Coronavirus has made Amazon a public utility – so we should treat it like one Guardian
Healthcare
69 Percent Of Americans Want Medicare For All, Including 46 Percent Of Republicans, New Poll Says Newsweek
Stanford Health Care to cut workers’ wages by 20% Palo Alto Online
Got coronavirus? You may get a surprise medical bill, too NBC
Dozens of COVID-19 Cases Have Been Reported in Rural Texas Counties With No Hospitals and No Licensed Physicians Texas Observer
Why the DeVos family’s backing of the Michigan protests is no surprise Guardian
Indigenous Peoples
Lakota tribes call on South Dakota Governor Noem to install COVID-19 protections Indian Country Today
Indigenous communities in Brazil fear pandemic’s impact Science
Economic Freeze Cuts Remittances, a Lifeline for Migrants’ Families NYTimes
China
We’re Quaranteens Against Xenophobia, a Youth Coalition Standing Against Anti-Asian Sentiments Teen Vogue
It is Not Just Propaganda: What the US Anti-China Campaign is Looking for Orinoco Tribune
Venezuela
Labor uprising
Smithfield Foods worker: I’m suing over coronavirus protections Washington Post
The hidden history of American radicalism: the campaign for the Workers’ Unemployment Insurance Bill Counterfire
Michigan senator apologizes for wearing Confederate flag face mask Guardian
Lawmakers press for small business loans for payday lenders Politico
Capitalist crisis
Millions of Credit-Card Customers Can’t Pay Their Bills WSJ
Capitalism is Failing its Coronavirus Stress Test—Only Workers Can Turn Things Around Orinoco Tribune
Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell Labor Notes
U.S. war drive
How the “West Point Mafia” Runs Washington Danny Sjursen
Take the class of 1986 (“Courage Never Quits”). As it happens, both Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are members of that very class, as are a surprisingly wide range of influential leaders in Congress, corporate America, the Pentagon, the defense industry, lobbying firms, big pharma, high-end financial services, and even security-consulting firms. Still, given their striking hawkishness on the subject of American war-making, Esper and Pompeo rise above the rest.
Report highlights direct link between climate change and militarism Peoples Dispatch
The Settler Colonialism Project Counterpunch
I had this fantasy that the New York Times would follow up its 1619 Project look at slavery with a comparable examination of Settler Colonialism.
Corporate Media Deny Their Own Existence, Despite Driving Biden’s Primary Victory FAIR
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