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COVER/Hal Crowther p. 1
Going viral: Fighting for oxygen in Trump’s America
EDITORIAL p. 2
Save the post office and elections
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
America’s political soul.
Pandemic profiteers, Trump and Peter Cottontail
ASHAR FOLEY p. 3
Coronavirus proves it: We need Medicare for All
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Joseph Lowery, organizer for justice
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
We’re all in this together
DISPATCHES p. 5
Trump keeps touting virus ‘cure’ despite death, extreme illness and doctors’ warnings;
Trump’s COVID lies are about to hit the wall;
Rural Americans fear virus after losing hospitals;
New polls raise hopes of Dems flipping Senate;
Masks, other protective gear are being stolen from states and nations, but by whom?
COVID-19 shutdown may have left 3.5 million workers without insurance;
Scamle for rapid
COVID-19 test everybody wants ...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
How Governor Cuomo filled the void
ART CULLEN p. 6
Tough times
ADAM TURTLE p. 6
What is at risk and what we can do now
GENE LYONS p. 7
Thanks, Nancy
JILL RICHARDSON p. 7
Efficiency vs. resilience
JOHN YOUNG p. 7
Who’ll play Dan Patrick’s hunger games?
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 8
Crisis at the borders
ALEXANDER C. KAUFMAN p. 9
and CHRIS D’ANGELO
Trump goes full ‘shock doctrine’ as pandemic rages
TOM CONWAY p. 10
An epidemic of insecurity
LES LEOPOLD p. 10
Is Wall Street killing grandma?
BOOK REVIEW/Roger Bybee p. 10
Time to merge left
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
Quibbling over what to call COVID-19 misses escalating and dangerous dynamics
DEAN BAKER p. 11
The relative generosity of the economic rescue package: Boeing and public broadcasting
THOM HARTMANN p. 12
The coronavirus crash could be worse than the Republican Great Depression of 1930
KEVIN BASL p. 12
Thank farmers and grocery workers for their service
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 13
Not an April fool: This humiliating failure is actually our president during a national crisis
ROBERT REICH p. 13
Ignore the billionaires; Public health comes first
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Health care is a human right
FRANK LINGO p. 14
Earth Day turns 50
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
The lure of vertical integration, or the Walmart model
SAM URETSKY p. 15
The best cure for COVID-19 so far is prevention
JASON SIBERT p. 15
The mightiest country’s weaknesses are exposed
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
Absentee president
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Hospital shortages: The corporate media’s unsung story
ROBERTO Dr. CINTLI RODRIGUEZ p. 16
Time to renounce the church’s dark ages thinking
JUAN COLE p. 17
Iran COVID-19 deaths rival US as Trump blocks medical supplies; Europe defies Washington on blockade
BOB BURNETT p. 17
Ready or not, here comes the recession
JOE CONASON p. 18
We need a 9/11 commission to probe coronavirus
JAMIE STIEHM p. 18
Trump’s personal politics mean a cruel April for American cities
ROBERT KUTTNER p. 18
The end of American exceptionalism
RALPH NADER p. 19
Out of the coronavirus crisis can come efficient historic changes for justice
TED RALL p. 19
The speech Trump must, but cannot, give
BOOK REVIEW/Heather Seggel p. 20
Waiting for the man
ROB PATTERSON p. 20
‘Succession’ sets siblings against each other
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Standardized tests in the time of COVID-19
INTERVIEW/Ed Rampell p. 21
Introducing Tanya Alexander, the rising star of L.A. theatre
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Athlete activists respond to the coronavirus pandemic
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
Cruel and unusual punishment: The US prison pandemic
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
Parenting, now
DANA MILBANK p. 23
Republicans were warned. Yet they persisted in defending Trump
SATIRE/Rosie Sorenson p. 23
Happy talk, we’re talking happy talk
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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This page posted April 10, 2020