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'Outrageous, callous, and cruel': Seniors rip Trump for holding covid-19 relief hostage to push social security cuts
May 18, 2020 10:38American Grassroots advocacy groups representing millions of retirees and seniors across the United States are speaking out against and urging Congress to oppose President Donald Trump's threat to block desperately needed Covid-19 relief legislation if it does not slash the payroll tax, which funds Social Security and Medicare.
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Trump is making America an obstacle in global fight against COVID-19
May 18, 2020 04:08President Donald Trump’s deadly mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic at home threatens to make the US an international pariah. With more cases and deaths than any other country, and with a president who seems uninterested in doing what it takes to safely reopen the economy, the rest of the world is unlikely to take American policies for addressing the pandemic seriously.
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Leader on coronavirus: Iranians record another historic jihad (1)
May 18, 2020 03:59Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, on May 10 in his speech through videoconference with the participation of President Hassan Rouhani, members of the National Anti-Coronavirus Headquarters and senior military commanders, said that while the US and Europe have failed to contain the Coronavirus pandemic, the Iranian nation has recorded another historic jihad.
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20m Americans lost their jobs in April in worst month since Great Depression
May 17, 2020 15:21More than 20 million people in the US lost their jobs in April and the unemployment rate more than trebled as the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s largest economy, triggering a financial crisis unseen since the Great Depression.
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The underprivileged in US amid coronavirus pandemic, the empire of chaos strikes again
May 16, 2020 03:51While it is true that the coronavirus itself targets no identity in particular, the fact remains that those most likely to be infected and have negative health outcomes in America are the underprivileged.
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In the absence of federal action, US states scramble to address hunger crisis
May 16, 2020 03:42As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, the economic damage it causes is wreaking havoc on the lives of tens of millions in the U.S.
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Black people are being arrested at higher rates in the US for social distancing violations (2)
May 16, 2020 03:37ProPublica analyzed court records for several US cities and for the counties that include Columbus and Cincinnati, three of the most populous jurisdictions in Ohio. In all of them, ProPublica found, black people were at least four times as likely to be charged with violating the stay-at-home order as white people.
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Black people are being arrested at higher rates in the US for social distancing violations (1)
May 15, 2020 19:01ProPublica analyzed court records for several US cities and for the counties that include Columbus and Cincinnati, three of the most populous jurisdictions in Ohio. In all of them, ProPublica found, black people were at least four times as likely to be charged with violating the stay-at-home order as white people.
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Trump administration wants to cut social security in exchange for direct COVID payments
May 15, 2020 18:58Trump administration officials are reportedly considering several proposals purportedly aimed at reducing government spending — including a pair of plans that would provide Americans with cash payments in exchange for delays or cuts to their Social Security benefits.
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Indoor air pollution has jumped in UK since lockdown
May 14, 2020 03:04Poor indoor air quality can have serious effects on health, particularly in young children and those with respiratory problems. It has been linked to premature birth, behavioral problems in pre-school children, as well as skin problems, asthma and poor sleep in people of all ages.