Elections2020
‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump revives segregationist war cry
May 29, 2020In 1967, racist police chief Walter Headley rained bullets down on Black protesters. Trump just revived his declaration of war.
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Dem lawmakers join Biden slamming Trump for not protecting workers
May 29, 2020Everyone from Joe Biden to Democratic lawmakers to unions are condemning OSHA for failing to enforce worker safety rules.
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Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage?
May 28, 2020The U.S. and Britain were the only holdouts on the declaration that COVID-19 vaccines should be a public good, and not under exclusive patent rights.
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Unions: $500 billion went to corporations, Postal Service got nothing
May 28, 2020The need for a functioning and financed Postal Service “is even stronger in this emergency,” said Dimondstein.
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Official pandemic jobless claims pass 40 million
May 28, 2020More than 40 million people are now jobless thanks to closures resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
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