Economy and Business
Reopening the Economy is a Death Sentence for Workers
The wealthy may be fine with sacrificing the vulnerable, but workers are fighting for the sanctity of human life.
Don’t Let Trump Gut the Post Office
What kind of leader thinks in a pandemic: “Here’s our chance to kill the postal service!”
Remembering Our Empathy
Stay at home orders are necessary. But we need to remember that they can be economically, or emotionally, difficult to follow.
Time for an Emergency Charity Stimulus
Vast private foundations are sitting on over $1 trillion in assets. In this crisis, we need to get that money to frontline nonprofits.
If Small Businesses Aren’t Essential, Neither Is Collecting Rent
Without rent and mortgage relief, millions of families and smaller landlords could lose their homes and businesses.
The COVID Slippery Slope
Free testing? Less pollution? What’s next?!
The Real Disease Is Inequality
The forces of greed shoved working families to the edge — all it took was a virus to push them over.
A Death Sentence for Meatpackers
Meatpackers are contracting COVID-19 and dying. Trump is requiring them to work — and shielding their employers from liability.
Stop Hospitals from Hounding Poor Patients
No family should have to worry about a hospital taking them to court when their loved one is connected to a ventilator.
Most Years, the Postal Service Is a Moneymaker
Most of the agency’s deficits are phony paper losses, manufactured by Congress at the behest of corporate privatizers.