coronavirus

Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’: Showcasing how profit-driven greed destroys nature

March 24, 2020 By Chauncey K. Robinson

Overall, Tiger King is an engrossing series that you can watch for both the guilty-pleasure melodrama and the more important fight against big cat captivity for profit.

Sanders and “The Squad” on COVID-19: Spend whatever it takes to support workers

March 24, 2020 By John Bachtell

They called for guaranteeing a $2,000-a-month payment to every man, woman, and child until the crisis is over. The GOP is calling for only a $1,000 lump sum.

I’m an “essential” worker…or, how I learned to love negative solidarity

March 24, 2020 By Michael Villanova

Like millions of other “essential” workers, this is the predicament we’re in: Stay home and possibly starve or go to work and risk the health of thousands of people.

Dems block McConnell $2 trillion COVID-19 bill: ‘Slush fund for hotels, not hospitals’

March 23, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

Besides providing more jobless benefits, Dems warn corporations they’re going to come down on firms that use the pandemic to shaft their workers.

Ten years after Affordable Care Act, former Obama official’s group offers COVID-19 plan

March 23, 2020 By United States of Care

Congress must act to minimize the death toll and provide financial support for many Americans facing job loss, says group headed by former Obama administration official.