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This Friday morning, President Trump fired off a series of tweets — all directed at states with Democratic governors — seemingly endorsing burgeoning protest movements calling for the immediate reopening of state economies as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. LIBERATE MINNESOTA! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2020 LIBERATE MICHIGAN! — Donald J. […]

Yappa is a new commenting system that allows Raw Story readers to have audio/video conversations about Raw Story content. For years, comment sections have been limited to text-based communication. Yappa offers a new way to communicate through audio and video commenting. While text-only comment sections may be the norm, they’re also susceptible to toxicity. Yappa’s […]

Even as virologists zero in on the virus that causes COVID-19, a very basic question remains unanswered: do those who recover from the disease have immunity? There is no clear answer to this question, experts say, even if many have assumed that contracting the potentially deadly disease confers immunity, at least for a while. “Being […]

According to a Politico/Morning Consult poll released earlier this week, 81% of Americans believe that the United States “should continue to social distance for as long as is needed to curb the spread of coronavirus.” In other words, most Americans are smart enough to realize that while social distancing is inconvenient and difficult, it is certainly preferable […]

According to a report from Politico, the White House carefully described Donald Trump’s plans to meet with CEO’s over the COVID-19 health crisis in such a way that will allow him to keep his conversations with business leaders private, thereby skirting transparency laws. As Politico’s Josh Gerstein writes, “President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the […]

Even though President Donald Trump has advised his supporters to stay at home and maintain social distancing protocols, on Friday he endorsed an anti-quarantine movement that has protested restrictions in Michigan and Ohio. “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” the president wrote, in reference to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s restrictions aimed at containing the spread of the pandemic. Michigan has […]

Liberal Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has been a persistent critic of Donald Trump’s presidency, often denouncing him as both incompetent and corrupt. But in 2017, 2018 and 2019, at least Robinson took some comfort in knowing that Trump had yet to be confronted by a major crisis. That has changed in a huge way […]

On March 15, Politico reported that according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the terrorist group ISIS — in its al Naba newsletter — was advising its members to avoid traveling to Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic and offered tips on social distancing and ways to avoid becoming infected (including frequent handwashing). ISIS (Islamic […]

Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the International Space Station to find the planet transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka touched down in central Kazakhstan at 0516 GMT in the first returning mission since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a […]

The Cincinnati Enquirer is received an angry backlash from some of its readers this week when it published an editorial advising parents to give their children the coronavirus. The editorial in question was written by Jack Rubinstein, a physician-scientist at the University of Cincinnati, and it argued that Ohio’s current state lockdown is not sustainable […]

According to a report from the San Diego Union-Tribune, a doctor running the Skinny Beach Med Spa in northern San Diego has been charged after offering “miracle cures” for the coronavirus — including a family package deal for a flat price of $3,995. The report states, “A San Diego physician sold an undercover FBI agent […]

We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. “I want the officer held accountable. There’s no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, […]

Amazon tech workers are calling for a virtual one-day strike to pressure the online retail giant over warehouse safety conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. The e-commerce colossus has reportedly had COVID-19 cases in a number of its warehouses and has seen employee protests and walkouts in several of them to press for safety improvements. Amazon […]

In the wake of a post on Twitter where the chief spokesman for New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham referred to people who want to quickly reopen the economy as a “death cult,” the state’s Republican Party is demanding an apology, calling the comments  “absurd,” “offensive” and “disgusting.” The tweet’s author, Tripp Stelnicki, has not commented on […]

We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump’s cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive […]

A new expose published by the Miami Herald reveals that the administration of Trump-loving Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working to hide information about elders in nursing homes who have died after being infected with COVID-19. The Herald said that it learned about the DeSantis administration’s efforts to prevent information on Florida COVID-19 deaths […]

According to a report from Politico, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is once again facing scrutiny after it was reported that he has spent nearly $200,000 in taxpayer money renting out a floor in a historic building in downtown Pensacola owned by a campaign donor and political confidante since 2017. Gaetz, who has already under investigation […]

If there’s one thing the Trump era has prepared us for it’s how to deal with stress. Ever since November 2016 we’ve been running at high speed, with everything feeling out of control on a daily basis. So this pandemic, horrible as it is, is probably being experienced differently than it would have been if […]

‘Charlatan Who Kills People With Pseudoscience’ Dr. Phil is the second TV doctor this week to appear on Fox News, spew out an astonishingly frightening claim to support their belief the country should not shut down over the deadly coronavirus pandemic, and be met with massive anger and outrage. Dr. Oz on Wednesday proclaimed that […]

Endorsinghis former vice president, Joe Biden, to win the White House, former President Barack Obama sought to contrast the 2020 platforms of Democrats and Republicans on a critical plank: their stance on the Affordable Care Act. It’s a difference, he argued, that has assumed newfound urgency.“The Republicans occupying the White House and running the Senate […]

As New York, California and other states begin to see their numbers of new COVID-19 cases level off or even slip, it might appear as if we’re nearing the end of the pandemic. President Donald Trump and some governors have pointed to the slowdown as an indication that the day has come for reopening the […]

The $2 trillion CARES Actis meant to help people get through the coronavirus crisis.Expanded unemployment benefitsand one-time stimulus paymentswill be a lifeline for the millions who have been out of work since non-essential businesses shut down.But down the road, the bill is going to have to be paid.When you add in the cost of the […]

As part of the fall-out from Donald Trump’s campaign of misinformation about the coronavirus in an attempt to re-start the economy and salvage his re-election prospects, billionaire Bill Gates has become the target of supporters of the president because he has very publicly differed with the president on how to handle the health crisis. And […]

Another day, another TV doctor with a lack of bedside manner while discussing the coronaviruson Fox News.Dr. Phil McGraw appeared Thursday with Laura Ingrahamand proceeded to rant against the country’s shutdown because of COVID-19.“Two hundred and fifty people die a year from poverty. And the poverty line is getting such that more and more people […]

President Donald Trump is already trying to push a “comeback” narrative in the United States’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as he’s given some states the green light to reopen next month. But Dr William Hanage, a professor of the evolution and epidemiology of infectious disease at Harvard University, thinks that it is crazy to […]