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Category: Policy
Why The U.S. Needs To Change Its Testing Strategy To Fight The Coronavirus Pandemic
Dr. Stephen Thomas, Chief of Infectious diseases at SUNY Upstate Medical University, explains what’s gone wrong with America’s coronavirus testing strategy, and how it can be fixed.
Court Approves NJ Plan To Borrow $9.9 Billion For Covid-19 Costs
“The pandemic has caused a health emergency, a broad-based economic one that has devastated many individuals and families and a fiscal crisis for the state,” Chief Justice Stuart Rabner wrote.
Community Health Centers Are Invaluable In The Fight Against The Coronavirus Pandemic
Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, explores how community health centers have been successfully fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in underserved communities.
ACLU Sues Mississippi To Make Absentee Voting More Accessible During Pandemic
Despite Trump’s protests against mail-in voting, many states have temporarily adjusted their absentee voting rules.
Dow Jumps 350 Points After Trump Signs Executive Orders To Extend Coronavirus Relief
The S&P is now just over 1% away from setting a new record high.
Trump Calls for Making Permanent Cuts to Both the Medicare and Social Security Payroll Taxes
Trumps wants to make permanent cuts to the Medicare and Social Security payroll taxes. But, both the Medicare and Social Security trust funds are running out of money. That is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to happen for Medicare in 2025 …
COVID-19 adds a new health care gap: internet disparity
Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) targets older ethnic and racial minorities with lethal precision, establishing irrefutable evidence that inequality kills. Nearly one-third of those who have died from COVID are Black, while Blacks represent about 14% of th…
As Stimulus Talks Stalemate, New Report Finds 40 Million Americans Could Be At Risk Of Eviction
If a new coronavirus recovery package isn’t passed, up to 43% of renter households are at risk.
That’s a Fine Fiscal Mess They’ve Gotten Us Into–Fiscal Irresponsibility Hard Hearted Republicans
We are about to wake up to a massive debt that will come due and ultimately have to be financed with real interest rates and a main street economy now in tatters while Republicans are quibbling about paying a few party boys and girls too much in unempl…
