Also, the airline bailout gets locked in, and D.C. lobbying goes virtual. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 15, 2020.
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Why the Pandemic Won’t Increase Violent Crime Even If It Triggers a Depression
People have reason to worry about economic devastation—but not about rising street crime.
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Unsanitized: Why Amazon May Not Emerge From the Crisis Dominant
Also, the Fed’s money cannon is in process. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 14, 2020.
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Your Coronavirus Check Is Coming. Your Bank Can Grab It.
Regulators have given banks the green light to use stimulus funds to pay off debts that individuals owe them.
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Our Uniquely American Virus
America’s ability to contain the coronavirus has been compromised by decades of neoliberal ideology. And it is literally killing us.
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Unsanitized: Meet The Corporate Bailout’s First Policeman
An interview with Bharat Ramamurti. Also, the bad data driving dreams of reopening the country. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 13, 2020.
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Coronavirus Has Broken America’s Food Supply
Because commercial and consumer supply chains are different and cannot easily be transferred, enormous amounts of food are going to waste—and it could get worse.
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The U.S. Postal Service Is More Vital Than Ever
But why does Trump have it in for the USPS?
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Unsanitized: ‘I Have No Protection … Only a Stupid Blue Vest,’ Walmart Worker Says
Also, how the wrangling in Congress kind of doesn’t matter. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 12, 2020.
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Unsanitized: COVID-19 in Our Jails, Prisons, and ICE Detention Centers
And we all will bear the costs. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 11, 2020.
