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If You Can’t Support Medicare For All by Now, Become a Republican | Joe Biden’s Problematic Response to Coronavirus


4 April 2020
TOP STORIES
Where are the Democrats brave enough to change their minds?
BY HAMILTON NOLAN
Biden’s coronavirus response plan doesn’t just fall short—it also doesn’t match what he’s been telling the public.
BY BRANKO MARCETIC
Climate justice organizers have moved from the streets to the Internet, where they are trying to scale up the fight.
BY CHRISTINE MACDONALD
Only if he continues his campaign will the Democratic Party reform movement be able to bring resolutions to the convention floor.
BY LARRY COHEN
Some workers in the defense industry question why they’re required to stay on the job, and many are worried about safety.
BY TAYLOR BARNES
In the Bay Area, mutual aid projects are helping build community in a time of social distancing.
BROOKE ANDERSON
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling on Trump to curb the suffering. Where is Democratic leadership?
BY SARAH LAZARE
Tenants and housing groups across the country are calling for a pause on rent and mortgage payments.
BY MINDY ISSER
In the midst of a deadly pandemic, the CEOs and families in control of our largest companies are living lavishly while denying their workers basic benefits.
BY MUNIRA LOKHANDWALA AND DEREK SEIDMAN
Bill Moyers interviews Neil Barofsky, who as Special Inspector General uncovered rampant corruption in the $700 billion 2008 Wall Street bailout.
BY BILL MOYERS
WORKING IN THESE TIMES
Protections for airline workers should be the standard for all workers.
BY SARA NELSON
RURAL AMERICA IN THESE TIMES
The virus may totally kill many more local newspapers and alt weeklies, even as online news traffic at major news publishers has shot up in the last weeks.
BY CAMILLE BAKER

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