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John Prine | That's How Every Empire Falls

April 10, 2020

Moral corrosion in everyday life erodes the foundations of even the mightiest empire. In memory of John Prine (full appreciation of John Prine here).

Heroes of the Coronavirus Pandumbic

April 10, 2020

Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Nunes. Tammy. Geraldo. Doocy. Hegseth. Schlapp. Siegel. Watters. Dr. Drew. Henry. Ainsley. Gaetz. Inhofe. Pence. Kudlow. Conway. Trump. We salute the Heroes of the Pandumbic. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #Coronavirus

Bernie Talks to Colbert About Health Care As a Human Right

April 10, 2020

Bernie thinks guaranteeing healthcare to all Americans would better prepare the country against future pandemics. #StephenAtHome #BernieSanders #Bernie

We Clap Because We Care: New Yorkers Applaud Health Care Workers

April 10, 2020

Every day at 7pm hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers stand at their balconies and windows to clap for three minutes for those working on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus

April 10, 2020

Sanders/Jayapal Bill Provides 'Medical Care for All During Pandemic'

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, would take effect immediately and remain in place until the HSS Secretary certifies to Congress that a FDA-approved coronavirus vaccine is widely available

April 10, 2020

Condition Critical! NYC Nurse Issues Harrowing Report From the Medical Frontlines

Timothy Sheard Labor Press

In a normal month, nurses might see two to three codes in this ICU. Now, at the height of the coronavirus crisis in NYC, they see six or more a day.

April 10, 2020

Did Joe Pizza Tell Trump About Hydroxychloroquine?

Donald Show Sludge

Mr. Pizza, whose wife was serenaded by Trump at Mar-a-Lago, is a hydroxychloroquine dealer

April 10, 2020

Apple and Google Will Enable Your Phone to Track Covid. And You.

Adam Clark Estes and Shirin Ghaffary Vox

The new contact tracing tool is an essential part of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic. But it raises serious questions of its own.

April 10, 2020

Federal Prison Factories Kept Running as Coronavirus Spread

By CARY ASPINWALL, KERI BLAKINGER and JOSEPH NEFF The Marshall Project

Prisoners have made furniture, license plates and government uniforms during the pandemic. In a factory, social distancing is almost impossible. At some factories still operating, workers did not get paper face masks until this Monday.

April 10, 2020

2020

Philip C. Kolin

2020, the year, the eyesight, the zeroes, so the Mississippi poet Philip Kolin greets the new decade, calling up the failures of Trumpism in his own words.