health and safety
Trump administration kills CDC reopening guidelines, pushes responsibility onto states
May 7, 2020This approach matches Trump’s clai he isn’t responsible for the country’s lackluster testing efforts and his description of the federal government as a “supplier of last resort" for states.
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Activists file new challenge to proposed Twin Metals mine
May 6, 2020Opponents of a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota sued Wednesday to challenge the federal government’s renewal of Twin Metals’ mineral rights leases.
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Coronavirus cuts ‘deep scars’ through meatpacking towns across the country
May 5, 2020“These two guys were here last week. Now they are gone. It’s crazy.”
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Virus conspires with drive for profit to ‘open the economy’
May 5, 2020What’s working against American families is that capitalism cannot abide by a process that allows people NOT to work, a process that shuts down the profit machine.
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Leaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1
May 5, 2020Trump keeps the document in the back drawer. Report says that by June, U.S. will see a sharp rise in coronavirus deaths, up to 3,000 per day.
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