U.S.
Congressional Black Caucus tackles outsized coronavirus impact on African Americans
April 9, 2020“Blacks are nickeled and dimed” for both health services and access to other aid, says Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
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Sanders drops out of Democratic race, says movement “won the ideological struggle”
April 8, 2020Acknowledging Biden will be the nominee, Sanders declared, “We will go forward together to defeat Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern history."
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Medicare for All – If not now, when?
April 8, 2020The new reality ushered in by the coronavirus makes ideas that were once considered “radical’ into things that are now absolute necessities.
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California, facing COVID-19, moves to release “low-risk” inmates
April 7, 2020Efforts are intensifying to secure the release of inmates nearing the end of their sentences, serving terms for nonviolent offenses, or at high risk for the virus because of age and/or health status.
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Essential grocery workers go to work afraid every day
April 6, 2020Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves.
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