The main objective of the Brazilian president’s expanded authority is expected to be the prevention and possible repressions of a social explosion, write Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
COVID-19: Brazil’s Bolsonaro Trumps Trump
Day: April 22, 2020
COVID-19: Neither China Nor the WHO Are to Blame for Trump’s Failures
John Wight says that the U.S. president, in seeking to weaponize the virus to salvage his own reputation, has set his face against humanity.
COVID-19: Leader of Postal Workers Union Demands USPS Funding in Next Stimulus Bill
Mark Dimondstein sees an effort to privatize the service and come after a “right of the people,” as Jake Johnson reports.
COVID-19: New York Times Revives its Role in Chinagate
UPDATED: The paper of record is again laundering, without skepticism, U.S. intelligence meant to ratchet up tensions with China, just as it did with Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
COVID-19: Lockdowns Pushing Mass Transit to Brink & Low-Income Riders Will Pay the Price
Congress included allocations for transit in the CARES Act, but cities said it won’t be nearly enough, writes Ramya Vijaya.
COVID-19: ‘Congress Must Cover Paychecks of Every US Worker,’ Says Sanders
The Vermont senator is backing a bill to bring the U.S. closer to Germany’s approach to unemployment during the pandemic, reports Jake Johnson.