Economy / Business - OtherWords

Going Back to Work in a Pandemic

I don’t feel safe going back to work, but the state of Texas is forcing me to put my health and my family at risk.

Trump’s education secretary is trying to funnel coronavirus aid away from poor public schools to rich private ones.

Tens of millions of us are out of work. Why on earth is Trump trying to cut food aid?

It has become crystal clear during this pandemic that working people fuel this economy, but they’re the ones bearing the cost.

As families struggle to get stimulus checks, it’s time to fix the rusty pipes of our inequitable financial system.

The billionaire Tesla CEO made hundreds of millions more by illegally forcing his employees back to work in a pandemic.

Thanks to a specially carved loophole, one multi-millionaire claimed 339 times more than the average small business received.

The Tesla CEO’s decision to reopen his plant — illegally and unsafely — was an exercise in naked greed.

Pigs are intelligent animals with a sense of social responsibility. CEOs are looting taxpayers funds meant for small businesses.

We have the resources to survive this crisis, but politicians on both sides of the aisle are using division to force false choices.