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Trump tells Americans not to fear virus that already killed 211,000
October 6, 2020He returns to a White House where top aides say staff “are dropping like flies.”
Read moreTax-cheat Trump receives best medical treatment; taxpaying undocumented workers get nothing
October 6, 2020Undocumented members of our country’s working class like Franciso Gomez have the “privilege” of paying federal taxes but are excluded from even the minimal benefits of Medicaid they pay to support.
Read more102-year-old Bea Lumpkin calls her mail-in ballot a ‘vote against fascism’
October 6, 2020Images of the socialist centenarian casting her ballot have become an international media sensation.
Read moreNightmare at 30,000 feet: Airline workers face layoffs with no Heroes Act
October 5, 2020“My life is in boxes. My health care is gone. My eyes are on the unemployment screen, and Rand Paul is standing in the way of my future,” said flight attendant Alyssa Snapp.
Read morePope: Neoliberalism and ‘free market’ capitalism have failed the world
October 5, 2020In major encyclical, he calls for a new world system of economic justice and an end to war.
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