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April 4, 2020

It’s Not Just Old People: Covid-19’s Unique Threat to the South

Vann R. Newkirk II The Atlantic

Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp.

One in 10 Covid-19 deaths in the US have occurred in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The virus is rampant in New Orleans and growing in Georgia’s southwest. These outbreaks are unique because so many younger people are dying.

April 3, 2020

Friday Nite Videos | April 3, 2020

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'My House' | Alicia Keys. Trump Pretends He Never Compared Coronavirus to the Flu. Why Trump’s Troubadour Has Turned Against Him. Sailors Cheer Fired Navy Captain Brett Crozier. Samuel L. Jackson Says Stay the F**k at Home.

'My House' | Alicia Keys

April 3, 2020

Alicia Keys captures the feel of everyday life in quarantine in a way that will make every listener's day a little better

Trump Pretends He Never Compared Coronavirus to the Flu

April 3, 2020

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump and his allies trying to memory hole their early dismissal of the coronavirus outbreak

Why Trump’s Troubadour Has Turned Against Him

April 3, 2020

This grieving father went from singing MAGA praises all over the U.S. to turning his back on Trump over his inaction on the opioid crisis.

Sailors Cheer Fired Navy Captain Brett Crozier

April 3, 2020

Captain Brett Crozier was relieved of his command of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after raising concerns about coronavirus cases aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

April 3, 2020

Early Data Show African Americans Dying of Coronavirus at an Alarming Rate

Akilah Johnson and Talia Buford ProPublica

No, the coronavirus is not an “equalizer.” Black people are being infected and dying at higher rates. Here’s what Milwaukee is doing about it — and why governments need to start releasing data on the race of COVID-19 patients.

April 3, 2020

More Democracy or Less? Elections in a Pandemic

David Daley Rolling Stone

The GOP’s decade-long war on voting rights is making it harder to hold fair elections as COVID-19 spreads

April 3, 2020

Plots Against America?: Jim Crow Was Homegrown Fascism

Guy Lancaster History News Network

The HBO miniseries adaptation of Philip Roth's novel The Plot Against America is an opportunity for historians and the public to think about the relationship of Jim Crow to fascism

April 3, 2020

When the Invisible Hand Gives You the Finger

Dorothee Benz FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

Corporate media shrug as elite declare loss of profits worse than loss of lives