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How the Tea Party’s war with Obama left the federal medical stockpile unprepared for coronavirus
Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf
Fiscal cuts imposed by Republicans in Congress during the Obama administration left the U.S. unprepared
COVID-19 and the U.S.: What lies ahead
Uwe Bott
Six concrete steps the U.S. federal government ought to mandate right now to protect people’s economic livelihood
“Murder Most Foul”: Unpacking Bob Dylan’s new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020
David Masciotra
What is the American bard driving at with a 17-minute song on the JFK assassination? David Talbot thinks he knows
Flattening another coronavirus curve: The cash-flow gap
Matthäus Tekathen
Businesses need to take instant action to prevent cash-flow insolvencies in the midst of COVID-19
Trump quietly fires Inspector General who sounded alarm about Ukraine whistleblower complaint
Julia Conley
While the country is distracted by COVID-19, Trump abruptly dismisses the intelligence community inspector general
We asked scholars how a general strike might play out in the United States
Matthew Rozsa
As the pandemic decimates the economy, speculation abounds that the US may be due for an unprecedented labor action
The future may be female, but the pandemic is old school patriarchy
Rebecca Gordon
We could hardly be in a more unsettled moment on a more unsettled planet.
Coronavirus means 2020 elections could be decided by courts
Steven Rosenfeld
Court’s actions in Wisconsin suggest federal courts are reluctant to reverse decisions by state authorities
Trump is preparing the ground for a totalitarian dictatorship — but we can stop him
Lucian K. Truscott IV
We can beat this lying bastard if we get angry and stay angry — thousands of bodies should be reason enough
Wisconsin’s primary is in chaos — but Wyoming’s isn’t: A lesson in democracy
Rob Richie, David Daley
Voting by mail and ranked-choice voting make it much easier to adapt to the unexpected. Some states were ready
“Why are you on TV?”: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slaps down Laura Ingraham’s attempted mockery
Matthew Chapman
Fox News host tried to belittle Ocasio-Cortez by reminding her followers the lawmaker once worked as a bartender
Staggering — and much worse — jobless numbers
David Cay Johnston
The official 3.3 million unemployment claims vastly undercounts people out of work
Scientists are studying whether dogs can help sniff out coronavirus
Maria Goodavage
Paging doctor Rover: Dogs can sniff out cancer and low blood sugar. Can they help with this human pandemic?
Kushner’s “frat party” coronavirus team used personal email and FreeConferenceCall.com: officials
Igor Derysh
One official described the team as a “frat party” that “descended from a UFO and invaded the federal government"
Kelly Loeffler sold shares in travel company before Trump announced ban on flights to Europe: report
Matthew Rozsa
This is not the first transaction by Loeffler and her husband to raise allegations of possible insider trading
Trump administration quietly guts COVID-19 paid leave provision that already excluded 75% of workers
Igor Derysh
The administration also excluded some health workers and first responders from being eligible for paid leave
Behind the right’s obsession with a miracle cure for coronavirus: It’s not just about Trump
Amanda Marcotte
The conservative run on antimalarial drugs, sparked by Trump, is also about deep-rooted hostility to public health
Kushner Companies may be “a prime beneficiary” of mortgage freeze in coronavirus stimulus: report
Igor Derysh
Firm may be eligible to benefit from a provision intended to help low-income renters — even if it has money to pay
Tucker Carlson: Not job of public health officials to make “big decisions” about COVID-19 response
Matthew Rozsa
"This is a democracy," Carlson told Fox News viewers. "It is our job"
Kushner: Federal stockpile isn’t for states to use. New York got masks after friends spoke to Trump
Igor Derysh
"It's supposed to be our stockpile," Kushner claims. "It's not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use"
Investigative reporter Robert Evans: “We’re on the edge of an authoritarian nightmare”
Chauncey DeVega
Podcaster and journalist on the grave dangers of this pandemic — and the opportunity it offers for a better world
Banned OANN reporter returns to White House briefing after violating public health guidance
Matthew Chapman
Chanel Rion banned for repeatedly refusing to follow social distancing guidelines
Big Brother and the coronavirus: Will pandemic be used to expand surveillance state?
Jessica Corbett
Activists warn: "We must not sleepwalk into a permanent expanded surveillance state" out of pandemic paranoia
Judgment day for the national security state
Andrew Bacevich
The coronavirus and the real threats to American safety and freedom
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