The Coronavirus Crisis
Speaker Pelosi Supports Push for Taxpayer Bailout of Corporate Lobbyists
Trade groups have stepped up a campaign for $25 billion and PPP eligibility in the next phase of coronavirus relief.
Politics
Despite Skyrocketing Unemployment, Tennessee Valley Authority Plans to Outsource Hundreds Of Federal Jobs to Overseas Companies
Unions like the one at the Tennessee Valley Authority have historically taken a beating during times of high unemployment.
“Capital in the 21st Century”: Finally, a Movie That Tells the Story of How We Got Into This Mess
Based on the bestseller by Thomas Piketty, this documentary shows how the elite stays in power by shaping the way we think.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Trump Fires Inspector General Ahead of Damning Whistleblower Complaint About Bogus Coronavirus Cures
After hyping hydroxychloroquine, the president has now turned his unscientific enthusiasm toward Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir.
Ocasio-Cortez Challenger Left Her Job as CNBC Anchor to Serve on Board of Company That Profits From Death
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera left GWG Holdings, which profits off life insurance policies purchased from seniors and the terminally ill, in February.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Through Creative Accounting, Trump Tries to Cast America's Death Toll as an Achievement
If Donald Trump had been as successful at responding to the pandemic as Angela Merkel, 39,000 Americans who died of Covid-19 would still be alive today.
Voices
Trump’s Nationalism Advances on a Predictable Trajectory to Violence. His Supporters Will Kill When They’re Told To.
Those who survived the bloody undoing of Yugoslavia saw the havoc nationalism can wreak. It is hard not to worry about its symptoms now.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Anti-Union Operative Warns Business of Historic Rise in Labor Activism
Rick Berman, a lobbyist and consultant, warned business leaders in a memo that the coronavirus crisis is driving support for “workforce rebellion.”
The Coronavirus Crisis
Mayor Bill de Blasio Says New York City Can’t Afford Hotel Rooms for the Homeless — but FEMA Could Actually Foot the Bill
Advocates and legislators say federal government funds could be used to fund a bill that would allow homeless New Yorkers to live in vacant hotel rooms.
The Coronavirus Crisis
New Research Suggests Significant Undercount of Children With Coronavirus
The CovKid project estimates that the total number of children infected with the coronavirus in the U.S. is now at least 478,000.