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The Trump administration has finalized a regulation rolling back Obama-era protections for transgender Americans against sex discrimination in health care. According to the new version of the policy, the Department of Health and Human Services will be “returning to the government’s interpretation of sex discrimination according to the plain meaning of the word ‘sex’ as […] More
Professor argues US president is stabbing citizens in back while pretending to be saviour Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump has frozen payments to the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus crisis. Photograph: White House/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock Donald Trump is culpable in the deaths of thousands of Americans by using the […] More
Under Trump, American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death Robert Reich No other advanced nation denies healthcare and work protections, or loosens lockdown while fatalities mount Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Republican members of Congress on Friday. Photograph: Tom Brenner/Reuters No other nation has endured as much death from Covid-19 nor nearly as […] More
Operation reopen America: are we about to witness a second historic failure of leadership from Trump? Trump speaks during a meeting with healthcare executives on Tuesday. Photograph: Doug Mills//Bloomberg via Getty Images Without mass testing, contact tracing, and protective equipment for health workers – all in critically short supply – the president’s plan could be […] More
I’m from rural Kansas. Coronavirus could devastate my hometown Jessa Crispin Remoteness has protected my parents. But with hospitals shutting down and healthcare workers stretched thin, their community is in danger Topeka, Kansas, where 13 hospital workers recently tested positive for coronavirus. Photograph: Jeff Zehnder/Alamy Stock Photo So far, my father has been lucky. For […] More
America’s billionaires are giving to charity – but much of it is self-serving rubbish Robert Reich Well-publicized philanthropy shows how afraid the super-rich are of a larger social safety net – and higher taxes Jeff Bezos’s $100m donation, for example, amounts to about 11 days of his income. Photograph: Katherine Taylor/Reuters As millions of jobless Americans […] More
Dear Joe Biden, here is how you can earn our support Anti-Trump messaging won’t be enough to lead any candidate to victory. Young people need someone who will champion bold ideas Joe Biden speaks at the 2019 Democratic women’s leadership forum in Washington. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Dear Vice-President Joe Biden, We write to you as […] More
Who gets a ventilator? The ‘gut-wrenching’ choices facing US health workers Under unprecedented circumstance, and in the absence of federal guidance, hospitals have formed triage committees to guide life-and-death decisions Coronavirus – live US updates Live global updates See all our coronavirus coverage ‘I hope the public will recognize these triage plans are being developed […] More
