as he conducts an evening news conference on the epidemic. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Pence's "revolting sycophancy"

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story

General Barry McCaffrey rains hell on Mike Pence for covering up Trump's bungled coronavirus response

An aisle of toilet paper is nearly empty at a Kroger grocery store. (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Why are people hoarding toilet paper?

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation

The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted panic buying in the US and around the world, even in products that are abundant

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the New Hampshire state Democratic Party convention, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Manchester, NH. (Getty Stock/ AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

The one-choice election

Chris Hedges - Truthdig

The oligarchs, with Trump or Biden, will win again. We will lose.

Illustration of a medical mask decorated with a heart, with cherry blossoms in the background (Ilana Lidagoster)

Marriage and the coronavirus outbreak

Jeannine Hall Gailey

During times of crisis, relationships are tested. This is probably doubly true when one has a disability

Jared Kushner (Getty/Alex Wong)

"Haphazard and helter-skelter"

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

"Haphazard and helter-skelter": The president's son-in-law inserted himself into the tumult this week

Shamrock cookies (ButtercreamBlondie.com)

Add a shot of Baileys to your cookies

Joseph Neese

Baking isn't canceled. So why not celebrate March 17 by making some of Meghan McGarry's Baileys shamrock cookies?

Radiance of the Seas, sailing near the South Franklin dock, Juneau, Alaska. ( Sergi Reboredo/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Coronavirus and tourism

Kevin Berry, Mouhcine Guettabi - The Conversation

Alaska has been mainly spared from the virus, but the outbreak's impact on its economy could still be catastrophic

Paul McCartney and John Lennon, circa 1980 (David Harris/Keystone/Getty Images/PA Images/Salon)

How John Lennon got his groove back

Kenneth Womack

John Lennon got his groove back when his Beatles-era rivalry kicked back on after hearing this song

Empty shelves are visible at a Target store on March 13, 2020 in San Rafael, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Psychology behind consumer stockpiling

Xiaodan Pan, Benny Mantin, Martin Dresner - The Conversation

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, people are stockpiling essential supplies, resulting in some empty store shelves

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On Donald Trump and Deutche Bank

Alex Henderson - Alternet

In his new book, journalist David Enrich delves into President Trump’s relationship with Deutsche Bank

Unique robotic internal organ - steel heart with info screen (Getty Images/Salon)

Medical implants vulnerable to hackers

Richard Yonck

Assassination by pacemaker hack? Implantable medical device are extremely vulnerable to hacking

An assortment of titles, all produced in the last two months — sometimes with misspellings and poor grammar — are flooding the online marketplace. (Undark)

Capitalizing on coronavirus fears

Jane Roberts - Undark

As the outbreak continues to spread, opportunistic sellers are hastily churning out prevention and survival guides

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a campaign rally at University of Nevada February 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Bernie’s golden Medicare for All moment

Uwe Bott - The Globalist

How COVID-19 and the astounding unpreparedness of the U.S. may change the momentum of the Democratic primaries

David Plouffe, a senior adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama, is greeted by the president after introducing him at a fundraising reception at the Bridgeport Arts Center on August 12, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. On Monday Obama will begin a three-day, nine-city campaign trip through Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

David Plouffe: Be afraid of the fall

Andrew O'Hehir

Barack Obama's 2008 campaign manager on the challenges Joe Biden and the Democrats must overcome to beat Trump

After waiting in line for hours, women stand outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela, with their price regulated toilet paper made available for sale by the government, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. In a note published Friday, the International Monetary Fund Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner said inflation would more than double in the economically struggling South American country in 2016, reaching 720 percent. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) (AP)

Stop buying all the toilet paper

Carrington Tatum - The Texas Tribune

There's no shortage if everyone takes only what they need

Bloodride (Netflix)

Hop aboard Netflix's creepy "Bloodride"

Ashlie D. Stevens

From a mascot kidnapping to a bizarre animal-themed office party, these six stories offer gory if predictable fun

Supporters of "Medicare For All" demonstrate outside of the Charleston Gaillard Center ahead of the Democratic presidential debate on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina holds its Democratic presidential primary on Saturday, February 29. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Medicare for All would lead to job boom

Igor Derysh

Medicare for All would create millions of new jobs and boost wages for workers, Economic Policy Institute finds

Pumpjacks near the Yamashinskoye rural settlement in the Almetyevsk District. (Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images)

The oil shock of 2020 appears to be here

Scott L. Montgomery - The Conversation

Has the world entered an era of ultra-low prices?

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