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Fumbling Democrats made a huge mistake by shying away from a robust material response to the crisis
“Right now, the major concern that I have, and that other public health experts have, is the risk of outstripping health care capacity”
It is important to understand how the now three great economic crises of the last century are in many ways similar
Just a little while ago, people said we couldn’t afford this program helping college students with immense debt, or healthcare for everyone. We always could have afforded these things. It was just our prioritization was wrong.
Corona is a sly assassin In an up–and-down nation. It kills less from partying, More from starvation. Those that rush decrepit trains In afflicted mega cities Have no morsel and no note In their exhausted kitties. They may not the virus feel, But hunger bites so keen That a jaggery bit in a Read more…
All of the problems that would normally exist in a deindustrialized Rust Belt city are compounded during a pandemic and economic crisis, so we’re focusing on essential services right now
From what we have seen so far, the global human community deserves better and well-coordinated policy actions to contain the coronavirus and to offset its economic impact
More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to freeze its enforcement-to-detention pipeline
A deeper fear lurks in business circles. Has globalization plateaued? Might the further spread of the virus “put globalization into reverse?”
California releasing inmates for fear of Coronavirus, but Israelis Keep Vulnerable Gaza as Largest Open Air Prison
What is currently unfolding in the U.S. is what happens when you develop a healthcare system predicated around extracting profit from sick bodies
This is the richest country in the history of the world. This is a country with unbelievable energy, unbelievable talent, and with incredible resources. We can address this crisis and minimize the pain
Infection spreads, pontification too. Some is smart and helpful, some is disgusting. With all the interruptions of so-called normality, have you noticed that fundraising to your inbox is interminable? And are you suddenly seeing ads for devices that will make work at home not only easier, but fun? Ain’t greed grand? More, in the now Read more…
The US health system is by far the most expensive in the world, but also the most inefficient
Source: The Intercept I’ve spent two decades studying the transformations that take place under the cover of disaster. I’ve learned that one thing we can count on is this: During moments of cataclysmic change, the previously unthinkable suddenly becomes reality. In recent decades, that change has mainly been for the worst — but this has Read more…
That more equal America, let’s remember, also emerged out of the back-to-back crises of the Great Depression and world war against fascism. Progressives seized the opportunity those crises created and changed the face of American society. Why can’t we?
Without the power to regulate health, safety, finance and other critical areas, we’ll be living in a much sicker, more dangerous and more economically unstable world
During World War II the US lost about 500,000. The enemies were afar, offshore. Today the Coronavirus is projected to eventually kill at least twice that number Americans. An enemy within our very midst. An enemy that has succeeded in invading us everywhere. The enemy has already effectively shut down much of our economy, is Read more…
The U.S. invasion was a crime of aggression under international law, and was actively opposed by people and countries all over the world
the largest voices in the health care industry stand to gain from billions of dollars in emergency spending on the pandemic, as do the bankers and investors who invest in health care companies
We are shutdown. There will be no prepared Parvenu face at my door. So I will wear the beloved Tattered shirt I could not wear before. With no fear of any gentlemanly visit, I will slouch in any posture, In any cluttered corner sit. I will play the music nobody but me Fancies, and be Read more…
Even in the most threadbare health systems, cannibalised by austerity, it is the nurses and doctors, the ambulance paramedics and the janitors, who have been heroic in their work; doctors and nurses are being called back from retirement, working now long hours with no time to rest
With the right decisions, we have the means not only to rescue the complete collapse of the economy, but also to move in the direction of a just, equitable and sustainable socioeconomic order
Trump’s message to governors on lifesaving medical equipment — “get it yourselves” — is grimly appropriate in a country without national health care
What is the potential knowledge to be derived from the coronavirus pandemic?
The United States has been suffering under a prolonged and severe shortage of democracy, self-governance, civic engagement, and activism
The media and the Democratic Party establishment’s singular focus on paid sick leave leaves out millions of contract and informal workers. We need to think much bigger
The IMF denial of the $5 billion request from Venezuela follows Pence’s sentiment. It is a violation of the spirit of international cooperation that is at the heart of the UN Charter
Brazil’s far-right government requested the return of thousands of Cuban doctors to help fight the coronavirus. Months ago, President Jair Bolsonaro smeared the doctors as “terrorists” and expelled them
Joe Biden vs. Bernie Sanders is not only an electoral contest between presidential candidates. It’s also a contrast of patchwork fixes vs. profound structural changes
U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people
Source: Independent Media Institute Swiftly moves the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rises, as do the numbers of those who have died. Hands are being washed, tests are being done, social distancing has become a new phrase. It is unclear how Read more…