Politics
Veterans face trouble as VA facilities struggle to cope with coronavirus
April 24, 20201,900 VA health care workers who have become sick with the coronavirus. Twenty have died. Another 3,600 of the 300,000-plus VA health care employees are quarantined and unable to work because they have been exposed to...
Read moreImmigrant detainee hunger strikes spread amid COVID-19 danger
April 23, 2020Despite mounting pressure in the prisons and from courts and public protests, ICE has mostly sat on its hands.
Read moreFake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals
April 21, 2020The Facebook groups, which have hundreds of thousands of members, are being used to organize “spontaneous” demonstrations.
Read moreStay-At-Home organizing: Voters hear candidates at “virtual house parties”
April 21, 2020In-person debates are out, but local coalitions and candidates in Washington State are finding new ways to organize under COVID-19 conditions.
Read moreProgressive lawmakers push people first in coronavirus relief
April 20, 2020Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meanwhile, is pushing for a package that does nothing at all for workers.
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