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May 9, 2020

The Oil Crash Should Be Our Chance to Transform Energy Production

Hadas Thier and Matt Huber Jacobin

The White House will reach for a corporate bailout, but now’s the opportunity to move away from oil extraction and build a rational system of clean energy.

May 8, 2020

Quarantine

Christine Hamm

“Even Andrew Cuomo finds time to call his mother,” explains Oregon poet Christine Hamm, addressing the emotional impact of the long quarantine.

May 8, 2020

‘Essential Worker Just Means You’re on the Death Track’

Makenzie Huber US Today

A worker's Smithfield ID saying essential worker being held by a hand

John Deranamie is a 50-year-old Liberian man whose dream led him to a meatpacking plant in South Dakota. He contracted COVID-19 as part of his job.

May 8, 2020

Harris, Sanders, and Markey Bill Would Provide $2K/Month for Rest of Covid-19 Crisis

Jake Johnson Common Dreams

"If we can bail out large corporations, we can make sure that everyone in this country has enough income to pay for the basic necessities of life."

May 8, 2020

Coronavirus Blood-clot Mystery Intensifies

Cassandra Willyard Nature

Research begins to pick apart the mechanisms behind a deadly COVID-19 complication

May 8, 2020

The Agonizing Story of Tara Reade

Laura McGan Vox

I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.

May 8, 2020

Portside

The Oil Crash Should Be Our Chance to Transform Energy Production

Quarantine

‘Essential Worker Just Means You’re on the Death Track’

Harris, Sanders, and Markey Bill Would Provide $2K/Month for Rest of Covid-19 Crisis

Coronavirus Blood-clot Mystery Intensifies

The Agonizing Story of Tara Reade

The Appalling Damage of Dropping the Michael Flynn Case

Filmmaker Josh Fox Responds to Michael Moore on Bombshell Climate Film

Mourning in America

Spike Lee's New Short Film | New York New York :)