When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas last September, the small island of Abaco was among the hardest hit. Dorian stalled over the island for two days, unleashing some of the strongest winds ever recorded in the Caribbean. Shortly after the storm died down, and long before Bahamian government aid arrived, […]
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Social distancing’s no hurdle for talks between trusted allies, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov appeared to show as he arrived to meet Iran’s Javad Zarif without a face mask. Zarif was more careful, but soon opted to remove his, too. Zarif is one of the first high-ranking foreign visitors to land […]
Under the eased restrictions, older people living alone will be able to go and stay with their children, or have their grandchildren to stay at their own homes to help with childcare. Single parents can do the same with their own parents, or another single parent, to make it easier for […]
Black And Minority-Owned Businesses Are Denied Virus Relief Funds By Ama Nundoo, Face 2 Face Africa. May 29, 2020 Black And Minority-Owned Businesses Are Denied Virus Relief Funds2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/terra-cafe-in-baltimore-serving-free-lunches.-e1590764912290.jpg200px200px Above photo: Terra Cafe staff prepare 150 free lunches to distribute to local residents as part of Terra Cafe’s longstanding Neighbors Without Walls […]
Telegram messenger founder and CEO Pavel Durov reportedly donated about $90,000 worth of bitcoin (BTC) to help alleviate the financial burden of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. Egor Zhukov, a student political activist who organized a crowdfunding campaign to help people cope with the pandemic-related crisis, announced Durov donated 10 […]
_________The Daily Beast by Clive Irving Where are the billionaire tech innovators when we need them? America’s health security has to be rebuilt from the ground up. We’re in a war for survival. The skills and systems essential to win that war are known. It’s no use looking to the […]
Daily Beast: People in Michigan are facing historic floods on top of the coronavirus pandemic—but, rather than offering some help, President Trump has threatened to make things even harder. After an apparent misunderstanding, Trump has threatened to withhold unspecified funding from the state because, he said, it mailed out millions of […]
Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed a $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill that sneaks in taxpayer funding to hand out up to $1,200 in cash directly to undocumented aliens who don’t have a valid social security number. Fox News’s Tucker Carlson reported, “This bill goes out of its way to supply […]
The White House will not be approving a coronavirus stimulus package that gives checks to illegal aliens, no matter how hard the Democrats want to. Speaking to ABC’s This Week, White House adviser Peter Navarro said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “lost” him with her plan to give cash assistance […]
Derek W. Black, The Conversation Public schools have faced three distinct challenges since the coronavirus pandemic began—scrambling to make sure that low-income children don’t go hungry, teaching students remotely who lack internet access and bracing for dramatically smaller budgets. Congress tried to help in the $2 trillion economic relief package […]
Democratic lawmakers have passed a massive $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, the largest bill to ever move through Congress, but the Senate is likely to block the law, with Republicans deeming it a progressive “wishlist.” The 1,800-page bill passed 208-199 on Friday in a vote largely along party lines, with […]
House Democrats plan to move forward with a $3 trillion bill for additional coronavirus relief, following up on the historic $2 trillion aid package passed in March. The latest bill, called the HEROES Act, prioritizes granting hazard pay to front-line workers and providing aid to state and local governments, which […]
A masked pedestrian passes a sign honoring healthcare workers in the window of The Massachusetts General Hospital’s North End Waterfront Health center in Boston amid the coronavirus pandemic. House Democrats are proposing hazard pay for frontline workers in a new relief bill. Steven Senne/AP hide caption toggle caption Steven Senne/AP […]
British PM Boris Johnson’s video address to the nation outlining the “roadmap” out of lockdown amid the Covid-19 crisis has provoked widespread derision, with critics suggesting he has created unnecessary confusion. In a pre-recorded message broadcast on Sunday night, the PM announced a new system of alert levels that will […]
“For Sale By Owner” and “Closed Due to Virus” signs are displayed in the window of Images On Mack in Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. Congress is considering ways to help those struggling during the economic downturn and stabilize businesses hoping to reopen. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP […]
A for-profit college received millions of dollars from the federal government to help low-income students whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus outbreak, but that same school, Florida Career College (FCC), is also accused of defrauding students. A federal class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of students in April calls […]
Trump Administration Delays #COVID-19 Relief Funds To Native Americans By Acee Agoyo, Indianz.com. May 6, 2020 Trump Administration Delays #COVID-19 Relief Funds To Native Americans2020-05-062020-05-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/img_0077-e1588791676536.jpg200px200px Above photo: Zia Pueblo erected barricades and a checkpoint at the entrance to their community. Trip Jennings/New Mexico In Depth. UPDATE: In an announcement on Tuesday morning, […]
Justin Sun’s Tron platform successfully applied for a $2 million pandemic relief loan intended for small businesses. Coinbase has scooped up employees from the now-defunct TokenAnylist startup while BlockFi has poached two executives from Credit Suisse and American Express to join its lending firm. Here’s the story: You’re reading Blockchain Bites, […]
A letter bearing the signature of President Trump was sent to people who received a coronavirus relief payment as part of the Cares Act. Some of those payments went to the bank accounts of dead people. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A letter bearing the […]