Need More Evidence That Trump Is Racist? Take a Look at His Coronavirus Edits.
ZUMA President Donald Trump has drawn widespread condemnation for his new use of the racist label “Chinese Virus” when referring to the novel coronavirus, language experts warn could incite violence against Asians around the world. The president’s decision to go all-in on the xenophobic language—which erases his praise for China’s handling of the virus just a…
Minnesota and Vermont Just Classified Grocery Clerks as Emergency Workers
Shawn Lynch, assistant manager of a grocery store in Brattleboro, Vermont, restocks cases of water during an overnight shift. His team worked through the night to make sure the shelves were full for the next day’s shoppers to buy supplies during the coronavirus outbreak.Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP As the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic…
Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Paula White Is Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Bankroll Her Church
President Donald Trump embraces Paula White, chair of the White House evangelical advisory board.Chip Somodevilla/Getty On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned senators that the outbreak of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and the massive recession that likely will take place might cause the unemployment rate to balloon to 20 percent. (He later…
The Coronavirus Is Making the Case for Abortion Via Telemedicine
Telemedicine—in which doctors administer medication via webcam and a remotely-controlled drawer—has become an easy target for anti-abortion legislators who try to claim it is dangerous and limits physician oversight. But the coronavirus pandemic highlights precisely why access to medication abortion through telemedicine is so crucial. And now, abortion providers and advocates are calling for states to…
Trump Has a New Group to Blame for the Coronavirus Crisis: Millennials
Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA After weeks of dismissing the novel coronavirus as a liberal hoax designed to undermine his reelection bid, and falsely claiming that the United States was overprepared to tackle the surge of outbreaks, President Donald Trump appears to have finally come to grips with the devastating realities of the pandemic. But that hasn’t put…
Whistleblower Lawyer Calls for Coronavirus Fraud Task Force
Attorney General William BarrPatrick Semansky/AP As the federal government works to stop the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate the grave economic disaster it has caused, one lawyer is urging the Department of Justice to set up a task force to stop potential fraudsters who might try to illegally profit from the crisis. On Monday, Stephen…