Will This Public Health Crisis Lead to a Voting Rights Crisis?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-11
Welcome to Moyers on Democracy. | Bill's guest in this episode is the journalist David Daley. His best-selling first book, Ratf**ked

Sanders "Broke the Spell" of Neoliberalism
Naomi Klein | zcomm.org | 2020-04-11
Interview about Bernie Sanders's historic presidential campaign and coronavirus capitalism

The end of Sanders' campaign deepens crisis in Democratic Socialists of America
wsws.org | 2020-04-11
The main purpose of a recent forum hosted by Jacobin magazine was to answer the question "Where to go next?" with a definitive: "Nowhere, stay in the Democratic Party."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/11/sand-a11.html

The end of Sanders' campaign deepens crisis in Democratic Socialists of America
wsws.org | 2020-04-11
The main purpose of a recent forum hosted by Jacobin Magazine was to answer the question "where to go next" with a definitive: "Nowhere, stay in the Democratic Party."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/11/sand-a11.html

NY's Cuomo pleases crowds with 'Hero Compensation Fund' for healthcare workers… after 9 years of hospital cuts
rt.com | 2020-04-11
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched a fund to support sick healthcare workers and their families, but some blame him for the dire working conditions facing the state's caregivers after nine years of hospital budget cuts. | Cuomo announced the state is working on a "Covid-19 Heroes Compensation Fund" to support healthcare workers and their families who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus during his daily briefing on Friday. It was heralded by his growing Democratic fan club as a generous, thoughtful move from a politician who cares about the "frontline workers." | AAbsent from the lovefest was any…
rt.com/usa/485546-cuomo-panders-healthcare-heroes-hospitals/

NY's Cuomo pleases crowds with 'Hero Compensation Fund' for healthcare workers – after 9 years of hospital cuts
rt.com | 2020-04-11
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched a fund to support sick healthcare workers and their families, but some blame him for the dire working conditions facing the state's caregivers after nine years of hospital budget cuts. | Cuomo announced the state is working on a "Covid-19 Heroes Compensation Fund" to support healthcare workers and their families who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus during his daily briefing on Friday. It was heralded by his growing Democratic fan club as a generous, thoughtful move from a politician who cares about the "frontline workers." | Absent from the lovefest was any m…
rt.com/usa/485546-cuomo-panders-healthcare-heroes-hospitals/

NY's Cuomo pleases crowds with 'Hero Compensation Fund' for healthcare workers… after 9 years of hospital cuts
rt.com | 2020-04-11
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched a fund to support sick healthcare workers and their families, but some blame him for the dire working conditions facing the state's caregivers after nine years of hospital budget cuts. | Cuomo announced the state is working on a "Covid-19 Heroes Compensation Fund" to support healthcare workers and their families who have been diagnosed with the coronavirus during his daily briefing on Friday. It was heralded by his growing Democratic fan club as a generous, thoughtful move from a politician who cares about the "frontline workers." | AAbsent from the lovefest was any…
rt.com/usa/485546-cuomo-panders-healthcare-heroes-hospitals/

Spanish government to force workers in non-essential industries back-to-work
wsws.org | 2020-04-11
Podemos and the Spanish social democrats are needlessly sacrificing thousands of workers' lives in order to boost corporate profits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/11/pode-a11.html

Spanish government to force workers in non-essential industries back to work
wsws.org | 2020-04-11
Podemos and the Spanish social democrats are needlessly sacrificing thousands of workers' lives in order to boost corporate profits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/11/pode-a11.html

A year since the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-04-11
Assange's arrest was an historic crime, setting a precedent for escalating attacks on press freedom and the democratic rights of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/11/assa-a11.html

A year since the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-04-11
Assange's arrest was an historic crime, setting a precedent for escalating attacks on press freedom and the democratic rights of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/11/assa-a11.html

California Buffalo Soldiers Project ~ National Buffalo Soldiers Study Celebration
Michael Harris, Congressional Action | indybay.org | 2020-04-11
National Buffalo Soldiers Study has been released and 2020 Memorial Day in Oakland and 2020 Buffalo Soldiers Day in San Francisco we share the journey toward educating everyone about the "good news."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832201.php

DR Congo militias free nearly 50 child soldiers
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-11
At least 48 child soldiers have been freed separately by militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week, local media reported Friday.At least 15 children age between 11 and 17 were released Monday by a group of Mai-Mai militiamen in North Kivu's Beni territory, Actualite.CD reported.The militia, led by self-proclaimed Colonel Uhuru, is active in the western part of the city of Oicha, where Congolese forces launched an offensive against Uganda's Allied Democratic Forces rebels.It was the leader of the militia who decided to release the children, according to reports that quoted the UN mission, MONUS…
yenisafak.com/en/world/dr-congo-militias-free-nearly-50-child-soldiers-3516627

Republicans Admit They Lose When Elections are Fair and Free
Bill Moyers | commondreams.org | 2020-04-10
Illinois' 4th Congressional District map shows the utter insanity of one of the country's worst cases of gerrymandering. (Image: SBTL1 / flickr Public Domain) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-04-10_at_11.22.39_am.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/10/republicans-admit-they-lose-when-elections-are-fair-and-free?cd-origin=rss

The Week We Should Not Forget for Our Own Sake
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
Much happened this week and we can't afford to ignore any of it. The events of the last seven days provide significant opportunities for civic action. 1. Bernie Sanders suspended his peoples' presidential campaign while staying on upcoming primary ballots to acquire more delegates to take to the Democratic convention. He concedes the nomination to…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/the-week-we-should-not-forget-for-our-own-sake/

A Victory for the Fogeys: Bernie Sanders Drops Out
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-10
Champagne corks will be popping in the Trump Empire for good reason. Whatever happens come November, the exit of Senator Bernie Sanders from the US presidential race will be a relief. The fractured republic can be reassured that the Democrats have not moved on, stuck, as it were, in the glades of vengeful melancholia and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/a-victory-for-the-fogeys-bernie-sanders-drops-out/

Chomsky on Trump's Disastrous COVID-19 Response, Sanders and What Gives Him Hope
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-10
How did the United States

Thank you, Bernie. Screw You, New York Times
Laura Flanders | fair.org | 2020-04-10
| It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical dreams and then dance on them. And that's just what the New York Times did the day after Bernie Sanders bowed out of the Democratic race for the nomination. On that day, in a special editorial ( 4/9/20), the editors of the very same paper that disparaged his every move opined that America is divided and our democracy corrupt, and launched a series promising to report on just the sort of transformative policies Sanders advocated. The New York Times (
fair.org/home/thank-you-bernie-screw-you-new-york-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-bernie-screw-you-new-york-times

'They're planning to replace Joe': Bernie's press secretary says Dems will toss Biden before November
rt.com | 2020-04-10
The former press chief for the Bernie Sanders campaign has lashed out at the Democratic Party, arguing that it will hand a political victory to Trump and corporate oligarchs if it doesn't "replace" Joe Biden with a better nominee. | "Bernie was too kind to go after Biden, but it's coming," said Briahna Joy Gray, press secretary for the now suspended presidential campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. | Either Dem leadership cares more about maintaining a corporate status quo than getting rid of Trump, or they're planning to replace Joe

Another Sanders Betrayal
Laurie Dobson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
As people come to grips with the announcement today that Bernie Sanders has suspended, i.e. dropped out of, his campaign, a myriad of collective feelings will have to run their inevitable course. My first reactions are that I feel profoundly let down. In the middle of Holy Week, for God's sake! While the virus is…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/another-sanders-betrayal/

Noam Chomsky on Trump's Disastrous Coronavirus Response, Bernie Sanders & What Gives Him Hope
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-10
How did the United States

Bernie supporters: Join the Coalition to March on the DNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-10
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention. | On April 8, Senator Bernie Sanders suspended his 2020 Democratic primary campaign. The Sanders campaign has inspired millions of working class and oppressed people, including an overwhelming majority of young people. The movement-building emphasis of the Sanders campaign is what truly sets it apart from anything seen in the U.S. since perhaps Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition in the 1980s. | What Sanders's candidacy demonstrated again in 2020 is that working and oppressed people in t…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/10/bernie-supporters-join-coalition-march-dnc

Chomsky on Trump's Disastrous COVID-19 Response, Sanders and What Gives Him Hope
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-10
How did the United States

Another Sanders Betrayal
Laurie Dobson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
As people come to grips with the announcement today that Bernie Sanders has suspended, i.e. dropped out of, his campaign, a myriad of collective feelings will have to run their inevitable course. My first reactions are that I feel profoundly let down. In the middle of Holy Week, for God's sake! While the virus is…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/another-sanders-betrayal/

Headlines for April 10, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-10
COVID-19 Patients Dying Every Minute in the United States, Epicenter of the Pandemic, 17 Million U.S. Workers File Unemployment Claims in Just Three Weeks, New York City Workers Dig Mass Graves Amid Surge of COVID-19 Deaths, President Trump Pushes to Reopen U.S. Economy Despite Severe Shortage of Tests, California Nursing Home with COVID-19 Cases Evacuated After Workers' No-Show, Kansas Governor Sues to Halt Church Congregations Ahead of Easter, Chicago Prisoners Post Signs in Jail Windows: "Help, No Supply" and "We're Dying", NYC Cathedral Won't Partner with Christian Fundamentalist Field Hospital Group over LGB…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/10/headlines

New York Uses Mass Graves Due to Increase COVID-19 Deaths
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-10
Regarding the images of mass graves on Hart Island, which have been circulating on social media for the last few days, New York City (NYC) Mayor Bill de Blasio said those graves are temporary solutions until families can organize a private burial.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | RELATED: | New York Lives Its Deadliest Day With 799 Deaths by COVID-19 | "The pictures of our fellow New Yorkers being buried on Hart Island are deva…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-York-Uses-Mass-Graves-Due-to-Increase-COVID-19-Deaths-20200410-0005.html

Covid-19 : The terrifying numbers of a global crisis slowly unravelling before us
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-10
TruePublica Editor: Leaving aside the devastating effects on the lives of people, the rapidly intensifying economic effects of COVID-19 on the world of economies and employment is already proving to be far worse than the 2008-9 financial crisis. And from a democratic point of view, more than two billion people live in countries where parliaments …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/covid-19-the-terrifying-numbers-of-a-global-crisis-slowly-unravelling-before-us/

Democratic Money and the New Corona Virus Economy
Pat Ryan | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
Here in the United States, we don't like to talk about class. The dominant metaphor projected by the media is the great big competition that we are all participating in as individuals (the meritocracy or free market). Within the competition, there are winners and losers. As independent competitors, most people don't belong to a class.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/democratic-money-and-the-new-corona-virus-economy/

The Last Humans…Or Why 'Revolutionaries' Should Drop their Millenarianism and Support Survival International
Peter Harrison | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
There are two types of 'human being' on the planet, but only one type can truly call itself human. The 'human beings' who cannot truly call themselves human include myself and all the others who are products and functions

Joe Biden, Here's How to Earn Our Support
Waleed Shahid | thenation.com | 2020-04-10
Joe Biden, Here's How to Earn Our Support…
thenation.com/article/politics/biden-earn-young-voters/

Emmanuel Barthélemy: A revolutionary who became a tawdry tabloid tale
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-10
Books & music History Phil ShannonIssue 1260 AustraliaApril 10, 2020 | The Murderer Of Warren Street: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Revolutionary | Marc Mulholland | W F Howes Ltd, 2019 | It is the sad, but not entirely undeserved, fate of Emmanuel Barthélem…
greenleft.org.au/content/emmanuel-barth%C3%A9lemy-revolutionary-who-became-tawdry-tabloid-tale

'Unforgettable' Footage of Endless Line of Cars at Food Banks a Stark Illustration of Coronavirus Crisis in US
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-10
"It is outrageous that in the richest country in the history of the world, people are going hungry," said Bernie Sanders, who called for more urgent relief from Congress. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/florida_2.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/10/unforgettable-footage-endless-line-cars-food-banks-stark-illustration-coronavirus?cd-origin=rss

'This Is a Bad Idea… Really Bad': Bloomberg Data Strategy Firm Makes Bid to Run Biden Campaign
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-10
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_bloomberg.jpg …

Naomi Klein: Sanders "Broke the Spell" of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes Coronavirus Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We talk to journalist and activist Naomi Klein about Bernie Sanders's historic presidential campaign as he suspends his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination, and about coronavirus capitalism

Suspending the Campaign, Not the Movement: Sanders Pulls Out of 2020 Race But Will Stay on Ballot
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive nominee to face Donald Trump in November. Sanders says he will stay on the ballot in remaining primary races and continue to assemble delegates. We play highlights from Sanders's speech to supporters in a live stream on Wednesday. "Together, we have transformed American consciousness as to what kind of nation we can become, and have taken this country a major step forward in the never-ending struggle for economic justice, social justice, racial justice and envir…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/bernie_sanders_drops_out_of_race

Bernie Sanders Suspends His Campaign: What Happened and What Now?
Sam Husseini | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-09
Once again, disenfranchised American voters are left without a candidate that represents their values, but instead of staying home or voting against those values, there is another option, writes Sam Husseini.
mintpressnews.com/bernie-sanders-suspends-campaign-what-happened-what-now/266470/

Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders Campaign Didn't Fail. It Energized Millions & Shifted U.S. Politics
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
In a new interview, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky reflects on the significance of the Bernie Sanders campaign, calling it "an extraordinary success" that "completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion" in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/noam_chomsky_bernie_sanders_campaign

What we all need to learn now that Bernie Sanders's presidential bid is over
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-04-09
Bernie Sanders has withdrawn from the Democratic Party primary. This has prompted a fierce debate about what went wrong. While he clearly faced unfair disadvantages from the start, progressives must also accept that he made some unnecessary mistakes. And if we're going to win victories in the future, we must learn from them. | Unfair fr…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/04/09/what-we-all-need-to-learn-now-that-bernie-sanderss-presidential-bid-is-over/

"Exposing U.S. Racism in a Stark New Way": COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black Americans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We speak with family physician and epidemiologist Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones about how the coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on black Americans, who are disproportionately dying from the virus across the country as a result of entrenched racial inequality. Black Americans are more likely to have chronic health problems and less likely to have insurance. They also make up significant numbers of frontline workers that are still going to work amid the pandemic. Jones is the former president of the American Public Health Association. Her recent piece for Newsweek magazine is headlined "Coronavirus Disease Discri…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/camara_phyllis_jones_coronavirus_race_disparities

Headlines for April 9, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
Coronavirus Pandemic Could Push 600 Million More People into Poverty, New York Reports Record 779 Coronavirus Deaths in Just 24 Hours, General Motors to Deliver 30,000 Ventilators, with Most Arriving Long After Projected COVID-19 Peak, Kansas to Allow Crowded Church Services as L.A. Expands Order on Face Coverings, California Fast-Food Workers Strike, Demanding Hazard Pay and Protections Against COVID-19, Trump Touts Unproven Treatments of Hydroxychloroquine and Zinc for COVID-19, World Health Organization Head: "Please Don't Politicize This Virus", Researchers Find Coronavirus Arrived in New York from Europe in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/headlines

Why You Should Never Vote for Joe Biden
David Swanson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-09
There's a video of Lawrence O'Donnell, spokesperson for MSNBC, saying in 2020 what he's paid to say, namely that electing a candidate with a platform you approve of is somehow in conflict with electing a candidate who can win. The logic of this is that most people are expected to vote for a candidate with …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/why-you-should-never-vote-for-joe-biden/

CNN spreads the blame around as Democrats block Senate effort to pour more cash into small business relief program
rt.com | 2020-04-09
A Senate bill to add $251 billion to the emergency small business coronavirus stimulus program met with opposition from Democrats, who tried to tack on their own agenda

CNN spreads the blame around as Democrats block Senate effort to pour more cash into small business relief program
rt.com | 2020-04-09
A Senate bill to add $251 billion to the emergency small business coronavirus stimulus program met with opposition from Democrats, who tried to tack on their own agenda

Telling the truth about coronavirus is resistance to Trump and authoritarianism
Ezra Levin, Leah Greenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-09
Last week, Trump and Mitch McConnell both blamed Democrats and the impeachment trial for distracting the nation and aiding the spread of COVID-19. We know–the shamelessness of this accusation is infuriating. In light of this article, and the entire GOP response to COVID-19, the quote we've been coming back to in recent days is from …
peoplesworld.org/article/telling-the-truth-about-coronavirus-is-resistance-to-trump-and-authoritarianism/

Bernie Sanders ends US presidential bid
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-08
Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his US presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the likely Democratic Party nominee to take on Donald Trump in November. | Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on. t.co/MYc7kt2b16 |

Bernie Sanders ends US presidential bid
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-08
Senator Bernie Sanders has ended his US presidential campaign, leaving Joe Biden as the likely Democratic Party nominee to take on Donald Trump in November. | Today I am suspending my campaign. But while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on. t.co/MYc7kt2b16 |

Journalist on Wisconsin Election: Republicans Are Letting People Die in Order to Hang On to Power
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
Lines stretching city blocks, hours-long waits and polling officials in hazmat suits. That's the scene voters in Wisconsin encountered as they braved the polls Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Despite growing outcry about the risks to public health and safety that in-person voting would pose, on Monday the state Supreme Court blocked Democratic Governor Tony Evers's ruling to delay the election until June. At least 92 people in Wisconsin have died from exposure to COVID-19. In Milwaukee

Wisconsin FRSO condemns April 7 election farce
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-08
Milwaukee, WI – Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) spokesperson Ryan Hamann blasted the April 7 statewide election, stating, "Wisconsin FRSO condemns the forced vote in the midst of a global pandemic. Despite the CDC recommendations that people stay home as much as possible and avoid any kind of mass congregation, legislators in Wisconsin and members of the U.S. Supreme Court determined that did not apply when it came to voting in a presidential primary." | Hamann continued, "Meanwhile, the city of Milwaukee, populated by nearly 700,000 people, cut polling stations by 99%, from 180 to five. Unde…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/8/wisconsin-frso-condemns-april-7-election-farce

"People Are Dying in the Streets": Ecuador Struggles to Cope with COVID-19 as Cases Skyrocket
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
The coronavirus pandemic is exhausting Ecuador's medical resources, with at least 220 dead and more than 4,000 cases. Ecuador is among the top three countries with the largest number of COVID-19 cases in the entire Latin American region. In recent days, images of dead bodies wrapped in plastic tarp left on the streets of the city of Guayaquil as families desperately try to bury loved ones have shocked the entire country and the world. Guayaquil is Ecuador's most populous city and the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. We speak with Denisse Herrera, the Ecuador correspondent for teleSUR.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/8/ecuador_coronavirus

Albert Woodfox: COVID-19 Offers Public a "Small Window" into What Prisoners Face in Solitary Confinement
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
As millions shelter in place around the world, we speak with Albert Woodfox, who served the longest time in solitary confinement of any prisoner in the United States. Known as one of the Angola Three, along with Robert King and Herman Wallace, Woodfox was held in isolation for nearly 44 years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola. He was convicted of killing a guard in jail, but always maintained his innocence. He says he was targeted for co-founding the first Black Panther chapter in Angola. He was released in 2016 and is now 73 years old. His memoir is "Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/8/albert_woodfox_solitary_confinement

"A Systematic Issue of Disparity": Black People in Louisiana Account for 70% of COVID-19 Deaths
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
Louisiana faces one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus in the United States. New data shows black people account for 70% of all the state's coronavirus deaths, though they comprise just 32% of the state's population. Louisiana also has the highest incarceration rate in the country, and more than 65% of the people in its jails and prisons are black. At least 28 people are infected, and 22 corrections staff have tested positive. State corrections officials are sending infected prisoners to the Louisiana State Penitentiary

Headlines for April 8, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-08
U.S. Daily Death Toll Nears 2,000 as Hundreds of COVID-19 Deaths Go Uncounted, Trump Threatens to Withhold U.S. Funding for World Health Organization, New WH Press Secretary Said Recently, "We Will Not See Diseases Like the Coronavirus Come Here", Trump Fires Inspector General Tasked with Overseeing $2 Trillion Stimulus, China Lifts Lockdown in Wuhan, Where Coronavirus Pandemic Began, EU Coronavirus Stimulus Talks Fail as Deaths Surge in Spain and France, Libyan Rebels Attack Hospital for COVID-19 Patients; Chadian Ex-Dictator Released from Prison, International Labour Organization: Pandemic Could Wipe Out 195 Mi…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/8/headlines

The Media's Loudest #MeToo Champions Are Ignoring Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Tara Reade
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-08
The silence from the media's loudest #MeToo champions has been deafening. There has been exactly zero coverage of sexual allegations against Joe Biden on CNBC, CNN, MSNBC, ABC or CBS. Likewise, The New York Times and USA Today and have failed to discuss it.
mintpressnews.com/media-metoo-champions-ignoring-joe-biden-sexual-assault-accuser-tara-reade/266439/

Open Letter to the "Sandernistas": Bernie Caves Again 2020
Bruce Lerro | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-08
History Repeats Itself, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce I wrote this article almost four years ago right after the Democratic primaries in 2016. I am reposting it because it demonstrates how, while history changes, the machinations of the Democratic Party are the same, or in this case, worse. What is not relevant in this …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/open-letter-to-the-sandernistas-bernie-caves-again-2020/

Let Us Now Praise Bernie Sanders
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2020-04-08
Let Us Now Praise Bernie Sanders…
thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-suspends-campaign/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders & Fight for a Progressive Future
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-07
As millions hope to receive support as soon as possible from the massive coronavirus stimulus bill passed by Congress without adequate oversight mechanisms, we look at who will benefit from "extraordinary asymmetrical assistance" that went to corporations instead of working people. "Some of the people who need it the most are not getting it," says Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "This contributes to a public health crisis in addition to an economic one." She also discusses plans for the 2020 election and a "progressive future" for the United States with a single-payer health system and a living wage.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/aoc_coronavirus_stimulus_corporate_slush_fund

Headlines for April 7, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-07
Boris Johnson in Intensive Care for COVID-19, U.K.'s Foreign Secretary Deputized | , Most of U.S. Population Told to Stay Home as Medical Equipment Shortages Continue to Mar Response, Trump Ignored Coronavirus Warnings from His Own Administration as Early as January | , Grocery Stores Report Coronavirus Deaths as Workers Say They Are Not Receiving Adequate Protection, WI Primary Vote Goes Ahead After Ruling by State Supreme Court; SCOTUS Throws Out Mail-in Ballot Extension, New York Appears to Flatten COVID-19 Curve as Cuomo Tightens Preventive Measures, Gov't Called to Release Data on Racial Makeup of COVID-19 D…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/headlines

Deaths of Inequality: AOC on Black and Latinx Communities at Epicenter of Epicenter of the Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-07
As COVID-19 deaths spike in African-American and immigrant communities, almost a third of New York City's infections are in Queens, one of the most diverse places in the world, and many in the hardest-hit neighborhoods are undocumented and working-class. We speak with Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the neighborhoods at the epicenter of the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, about how the Trump administration's response to the pandemic is causing "deaths of incompetence," "deaths of science denial" and "deaths of inequality."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/aoc_coronavirus_queens_bronx

Amazon "Profiting from This Pandemic" as Warehouse Workers Walk Off Job to Demand Safer Conditions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-07
Just a week "after Amazon fired": www.democracynow.org/2020/3/31/headlines/amazon_fires_organizer_of_staten_island_strike_action a worker who led a walkout, workers at the same Staten Island warehouse walked off the job again Monday to protest unsafe working conditions as online orders soar during the pandemic. We get an update from Angeles Solis, lead organizer at Make the Road New York, which helped organize the strike. Solis helps lead the group's Beyond Amazon coalition in New York City. If Amazon doesn't do more to protect workers, "they are not only profiting from this pandemic, but they're helping t…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/7/amazon_state_island_warehouse_workers_walkout

To Stop Bernie Sanders, WaPo Willing to Risk Americans' Lives
Pete Tucker | fair.org | 2020-04-06
There's little the Washington Post won't do to stop Bernie Sanders, including endanger American lives. | That was made clear with the March 17 Democratic primaries, which were held amid a rapidly worsening pandemic, and with enthusiastic support from…
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"Leaving Us in Here to Die": Prisoners Plea for Release, Protection Amid Skyrocketing Infections
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-06
U.S. Attorney General William Barr issued an emergency order Friday calling for the release of vulnerable federal prisoners into home confinement amid the coronavirus crisis. This news comes as at least 16 states have also released prisoners. We look at the treatment of incarcerated people in New York state, where Governor Andrew Cuomo has yet to grant anyone freedom despite at least 24 confirmed cases among state prisoners. Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he'll release about 300 people from Rikers Island and other city jails, but advocates are calling for far more to be freed. We speak to…
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One Mask for Five 12-Hour Shifts: Harlem Hospital Nurses Demand Better Protection Amid Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-06
As New York state's death toll from coronavirus passes 4,000, nurses and medical workers on the frontlines in New York City are protesting for better protections. We go to a demonstration outside Harlem Hospital to speak with Sarah Dowd, a registered nurse who works in its medical/surgical unit and has been treating COVID-19-positive patients. She is a member of the New York State Nurses Association union. "This is not a time for people to be sitting on the sidelines," Dowd says. "We need to make big demands of the system."
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Headlines for April 6, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-06
Coronavirus Cases Surge in U.S., Surgeon General Warns of "Pearl Harbor Moment" | , Gov. Cuomo Slashes Medicaid as New York Struggles to Get Handle on COVID-19 Cases | , Black Communities Hit Disproportionately Hard by Coronavirus , Coronavirus Cases Appear to Level Off in Parts of Europe, But Death Tolls Remain High | , Boris Johnson Hospitalized for Acute Coronavirus Symptoms | , Japan's Shinzo Abe to Declare Emergency; Filipino Police Kills Man Who Flouted Coronavirus Rules, Low-Paid Garment Workers in Bangladesh Face Mass Unemployment , Former Prime Ministers of Somalia and Libya Die from COVID-19, Complaint…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/6/headlines

NY Bishop Explains Why St John Divine Cathedral Is Working with Fundamentalist Group During Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-06
As millions of worshipers around the globe enter the month of April preparing to celebrate Holy Week, Passover and Ramadan in the age of coronavirus, Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan is set to open its doors to 400 beds for non-COVID-19 patients to make more space in the hospitals for those suffering from the coronavirus. But there's a catch: The city is partnering with the Christian fundamentalist group Samaritan's Purse, led by Franklin Graham, a virulently Islamophobic, anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ preacher. Last week, the group erected an emergency field hospital in Central Park to treat spillover…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/6/samaritans_purse_central_park_field_hospital

Amazon on strike: what workers need to know about their rights
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-03
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Kevin Gustafson, an organizer with Democracy at Work and host of the Sensible…
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Amazon on strike: what workers need to know about their rights
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-03
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Kevin Gustafson, an organizer with Democracy at Work and host of the Sensible…
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"Our Bodies Are On the Line": NYC Nurses Demand Protective Gear as COVID-19 Death Toll Skyrockets
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-03
Nurses in California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada and Texas are protesting one of the nation's largest hospital chains for a "lack of preparedness" amid the coronavirus pandemic. They're calling on HCA Healthcare to provide optimal personal protective equipment, or PPE, for nurses and other staff. In New York, the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, nurses and doctors at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx protested Thursday over the lack of PPE. Today another protest is underway in front of Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan calling for more PPE, better staffing and COVID-19 testing for front…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/3/nyc_frontline_medical_workers_ppe_protest

As Virus Spreads in Philippines, So Does Authoritarianism: Duterte Threatens Violence Amid Lockdown
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-03
In the Philippines, authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he's ordered soldiers to shoot to kill residents if they resist a strict lockdown on the island of Luzon. His order came after residents of Manila's Quezon City shanty town staged a protest, saying they've gone hungry without food promised when the lockdown began more than two weeks ago. The Philippines death toll is 136 with more than 3,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases. As those numbers grow, nurses and doctors report a drastic lack of personal protective equipment. While the Philippines has seen a surge in cases, Indonesia is now reporting t…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/3/coronavirus_asia_philippines_rodrigo_duterte

How Taiwan Contained COVID-19: Early Action, Technology & Millions of Face Masks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-03
Taiwan, despite being just 100 miles from mainland China with regular flights to and from Wuhan, has successfully staved off the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. The country has so far seen five deaths and just under 350 confirmed cases, and most schools and businesses remain open. How did Taiwan do it? "Aggressive action," says Dr. Jason Wang, the former project manager for Taiwan's National Health Insurance Reform Task-force. He is now the director of the Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention and associate professor of pediatrics and medicine at Stanford University. He speaks with us about Taiwan's strat…
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Headlines for April 3, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-03
Nearly 1,200 U.S. Residents Die of COVID-19 in Just One Day, "Sheep Going to Slaughter": NYC Medical Workers Protest Lack of Protective Equipment, Trump Mocks States' "Insatiable Appetites" as Medical Supplies Nearly Exhausted, Florida Governor's Social Distancing Order Exempts Religious Gatherings, Coronavirus-Stricken Cruise Ships Allowed to Dock in Florida After Weeks at Sea, More Than 10 Million Americans File Jobless Claims in Just Two Weeks, Amazon Planned Smear Campaign Against Strike Leader Who Demanded Coronavirus Protections, New York City Urges All Residents to Wear Face Coverings in Public, FDA Approv…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/3/headlines

Protect Immigrant Communities: Fear Mounts of Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak in U.S. Border Camps, ICE Jails
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-03
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has joined thousands of medical professionals and immigration rights groups to demand that Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all prisoners from immigration jails as the coronavirus continues to spread. Meanwhile, immigration advocates are working to prepare crowded encampments of asylum seekers across the U.S.-Mexico border for a potentially catastrophic outbreak of COVID-19. Since the implementation of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy, tens of thousands of asylum seekers from regions like Central America and Africa have been stranded in Mexican bord…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/3/covid_us_mexico_border_immigration_jails

Democracy Dies in Blah Blah Blah
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-04-03
In a live appearance on the Fox News network ( 3/30/20), Donald Trump said it was good that Democratic proposals for increased voting protections and ballot access–including vote-by-mail, same-day registration and early voting, as well equipment and staffing to make voting safe during the pandemic–were not included in the coronavirus relief package. | "The things they had in there were crazy," Trump said. "They had things–levels of voting that, if you ever agreed to it, you'd never have a Republican elected in this co…
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'The universe is collapsing'
Bernie Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-03-27
Bernie Sanders mocks Republicans over coronavirus aid…
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[Comment] National UK programme of community health workers for COVID-19 response
Andy Haines, Enrique Falceto de Barros, Anita Berlin, David L Heymann, Matthew J Harris | thelancet.com | 2020-03-24
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic threatens to kill large numbers of people in the UK and to place unprecedented demands on the National Health Service (NHS). The case fatality rate is increased in older people and those with pre-existing disease and is reported to be about 20% in people with COVID-19 who are older than 80 years,1 although this does not take into account the under-reporting of mildly affected cases. There are about 8 ∑8 million people aged 70 years or older in the UK and many others with health conditions that increase their vulnerability to COVID-19.
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Peace Action Supports Wyden-Klobuchar Bill to Protect Democracy and Ensure Safe Elections
Lilly Dragnev | peaceaction.org | 2020-03-20
Statement of Jon Rainwater, Executive Director, Peace Action, on the introduction of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). This bill would help ensure that elections can take place in a safe and secure way throughout the pandemic and beyond. March 19, 2020 Peace Action …
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The Dem Primary is Over, and We Need Bernie Sanders to Lead on Health Care From the Senate
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-19
On Tuesday, I cast a joyless vote for the very much politically doomed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Illinois primary, in an elementary school where hushed whispers and fearful glances had replaced the normal din of an election day. There was no one standing just outside the perimeter hustling me to vote for this …
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These Are the 51 GOP Senators Who Just Voted Against Expanding Paid Sick Leave to Protect Americans
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-19
Republican senators on Wednesday teamed up to kill an amendment introduced by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray that would have expanded paid sick leave to millions of U.S. workers left out of a bipartisan coronavirus relief package. Every Republican present for the vote, 51 in total, voted against the amendment while every Senate Democrat voted in favor. …
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[Correspondence] COVID-19, ECMO, and lymphopenia: a word of caution
Brandon Michael Henry | thelancet.com | 2020-03-13
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can serve as life-saving rescue therapy for refractory respiratory failure in the setting of acute respiratory distress syndrome, such as that induced by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In the study by Yang and colleagues,1 who compared clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with severe COVID-19, five (83%) of six patients receiving ECMO died. Although this sample was small, and specific baseline characteristics and disease courses were almost unknown, it raises concerns about potential harms of ECMO therapy for COVID-19.
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Latest U.S. Military Strikes Are as Reckless as they are Cruel
Lilly Dragnev | peaceaction.org | 2020-03-13
Washington, D.C.

[Correspondence] Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection?
Lei Fang, George Karakiulakis, Michael Roth | thelancet.com | 2020-03-11
The most distinctive comorbidities of 32 non-survivors from a group of 52 intensive care unit patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the study by Xiaobo Yang and colleagues1 were cerebrovascular diseases (22%) and diabetes (22%). Another study2 included 1099 patients with confirmed COVID-19, of whom 173 had severe disease with comorbidities of hypertension (23 ∑7%), diabetes mellitus (16 ∑2%), coronary heart diseases (5 ∑8%), and cerebrovascular disease (2 ∑3%). In a third study,3 of 140 patients who were admitted to hospital with COVID-19, 30% had hypertension and 12% had diab…
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Congress Sends Bipartisan Bill to Trump Rebuking Iran War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-03-11
Washington, D.C.

Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-02-28
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Jim Naureckas on Democratic Primaries, Nina Luo on Decriminalizing Sex Work
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-02-14
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Biden Threatens Lawsuit to Halt Release of Real Iowa Caucus Results
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-04
American democracy–ain't it grand?>…

Biden Threatens Lawsuit to Halt Release of Real Iowa Caucus Results