While many Americans were anxiously awaiting their $1,200 relief payments, the Department of Defense was expediting contract payments to the arms industry, writes Mandy Smithberger.
COVID-19: Beware the Pentagon’s Pandemic Profiteers
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COVID-19: May Day 2020 Showed Worker Unity in the Age of Pandemic
On May Day, Americans were more aware of the plight of workers than at any time in decades, argues Peter Dreier.
COVID-19: Five Eyes Probe Possible Wuhan Lab Leak While Australia Eases Off Trump’s Sinophobia
UPDATED: The Morrison government will fall reluctantly into line with Beijing, says Tony Kevin, because China is where Australia’s bread is buttered.
COVID-19: Global Mask Shortage May Leave Farmers & Farm Workers Exposed to Toxic Pesticides
Melanie Bateman says the crisis presents an opportunity for farmers to adjust their pest management practices.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: ‘Tough Luck’ for US Prisoners During COVID-19
Prison wardens and the federal Bureau of Prisons almost never use their compassionate release authorities, even though Congress recently made it easier for them to do so.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Our Latest Sinophobia Fest
Watch, read, and listen as Washington and its media clerks manufacture our consent for a full-dress Cold War with China.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Espionage Act Reform Bill Would Protect Journalists Like Julian Assange
Kevin Gosztola reports on U.S. congressional legislation that would protect members of the press who solicit, obtain or publish government secrets.
COVID-19: We Can’t Allow Trump to Destroy the Postal Service: Union Official
Donald Trump is threatening the Post Office’s vital services during a pandemic in which 900 postal workers have tested positive and over 35 have died, writes Chuck Zlatkin.
COVID-19: How to Destroy America from the Top Down
This crisis is offering us a striking demonstration of how an economy oriented around the whims of the rich brings death and destruction in its wake, writes Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign.
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.