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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

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.

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.

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.

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

'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

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.

April 2, 2020

What Should be Done for Workers' Rights During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Left MEPs in the European Parliament European United Left

European Left calls for social benefit protections for all migrant and contingent workers, increased pay for health care, transport, food service, postal and other essential workers, and defense of the right to strike during the pandemic

April 2, 2020

I Have Joined the World in Mourning - Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis Slipped Disc

My daddy passed away last night. We now join the worldwide family who are mourning grandfathers and grandmothers, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers- kinfolk, friends, neighbors, colleagues, acquaintances and others.

April 2, 2020

Populism of the Left?

Federico Finchelstein Critique & Praxis

A prominent scholarly critic of the Far Right and its populist pretensions weighs in on an equally problematic stance: the unfortunate valorization of a left populist orientation.