coronavirus
Privately-run immigrant jails denying detainees masks, dodging responsibility
April 14, 2020Guards would not give out masks until detainees signed forms saying they could not hold the private prison company liable if they got the coronavirus.
Read moreMillions of immigrants pay taxes but won’t get coronavirus stimulus checks
April 13, 2020“COVID-19 does not care about your immigration status, so neither should our response,” U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, said.
Read moreTrump, pushing for May 1 “re-opening,” attacks Dr. Fauci
April 13, 2020On Easter weekend, he blames China, the World Health Organization, Obama, governors, Congress, Democrats, and the media for his disastrous handling of coronavirus crisis.
Read moreGOP digs in against more economic aid for people, hospitals, states
April 13, 2020Republicans also sabotage congressional oversight by refusing to name GOP members to mandated panel.
Read moreUnions back U.S. Postal Service’s $75B pandemic appeal, oppose right-wing privatization plans
April 13, 2020Trump's right-wing backers want to privatize the agency and rip up USPS’s collective bargaining agreements with the unions, which represent 630,000 workers.
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