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We must recognize that we live on the shoulders of ancestors who have survived through crisis and devastation. We must step up in ways that will enable history to judge this moment as not only a tragic event, but as a catalyst for a global awakening.

The banks turn a profit processing small businesses loans from the government.

Venezuela, with the largest oil reserves on the planet, is again Washington’s favorite target amidst its geopolitical struggle to claim hegemony over the capitalist system.

The Persian poet Majid Naficy draws on his memory of political terror to evoke present-day emotions caused by the virus.

The coronavirus will likely strike the Global South more viciously than it is currently hitting the United States and other well-off nations. The pandemic has the potential to devastate poorer nations with weak health care systems.

The President said that he was a "lock" to win the Nobel because of his pioneering work in prescribing the drug hydroxychloroquine.

Sanders won’t let the people who power the movement he started waste their votes.

While millions of Americans were being thrown out of work by the coronavirus, the super rich saw their wealth increase 10 percent

COVID-19 is already spreading in many parts of the world where it’s hot, including Australia and South America, demonstrating that high temperatures are not enough to stop the disease