The public-health crisis is real—and is being used to further legitimize authoritarianism in Hungary.
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Unsanitized: Placing Consumers at the Forefront of Relief Efforts
Credit cards could be used to get help to people quickly. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 5, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Why Banks Don’t Want to Help Small Businesses
Also, beware the middleman. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 3, 2020.
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Premonitions of Disaster
How science fiction writers and movies of the late 20th century anticipated Trump, the coronavirus, and American dystopia
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Unsanitized: Aid Package Status Update
How individuals and businesses will navigate the system for relief. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 2, 2020.
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Unsanitized: It’s the First of the Month
Plus, weep for the private equity titans. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 1, 2020.
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America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits
The undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
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The Next Corona Relief Package: What Needs to Be in It
Massive public-works outlays are needed—to get the economy out of the Corona Depression, reclaim domestic manufacturing, and meet long-delayed investment in modern and green infrastructure.
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Unsanitized: Stimulus, Episode IV, A New Hope
Plus, say no to Cuomo, and Wall Street comes to Washington. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for March 31, 2020.
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Kushner Squeezes Tenants While Lining Up for Bailout Money
Despite eviction bans in New York, the real-estate firm owned by the president’s son-in-law is telling tenants to pay up.
