Column: As COVID-19 pandemic tightens grip on U.S., Trump ratchets up the cruelty

Recent rulings from the Trump administration double down on cruel policies related to the coronavirus outbreak.

That merely means another obstacle placed before families facing challenges putting food on the table, at the very moment when those challenges are becoming intensified.

In a July 21 ruling, the Trump-appointed NLRB majority gutted a standard affording protection to workers protesting allegedly discriminatory management actions, even when the workers’ language was extreme. “Employees who are fighting back against racism will be fired if an employer thinks a word is not genteel enough,” American Federation of Teachers union President. “It’s a way of thwarting speech, and it’s a way of thwarting activism.”

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