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COVER/Art Cullen p. 1
We’re not ready for more pandemics brewing in livestock
EDITORIAL p. 2
Trump sinks to new depths
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
War mania.
To have a people's government, We the People must build it.
ROBERT P. ALVAREZ p. 3
The next coronavirus bill must protect the 2020 election
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Trump goes anti-postal
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Look for opportunities in pandemic shutdown
DISPATCHES p. 5
Top Dems urge Justice Department watchdog to probe AG;
GAO probes what Trump is doing with COVID-19 money;
Huge restaurant chains crowded out small businesses for small biz loan program;
Trump blockades lifesaving equiprment from reaching states;
Trump tops 18,000 lies;
Rush to vote by mail could put more ballots at risk;
Media can't resist covering protests tht are as spontaneousas the Rose Parade;
Bills propose monthly stimulus checks and canceled rent and mortgage payments;
Analysis finds oil spills and accidents on the rise 10 years after Deepwater Horizon accident
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FROMA HARROP p. 6
In a reversal, Trump ‘authorizes’ governors to do their job
GENE NICHOL p. 6
Are Republicans still bragging about making the NC Unemployment Compensation Program worst in the US?
ADAM TURTLE p. 6
The land needs us!
GENE LYONS p. 7
On the ‘Information Superhighway,’ stupid travels as fast as smart
SARAH ANDERSON p. 7
Postal carriers are essential workers. They need a stimulus, too.
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Our FDR figure is a governor with a mask
ART CULLEN p. 8
Take livestock disease seriously
JOHN L. MICEK p. 8
Amid a pandemic, Trump still at war with government
SOPHIA TESFAYE p. 9
How to beat Trump’s vote-trolling: Virginia and Wisconsin show the way
ROGER BYBEE p. 9
Wisconsin voters brave pandemic voter suppression, but GOP plans new tricks for November
TOM CONWAY p. 10
The leadership hoax
DAVID SCHMIDT p. 10
Has Mexico dropped the ball on COVID-19? Or are they getting things extremely right?
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
The disproportionate death toll of COVID-19 is an indictment
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The post-pandemic economy
RICHARD D. WOLFF p. 12
Capitalism has failed in fighting coronavirus
JOEL D. JOSEPH p. 12
Let the large cruise lines sink
BOB BURNETT p. 12
Free fall
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Will Trump try to ‘reopen the economy’ by force — even in thousands more die?
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Billionaires’ coronavirus charity reflects fear of expanded social safety net
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Once pandemic passes, people of conscience must step up
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 14
Health over wealth
OLIVIA ALPERSTEIN p. 14
I take Hydroxychloroquine. Please don’t hoard it.
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Oh for a genuine fifth-grader in the White House
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Cities and rural areas aren’t prepared for onrush of COVID-19 patients
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 15
Healing in the years of pestilence
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Lessons from the pandemic
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Health vs. whose economy?
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 16
Rethinking ‘Shelter in Place’ for those who have no shelter
JUAN COLE p. 17
Trump kneecapped World Health Organization amid pandemic; Jimmy Carter used it in bid to wipe out Guinea worm
N. GUNASEKARAN p. 17
Will post-coronavirus world order be humane?
JOE CONASON p. 18
There is nobody else to blame
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Death in the Kennedy family: A graceful goodbye in tragic times
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
Donald Trump and John Prine
RALPH NADER p. 19
The week we should not forget for our own sake
TED RALL p. 19
Congress has no plan for COVID-19 depression
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
A.I.-Yi-Yi! Can we live with semi-sentient computers?
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
Just when I thought I was out, ‘The Sopranos’ pulled me back in
LOIS GIBBS p. 20
The EPA just gave polluters a license to kill
MOVIE REVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
‘Streetlight Harmonies’: Doo-wop doc goes deep on beloved musical genre
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
WWE’s reckless approach to COVID-19
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Meet the African-American doctor who tests the homeless for COVID-19. He was handcuffed by Miami police
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
A new normal
DANA MILBANK p. 23
When you drown the government in the bathtub, people die
SATIRE/Frank Lingo p. 23
Conversations with corona
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted April 25, 2020