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![President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force at a press conference at the White House Rose Garden on March 13, 2020 (Photo: U.S. State Department)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200313emb750x450.jpg)
![President Donald Trump, with Vice President Mike Pence, and other members of the President’s Coronavirus Task Force speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Trump_Virus_Outbreak_16402.jpg-4bc0a_c0-67-3472-2091_s885x516.jpg)
Trump Uses Coronavirus to Spread Racism
Mar 19, 2020 There is nothing like a global pandemic to unleash the forces of racism in society. Trump is now routinely calling the novel coronavirus strain “the Chinese virus.”![Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/boyarcentrist-1536x1024-1-1024x619.jpg)
Like It or Not, Donald Trump Won the Biden-Sanders Debate
Mar 16, 2020 Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was extremely disappointing.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP_20043155669016-1024x683.jpg)
Coronavirus, the Frozen Primary and a Reset to 2016: How Bernie’s Political Revolution Can Still Get Back on Track
Mar 15, 2020 The coronavirus is a divine intervention that can yet help Bernie Sanders straighten his course. It’s a total reset in a fast-moving era when a campaign needs to reinvent itself several times over within the same cycle.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/FTZSAJCM3JFYNDQVYPN4O6FWCA-1024x682.jpg)
We’re Winding Down the War on Weed — But Not Fast Enough
Mar 14, 2020 The president can’t pardon everyone in prison for marijuana convictions. We need clemency commissions. Lots of them.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/90-1024x682.jpeg)
Will the Afghanistan Peace Deal Work?
Mar 13, 2020 The much-awaited US-Taliban agreement could finally end the longest U.S. war, but an end to violence is not assured.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hunt-gal-1-5d407ec97db7c-1.jpg)
Inflammatory ‘The Hunt’ Delivers Mere Sparks
Mar 12, 2020 Reviled by the Far-Right and pulled from theaters last fall, the new thriller plays it safe while pitting red against blue.![Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses the press at the National Constitution Center Tuesday in Philadelphia, PA.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AP_20071124209438-1024x683.jpg)
The Democratic Party Surrenders to Nostalgia
Mar 11, 2020 With Joe Biden’s primary victory imminent, the 2020 election increasingly looks like a battle not for America's future but for its past.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AP_20066700608582-1024x683.jpg)
Cash-Strapped Hospitals Can’t Handle the Coronavirus
Mar 10, 2020 Years of budget cuts have destroyed our health care system, just when we need it most.![Joe Biden.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/48243891666_f870b47a17_k-1024x683.jpg)
Jeremy Scahill Makes the Definitive Case Against Joe Biden
Mar 10, 2020 The "Intercepted" host takes a deep dive into the former vice president's appalling record on everything from civil rights to women's rights.![Man wearing mask in front of New York Stock Exchange building](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marketsbrown-1024x682.jpg)
The Fed’s Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained
Mar 9, 2020 Because our banks aren't nationalized, its inability to work with Congress has resulted in another botched attempt at crisis management.![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.truthdig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/7290321718_eb99009e82_c-1.jpg)