Category: Society

Biden Responds to Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘It Never, Never Happened’
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appeared on television Friday to take on the snowballing allegations of sexual assault against him, which threaten his bid for the White House.

With Republicans Extorting Vulnerable Americans To Work Amidst COVID-19, Democrats Must Intervene
The choice such politicians as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) is forcing countless American workers to make is this: Go to work and risk infection--and perhaps death--or stay at home and potentially starve. It's up to Democrats to fight back.

We’re Not There Yet on Testing, but LA Shows the Way
A testing system closed to only those who have physician referrals--which themselves are based on showing symptoms--will never be adequate and up to the task to safely begin loosening up those lockdown and social distancing measures. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti gets it, opening up a new wider testing program in LA County.

Stacey Abrams on Tara Reade: Biden Is ‘Telling the Truth and This Did Not Happen’
A prominent woman Democratic politician has weighed in on the sexual assault allegation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, and she said that she believes Biden's denials.

Schiff: Every American Must Have ‘Easy Access to Voting by Mail with a Postage Paid Ballot’
In the debate raging over what exactly Election Day 2020 might look like, a senior Democratic lawmaker wants to ensure that every American voter has access to ballot-by-mail so as to avoid crowds and the potential for infection by the novel coronavirus, should that continue to be a concern by November.

Although Trump Says the U.S. Is Performing More Than 200,000 Tests a Day, Fmr. US Ebola Official Says It’s ‘Not Near Enough’ To Consider Reopening
Despite the progress Trump claimed, it's still not enough to start loosening the extreme lockdown conditions in place to slow the spread of the virus, but have also shuttered much of the US economy for weeks, according to the former federal official who oversaw the US response to the Ebola in late 2014 into early 2015.

Fmr. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack: ‘The Food Supply Chain Is Threatened in Some Parts of the Country’
One of the lesser-seen, but potentially disastrous, effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic is a potential breakdown of the US food supply.

OK City Mayor: My Gut Says May 1 Is Too Early to Reopen
Not everyone in Red State America is matching in step with a quick reopening of their economies in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

We Still Don’t Know How and Where the Coronavirus Originated
Researchers are racing against time to produce medicines and vaccines against the virus and the COVID-19 disease, but they are still not sure of the origins of the virus, other than it appears to have emerged first in China.

Gov. Whitmer: Reopen Demonstrations ‘Force Us to Stay’ in Shutdown Posture Longer
The protests against the state stay-at-home orders which have been springing up across the United States over the last couple of weeks will have the perverse effect of forcing governors to maintain the lockdown conditions in place even longer, according to Gov Gretchen Whitmer, who's state of Michigan has been the site of such protests.

