coronavirus
Lawmakers to HUD, landlords: Evictions make coronavirus pandemic worse
March 20, 2020Progressive lawmakers demanded private landlords and Trump’s Housing and Urban Development Department halt such removals. Trump’s HUD gave in, partially.
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Coronavirus clean-up: Sanitation workers face increased risk, job loss
March 20, 2020Dealing with all the trash society produces is a dirty and dangerous job even in normal times; during a global health pandemic, it gets even riskier.
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Trumka praises workers, slams Trump and profiteers on coronavirus pandemic
March 19, 2020Workers, union and non-union, are responding magnificently to the coronavirus pandemic, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
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Trump response to pandemic a failing of unimaginable proportions
March 19, 2020Every press conference Trump gives underlines why the Senate should have removed him from office when he was impeached.
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Health inequality: The rich and famous get coronavirus tests first
March 19, 2020In response, Trump says, "Perhaps that's...the story of life."
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