Trump Holds Up a Chart on Fox News That Shows He's Lying, Then Lies About What It Says
Trump lied that the U.S. Covid-19 mortality rate was the world's best; his proof was a chart comparing the U.S. to just 6 countries in a different category.
The Coronavirus Crisis
As markets recover, Big Pharma gains power, and governments around the world scramble to contain the pandemic, predatory capitalism moves in for the kill.
The Coronavirus Brought Federal Prison Transfers to a Halt. Now People Are Stuck in Limbo.
People in BOP custody who were on their way to minimum-security camps have been stranded for months in holdover facilities with notoriously poor conditions.
Masks Off: How the Brothers Who Fueled the Reopen Protests Built a Volatile Far-Right Network
Are the Dorr brothers astroturfing hucksters, as their critics on the right and left claim, or the face of a new movement?
Over 100 Houston Doctors Slam Rep. Dan Crenshaw for “Spreading Dangerous Disinformation” on Coronavirus
As Covid-19 cases surge in Houston, the doctors wrote that Crenshaw “has spewed lies for the past four months — minimizing the threat we face.”
Trump Keeps Bragging About America's Covid-19 Death Rate. It's Among the World's Worst.
As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Trump keeps lying that the per capita death toll in the U.S. is among the lowest in the world. The opposite is true.
Congress Struggles to Help Constituents Access CARES Act Benefits
As benefits are set to expire, millions haven’t seen their first check. At least one congressional staffer has quit out of frustration.
Amazon, FedEx Workers Fought Exploitation in a Pandemic, Then Joined an Uprising
How essential workers made demands in a public health crisis and linked their struggle with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Banks Stand to Make $18 Billion in PPP Processing Fees From CARES Act
That’s money taken directly out of the $640 billion pot of funding Congress allocated to the PPP program.
Trump Manages to Wear a Mask and Undercut Mask-Wearing at the Same Time
Before the president finally wore a mask in public, he made a point of undercutting the public health advice by suggesting they were only needed in hospitals.
The Census Is Reopening Too: Workers Fear Being Sacrificed to Coronavirus for the Sake of a Speedy Tally
As the coronavirus crisis grew, workers say the Census Bureau was slow to respond. Now they fear returning to work without enough protections.