OPEN LETTER: Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project Must be Halted Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak
Trump administration revokes tribe’s reservation status in ‘power grab’ Guardian
He served nearly 44 years in solitary confinement. He was innocent of the crime. Washington Post
Class war
Rikers Island Prisoners Being Offered PPE And $6 An Hour To Dig Mass Graves Intercept
Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index: Rich sheltered, poor shafted amid virus
A Major Medical Staffing Company Just Slashed Benefits for Doctors and Nurses Fighting Coronavirus ProPublica
GOP senator: Open coronavirus-stricken economy, ‘death is an unavoidable part of life’ Business Insider
Iran Sanctions Are Biological Warfare Against Civilians Common Dreams
Indigenous Peoples
The Pipeline and the Pandemic: ‘The Biggest Risk We’ve Got Right Now’ The Tyee
Covid-19 coronavirus
Corporate executives play an outsize role at Trump’s coronavirus briefings Washington Post
Frightened Doctors Face Off With Hospitals Over Rules on Protective Gear NYTimes
Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear Bloomberg
Surgery tells sickest patients ‘they will not get COVID ventilator treatment’ Mirror
What happens when a city’s hospital closes ‘without warning’ during a pandemic Guardian
Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess The Nation
The same Cuomo who holds press briefings at a major New York City convention center, now the home of a temporary 1,000-bed hospital, presided over a decade of hospital closures and consolidations, prioritizing cost savings over keeping popular health care institutions open.
Exclusive: Captain of aircraft carrier with growing coronavirus outbreak pleads for help from Navy SF Chronicle
The pandemic is about to devastate the developing world Washington Post
U of M’s Osterholm says obesity could be deadly factor in U.S. COVID-19 outbreak Bring Me The News
Mass disinfections to combat coronavirus pose another health hazard Reuters
‘A Shameful New Low’: Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Alberta Govt. Ponies Up $1 Billion for Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Common Dreams
Trump administration has built dozens of miles of border wall since coronavirus outbreak began Newsweek
Florida’s Tens Of Thousands Of Guest Farmworkers Are Facing A Coronavirus “Time Bomb,” Advocates Say Buzzfeed
Zoom Meetings Aren’t End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing Intercept
Capitalist crisis
Fed Economists Warn US Unemployment Rate Could Soon Reach 32%—During Great Depression It Peaked at 25% Common Dreams
Bailing Out the Bailout Rolling Stone
Automakers Are About to Give an Inkling of the Sales Collapse Ahead Bloomberg
The First Victims Of The Oil Price War OilPrice
Jobs Aren’t Being Destroyed This Fast Elsewhere. Why Is That? NYTimes
40% of N.Y. Tenants May Not Pay Rent This Month. What Happens Then? NYTimes
She Begged For Mercy. The Utility Cut Her Elderly Parents’ Power Anyway. HuffPost
China
Industry Is Up and Running in Chinese Province Hit Hardest by Coronavirus Caixin
Chinese mainland reports zero increase in domestic COVID-19 cases Xinhua
Neighborhood committees are in the vanguard of virus control Global Times
Spotlight: Iraqi health minister praises China’s assistance in fighting coronavirus Xinhua
The coronavirus has pushed US-China relations to their worst point since Mao Vox
Revealed: Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms Guardian
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