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…
Donald Trump Just Adopted One of Progressives’ Biggest Demands for the Bailouts
Gripas Yuri/ZUMA During a Wednesday press conference, Donald Trump made a surprising admission: He didn’t want to see companies that receive any federal bailout money spend it on stock buybacks—a potential restriction that, so far, has mainly be advocated by the most liberal members of Congress. A reporter asked the president if he would guarantee…
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…
How QAnon Fueled a Hoax About Oprah Being Arrested
Photo by Tom Cooper/Getty Images Seemingly out of nowhere on Tuesday night, an outlandish hoax about Oprah Winfrey getting arrested and Tom Hanks’ coronavirus diagnosis went massively viral only to be debunked by Winfrey herself—all in the period of time when many Americans were asleep. “Just got a phone call that my name is trending.…