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Socially distant Easter is difficult, but it's an important way to help humanity
If churches wish to be an example during this time of crisis, it is best done by following safety protocols that will protect those in their body of believers as well as those outside of it.Editorial
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Small business loan program off to shaky start in Tennessee
A federal loan program launched to assist small businesses struggling to pay their bills because of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is off to a slow start in Tennessee and across the country, according to some business groups. -
Thousands removed from walls of bar and donated to staff during coronavirus pandemic
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Jump-start the economy now with a capital gains tax cut
As Congress and the Trump administration work on a phase four economic stimulus package, they should seriously consider one more bold step to jump-start the economy: a capital gains tax rate cut. In fact, they should implement a zero capital gains tax rate for all investments made through the end of next year.
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Policy Defense & National Security
Department of Defense says some undercapacity medical assets will stay put
Robust but underused military medical assets mobilized for the domestic coronavirus response, including 1,000-bed hospital ships in New York and Los Angeles, will stay put for now, said the Pentagon, while field hospitals in Seattle are folding up without seeing a single patient.April 10, 2020 07:12 AMApril 10, 2020 12:00 AMPolicy Healthcare
Iceland coronavirus testing shows half who test positive show no symptoms
Coronavirus testing in Iceland determined that half of the citizens who tested positive showed no symptoms.April 11, 2020 03:57 PMApril 11, 2020 12:00 AMApril 11, 2020 12:00 AMApril 10, 2020 02:43 PM
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Policy Energy
'We cruelly crowd together billions of animals': Jane Goodall says coronavirus a result of 'disregard for nature'
One of the leading voices for animal rights in the world believes a lack of respect for animals and the natural world caused the coronavirus pandemic.
Wildfires in Chernobyl lead to elevated radiation levels
A wildfire burning in the Chernobyl region of Ukraine has led to increased levels of radiation nearly 35 years after the 1986 nuclear accident.
Union accuses FirstEnergy of endangering workers with nonemergency work during pandemic
The president of the major U.S. utility workers union accused the Ohio-based, investor-owned utility FirstEnergy of endangering workers and the public during the coronavirus outbreak by requiring nonemergency work to continue.Policy Finance
It looks like we're turning the corner on the coronavirus
Going into this week, we were told to brace ourselves for the worst. And there’s no doubt that this past week brought lots of bad news. The number of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 is approaching 20,000. The illness has been killing more people per day than any other condition, surpassing cancer and heart disease. In New York City, about twice as many people have now been killed by the coronavirus as those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Is Anthony Fauci helping or hurting?
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, recently said, “It’s inconvenient from a societal standpoint, from an economic standpoint to go through this." It is interesting sometimes that a brief comment can reveal the heart and mind — and in this instance, a special degree of tone deafness.
Quickly reopening the economy can't be a taboo subject
Apologies in advance to the misfits of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, who treat even the mention of reopening the U.S. economy as a threat to human existence, but this piece is going to be all about the eventual resumption of normal business. It will have to happen sooner or later — and preferably sooner rather than later.
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