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"My bill to cancel rent and mortgages isn't just necessary," says Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, "it's popular."

California poet Jessica Cohn touches the early days of shelter-in-place “when hope was/a shell game.”

Among the most prominent victims of the coronavirus financial crisis is the U.S. Postal Service. The Trump administration—which, like much of the GOP, has long advocated for cutbacks and privatization of the postal service.

“Starve the beast” — forcing governments to cut services by depriving them of resources — has been Republican strategy for decades. This is just more of the same.

Business leaders who took part in a series of calls with the president expressed fears they could be liable if employees went into work too early and got sick

Public officials lament the way that the coronavirus is engulfing black communities. The question is, what are they prepared to do about it?

Workers at companies that offer poor pay and unsafe working conditions now know they are essential. And many expect to be treated that way.