30 March 20
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Juan Cole | Trump Bashed Immigrants, but Nearly 1/3 of US Doctors Are Foreign-Born, on Pandemic Front Lines
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "It turns out we need those foreigners after all, despite what Trump thinks."
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FDA Approves 5-Minute Virus Test for Use Almost Anywhere
Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg News
Cortez writes: "Abbott Laboratories is unveiling a coronavirus test that can tell if someone is infected in as little as five minutes and is so small and portable it can be used in almost any health care setting."
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Men work at a distribution station in the 855,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island. (photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images)
Amazon Workers to Walk Out Over Lack of Protective Gear Amid Coronavirus
Kenya Evelyn, Guardian UK
Evelyn writes: "More than 100 Amazon workers planned to walk out of a New York facility on Monday, demanding increased protective gear and hazard pay as they work through the coronavirus pandemic."
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John Oliver. (photo: HBO)
John Oliver Rips Into Trump for 'Failed' Coronavirus Response in Triumphant Late-Night Return
Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast
Stern writes: "'I'm shooting this at home, alone, with no one else in the room. So you won't hear any laughter tonight,' began John Oliver. 'Please don't feel that's at all awkward-it certainly isn't for me, though I started comedy doing stand-up in England, so I am more than used to doing jokes to silence.'"
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A group of activists in Los Angeles are aiming to make vacant houses in the city available at affordable prices, and the coronavirus has sharpened the urgency. (photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
The Coronavirus Spurs a Movement of People Reclaiming Vacant Homes
Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker
"This month, with an uptick in covid-19 cases in Los Angeles, and orders from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti directing city residents to stay home at all costs, activists have turned their attention to hundreds of empty, publicly owned houses."
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ICE Special Agents (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) arresting suspects during a raid. (photo: ICE/Wikimedia)
Death by Deportation, With Help From the Human Rights Establishment
Joseph Nevins, NACLA
Excerpt: "By defining violence narrowly, the asylum system-and human rights organizations that uphold it-legitimates deporting people back to face everyday injustices."
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A seaweed farmer harvests his crop in Lembongan Bay, Indonesia. (photo: Jonas Gratzer/Mongabay)
In Race for a Sustainable Alternative to Plastic, Indonesia Bets on Seaweed
Johan Augustin, Mongabay
Augustin writes: "A local government initiative to revive seaweed farming off Bali comes amid growing interest in the crop's promise to tackle environmental problems ranging from carbon emissions to plastic waste pollution."
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