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Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace
In one week, he threatened to cut off US funding to the WHO, touted an unproven Covid-19 cure, and fired the watchdog overseeing the congressional bailout.
Apr 10, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
![For Refugee Camps, Covid-19 Is a Death Sentence](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/chios-vial-refugee-camp-gty-img.jpg)
For Refugee Camps, Covid-19 Is a Death Sentence For Refugee Camps, Covid-19 Is a Death Sentence
So why did Trump propose a 35 percent cut in US aid to global health programs in February?
Apr 7, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
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The Covid-19 Crisis Is Exposing Trump’s Criminality The Covid-19 Crisis Is Exposing Trump’s Criminality
His rollback of fuel efficiency standards, continued construction of the border wall, and refusal to reopen ACA enrollment will kill people.
Apr 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
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As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action As the Covid-19 Crisis Deepens, Grassroots Organizers Take Action
Progressive ideas on housing, health care access, wage subsidies, and more are entering the mainstream at a startling pace.
Mar 31, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly With Covid-19
Heroism and selflessness, the terror of loneliness amid quarantine… and Donald Trump’s grotesque and life-threatening narcissism.
Mar 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
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Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns Covid Catastrophe: Trump Fiddles While America Burns
After two months of ignoring health experts, the fool in the White House lashes out at governors and the most vulnerable.
Mar 24, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
![What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mexico-us-border-fallen-migrants-gty-img.jpg)
What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again. What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.
This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.
Mar 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
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With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air With the Coronavirus, All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
We’re seeing the steady erosion of everything familiar, the implosion of communal space, the sense that everyone, every surface, could be the enemy.
Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky
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California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air California Is Fighting Trump for Clean Air
The president has overturned a 50-year waiver that allows the state to set its own standards—but California, allied with other states, is fighting back.
Mar 16, 2020 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
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Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm
Trump offers nothing but bigotry, ignorance, and pathological narcissism.
Mar 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky