Trump: Social distancing guidelines will be ‘fading out’ when they expire on Thursday

CGTN

Published on Apr 29, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to reopen the economy. He says the federal government’s social distancing guidelines, which are set to expire, will “fade out

Tim DeChristopher Arrested Again in the “Age of Anticipatory Mass Graves” for Climate Victims

Democracy Now!

Published on Jun 30, 2016

http://democracynow.org – On Wednesday, 23 people were arrested protesting Spectra Energy’s fracked gas pipeline in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. Longtime climate activist Tim DeChristopher was one of about 30 people who ventured onto the Spectra pipeline construction site in an attempt to nonviolently stop work. Local residents and politicians have long opposed the West Roxbury Lateral pipeline, which they say is dangerous for the pipeline to run alongside a quarry where there is frequent blasting. During the action, DeChristopher and 11 others climbed inside the pipeline trench and refused to budge for almost two hours before being forcibly removed by firefighters. DeChristopher drew a comparison between the trenches of the gas pipeline and the mass graves recently dug in Pakistan in anticipation of a climate-fueled heat wave.

Tim DeChristopher on Faith and Climate Change

Union Theological Seminary

Published on Oct 23, 2014

Tim DeChristopher, noted climate activist and Unitarian Universalist student at Harvard Divinity School, talks about #FaithInChange.

Education Crisis: From Pre-K to Higher Ed, Students Face Unequal Access During Coronavirus Shutdown

Democracy Now!

Published on Apr 29, 2020

We look at the impact of the pandemic on schools, universities, students, parents, teachers and professors — and who is at the table to shape what happens next. “We now have an economic crisis on top of the public health crisis, and the ways that we’re choosing to educate children is simply unequal and is going to lead to an educational crisis,” says education scholar and Cornell University professor Noliwe Rooks, author of “Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and the End of Public Education.”

Trump Attacks Post Office While Carriers & Clerks Die from COVID-19

Democracy Now!

Published on Apr 29, 2020

President Trump has lashed out at the U.S. Postal Service as the pandemic brings it to the brink of collapse and more people than ever are relying on the mail. Trump claims the agency is only losing money because it is undercharging Amazon and other companies for shipping. “It just isn’t true,” says American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein.

Vote by Mail: Head of Postal Union Says Mailed Ballots Are Best Way to Secure 2020 Election

Democracy Now!

Apr 29, 2020

President Trump calls the U.S. Postal Service “a joke,” and as millions face orders to stay home, his attacks on the agency could also threaten efforts to vote by mail, a method Trump has called “a terrible thing.” “We’re talking now about basic access to the ballot box,” says American Postal Workers Union President Mark Dimondstein, who notes “the Post Office is the most trusted federal agency.”

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Apr 29, 2020

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Y-RISE – Response to Covid-19

Response to Covid-19

COVID-19 has had a catastrophic impact across developed economies, shutting down cities, overloading the health infrastructure, and collapsing the global economy. Its impact on the developing economies is yet to be felt completely, but as horrific as it sounds, COVID-19’s impact in the developing world is likely to be more devastating both in terms of disease burden and economic impact. Most developing countries of the world do not have a robust enough health system and infrastructure to sustain a sudden surge of patients who need respiratory care, nor do they have the state or economic capacity to roll out extensive stimulus packages that could cushion the blow of income shocks to their most vulnerable populations.

Y-RISE in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh and Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is working to rapidly generate an evidence-based policy response to help contain the health and economic devastation of COVID-19. A snapshot of our work is provided on this page.