While one part of northern Italy teaches a cautionary lesson, a small town in neighboring Veneto offers a case study in good practices, Andrew Spannaus reports.
COVID-19: Lessons from Lombardy
Tag: coronavirus crisis
LEE CAMP: Pandemic is Not Just a Crisis, It’s Also a Gift
Like cancer, capitalism grows until it murders the host body. During this pandemic shutdown, it’s not getting the growth it needs and parts of it are becoming benign.
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: Brazil’s Bolsonaro Trumps Trump
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: 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: 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: MSM China Hysteria Gets Way Crazier & Dumber
It is never a good sign when the political/media class all across the aisle begins loudly trying to out-hawk one another, says Caitlin Johnstone.
COVID-19: Trump Weaponizing Virus by Intensifying Sanctions on Iran & Venezuela
Economic and medical warfare during the pandemic amounts to a crime against humanity, writes Marjorie Cohn.
COVID-19: Healthcare Workers Block Protest Against Colorado Stay-Home Order
Photojournalist Alyson McClaran captured the tense confrontation in a series of photos posted to social media on Sunday, reports Jake Johnson.
COVID-19: North Korea’s Missing Data
The country is saying that its tactics against the virus have kept it totally at bay, Barbara Crossette reports.