Will Jared Kushner’s Real Estate Empire Give Renters a Break? He’s Not Saying.
Evan Golub/ZUMA Wire As the economy is sputtering under the weight of the coronavirus’ shutdown, the Trump administration has pushed for direct cash assistance for Americans to prevent them from being thrown out of their homes. Some cities and the Housing and Urban Development Department have announced moratoriums on evictions. But meanwhile, a very large landlord who…
Treating Coronavirus Symptoms With Ibuprofen Is Probably Okay, Doctors Say
Richard B. Levine/Levine Roberts/Newscom/Zuma Despite early warnings from France’s health minister and the World Health Organization, ibuprofen is still considered a safe treatment for symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, such as fever and headache. In a tweet on Saturday, French health minister Olivier Véran advised against the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory…
If We Want to Beat Coronavirus, We Need Housing for Everyone
Apu Gomes/Getty As infection rates of the new coronavirus in the United States mount, the pandemic has upended daily life around the world, causing soaring unemployment, school and business closures, and forcing the governors of New York and California to order everyone but essential workers indoors. The Trump administration has been criticized for its response, which included…
Not Even the Head of a National Asian American GOP Group Is Okay With Trump Saying “Chinese Virus”
A close up of President Donald J. Trumps notes shows where Corona was crossed and replaced with Chinese Virus during a March 19 press briefing.The Washington Post via Getty Images On Wednesday, PBS NewsHour‘s Yamiche Alcindor asked President Donald Trump if his use of the term “Chinese virus” to refer to Covid-19 puts Asian Americans at…
A Top Republican Senator Dumped $1.6 Million in Stock After Early Coronavirus Briefings. Was It Legal?
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images In the final days before the coronavirus pandemic crashed fully onto American shores, Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, publicly tried to paint a rosy picture of our chances to fight the virus. He wrote op-eds and released statements, even going so far…
We Need More Ventilators, But We Also Need People Who Know How to Use Them
Marijan Murat/DPA via ZUMA Press In the past days and weeks, health care experts have focused on a horrifying reality: the acute shortage of ventilators, a common medical device that is necessary to help patients with serious respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19, breathe. There are an estimated 160,000 ventilators in hospitals throughout the United States. (The…